Llallagua weather in December

In December, Llallagua sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 139 mm of precipitation across 22.4 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of December to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Llallagua's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Llallagua's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 12th coldest
Precipitation: 139 mm; 22.4 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 06 min; 5:49 AM – 6:55 PM
Cloud cover: 80%; 10th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 7.18 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.4; out of 10

Llallagua is human settlement in Bolivia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical December day in Llallagua reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C cooler than November and about 2°C warmer than January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	6
2	17	6
3	16	6
4	16	6
5	16	6
6	16	6
7	16	6
8	16	6
9	16	6
10	16	6
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	16	6
17	16	6
18	16	6
19	16	6
20	15	6
21	15	6
22	15	6
23	15	6
24	15	6
25	15	6
26	15	6
27	15	6
28	15	6
29	15	6
30	15	6
31	15	6

How December really feels in Llallagua

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

December sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Llallagua weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 5°	188	26.3	0.9	13	2.5
Feb	14° / 5°	166	23.8	0.7	12.6	2.5
Mar	14° / 5°	134	22.5	0.3	12.1	3.0
Apr	15° / 3°	57	13.1	0.2	11.6	4.3
May	15° / 0°	11	3.1	0.1	11.1	5.8
Jun	15° / -1°	5	1.3	0.3	10.9	5.7
Jul	14° / -2°	9	2.3	0.6	11	5.5
Aug	16° / -0°	17	4	1	11.4	5.9
Sep	17° / 2°	35	8	0.4	11.9	5.7
Oct	17° / 4°	67	13.3	0.3	12.4	5.2
Nov	17° / 5°	78	15.4	0.2	12.9	4.6
Dec	16° / 6°	139	22.4	0.6	13.1	3.4

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	21	21	21	21	20	19	17	17	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	11
Cloudier (%)	76	76	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	78	79	79	79	79	80	81	83	83	84	85	86	87	87	87	88	89	89	89

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	22	78
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	20	80
19	19	81
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	16	84
23	15	85
24	14	86
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	12	88
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Llallagua gets around 139 mm of rain and snow over 22.4 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 72% and peaks near 83% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	62	63	63	63	64	64	64	64	65	65	66	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	75	76	77	79	80	81	82	82	83	83	83	83
Snow chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	62	1
2	63	1
3	63	1
4	63	1
5	64	1
6	64	1
7	64	1
8	64	1
9	65	1
10	65	1
11	66	2
12	66	2
13	67	2
14	68	2
15	69	2
16	70	2
17	71	2
18	72	2
19	73	2
20	75	2
21	76	2
22	77	3
23	79	3
24	80	2
25	81	2
26	82	2
27	82	2
28	83	2
29	83	2
30	83	2
31	83	2

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in December

Winds average 7 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of December to 13 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 5:45 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 6:47 PM to 7:02 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57
Sunset (PM)	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:02

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.0	5:45	6:47
2	13.0	5:45	6:47
3	13.0	5:46	6:48
4	13.0	5:46	6:49
5	13.1	5:46	6:49
6	13.1	5:46	6:50
7	13.1	5:46	6:50
8	13.1	5:47	6:51
9	13.1	5:47	6:52
10	13.1	5:47	6:52
11	13.1	5:48	6:53
12	13.1	5:48	6:53
13	13.1	5:48	6:54
14	13.1	5:49	6:54
15	13.1	5:49	6:55
16	13.1	5:49	6:55
17	13.1	5:50	6:56
18	13.1	5:50	6:57
19	13.1	5:51	6:57
20	13.1	5:51	6:58
21	13.1	5:52	6:58
22	13.1	5:52	6:59
23	13.1	5:53	6:59
24	13.1	5:53	6:59
25	13.1	5:54	7:00
26	13.1	5:54	7:00
27	13.1	5:55	7:01
28	13.1	5:55	7:01
29	13.1	5:56	7:02
30	13.1	5:56	7:02
31	13.1	5:57	7:02

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 7.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.4 kWh/m² to a high of 7.85 kWh/m² in November across the year — December's 7.18 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.1	7.1	7.0	7.0	7.0	6.9	6.9	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.7
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.6	Intense
2	7.6	Intense
3	7.6	Intense
4	7.5	Intense
5	7.5	Intense
6	7.5	Intense
7	7.5	Intense
8	7.5	Intense
9	7.4	Intense
10	7.4	Intense
11	7.4	Intense
12	7.3	Intense
13	7.3	Intense
14	7.3	Intense
15	7.3	Intense
16	7.2	Intense
17	7.2	Intense
18	7.2	Intense
19	7.1	Intense
20	7.1	Intense
21	7.0	Intense
22	7.0	Intense
23	7.0	Intense
24	6.9	Intense
25	6.9	Intense
26	6.8	Intense
27	6.8	Intense
28	6.8	Intense
29	6.8	Intense
30	6.8	Intense
31	6.7	Intense

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Llallagua

In seasonPeak

In December, Llallagua sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Llallagua's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Llallagua?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.4

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Llallagua.

What to pack for Llallagua in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Llallagua sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 6°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 22 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Llallagua in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 18 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Llallagua peaks around January 18 at about 18 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	19	18	17	14	10	9	9	12	15	17	17	18
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	19	Extreme
Feb	18	Extreme
Mar	17	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	15	Extreme
Oct	17	Extreme
Nov	17	Extreme
Dec	18	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Llallagua?

Llallagua sits at 18.4°S, 66.6°W, 3,750 m above sea level, in Bolivia. The nearest listed city is Huanuni, 31 km away.

Topography around Llallagua

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Llallagua.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Llallagua has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 872 m around an average of 3,935 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,346 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,019 m.

The land around Llallagua is covered by grassland (53%) and bare terrain (27%) within 3 km, grassland (75%) within 16 km, and grassland (71%) and bare terrain (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

872 m

grassland 53%

16 km

1,346 m

grassland 75%

80 km

3,019 m

grassland 71%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← November Llallagua year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Huanuni 31 km · Oruro 74 km · Sipe Sipe 110 km · Vinto 118 km · Quillacollo 119 km · Colcapirhua 121 km · Cochabamba 124 km · Punata 126 km

Bolivia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B / C; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 40% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $5,148; 2025
Happiness: 5.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 4.4; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 21.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 521
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Llallagua (-18.4249°, -66.5778°, elevation 3,750 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	6
2	17	6
3	16	6
4	16	6
5	16	6
6	16	6
7	16	6
8	16	6
9	16	6
10	16	6
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	16	6
17	16	6
18	16	6
19	16	6
20	15	6
21	15	6
22	15	6
23	15	6
24	15	6
25	15	6
26	15	6
27	15	6
28	15	6
29	15	6
30	15	6
31	15	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	22	78
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	20	80
19	19	81
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	16	84
23	15	85
24	14	86
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	12	88
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	62	1
2	63	1
3	63	1
4	63	1
5	64	1
6	64	1
7	64	1
8	64	1
9	65	1
10	65	1
11	66	2
12	66	2
13	67	2
14	68	2
15	69	2
16	70	2
17	71	2
18	72	2
19	73	2
20	75	2
21	76	2
22	77	3
23	79	3
24	80	2
25	81	2
26	82	2
27	82	2
28	83	2
29	83	2
30	83	2
31	83	2

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	6
2	17	6
3	16	6
4	16	6
5	16	6
6	16	6
7	16	6
8	16	6
9	16	6
10	16	6
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	16	6
17	16	6
18	16	6
19	16	6
20	15	6
21	15	6
22	15	6
23	15	6
24	15	6
25	15	6
26	15	6
27	15	6
28	15	6
29	15	6
30	15	6
31	15	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	22	78
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	20	80
19	19	81
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	16	84
23	15	85
24	14	86
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	12	88
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	62	1
2	63	1
3	63	1
4	63	1
5	64	1
6	64	1
7	64	1
8	64	1
9	65	1
10	65	1
11	66	2
12	66	2
13	67	2
14	68	2
15	69	2
16	70	2
17	71	2
18	72	2
19	73	2
20	75	2
21	76	2
22	77	3
23	79	3
24	80	2
25	81	2
26	82	2
27	82	2
28	83	2
29	83	2
30	83	2
31	83	2

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	6
2	17	6
3	16	6
4	16	6
5	16	6
6	16	6
7	16	6
8	16	6
9	16	6
10	16	6
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	16	6
17	16	6
18	16	6
19	16	6
20	15	6
21	15	6
22	15	6
23	15	6
24	15	6
25	15	6
26	15	6
27	15	6
28	15	6
29	15	6
30	15	6
31	15	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	22	78
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	20	80
19	19	81
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	16	84
23	15	85
24	14	86
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	12	88
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	62	1
2	63	1
3	63	1
4	63	1
5	64	1
6	64	1
7	64	1
8	64	1
9	65	1
10	65	1
11	66	2
12	66	2
13	67	2
14	68	2
15	69	2
16	70	2
17	71	2
18	72	2
19	73	2
20	75	2
21	76	2
22	77	3
23	79	3
24	80	2
25	81	2
26	82	2
27	82	2
28	83	2
29	83	2
30	83	2
31	83	2

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100