Coyhaique weather in December

In December, Coyhaique sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 118 mm of precipitation across 14.6 wet days and about 15.4 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 12 min at the start of December to 15 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Coyhaique's 4th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Coyhaique's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 10th coldest
Precipitation: 118 mm; 14.6 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 30 min; 6:00 AM – 9:29 PM
Cloud cover: 73%; 4th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 6.67 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Coyhaique is capital city of both the Coihaique Province and the Aysén Region of Chile.

Air quality: Very high; PM2.5 40.5 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 3,450/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1929

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month.

A typical December day in Coyhaique reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 2°C warmer than November and about 2°C cooler 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)	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6

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

How December really feels in Coyhaique

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.

Coyhaique weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 3rd-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	16° / 6°	96	12.4	0.6	15.1	4.4
Feb	16° / 6°	74	10	0.5	13.9	4.8
Mar	14° / 4°	102	12.8	0.8	12.4	3.6
Apr	10° / 2°	126	14.1	3.9	10.7	2.0
May	6° / -1°	151	16.2	7.5	9.3	0.5
Jun	3° / -3°	173	17.5	13.6	8.6	0.0
Jul	3° / -4°	147	16.1	13.7	8.9	0.0
Aug	5° / -3°	161	16.8	14.6	10.1	0.0
Sep	7° / -1°	100	14.1	9.3	11.7	0.8
Oct	10° / 1°	125	15.1	7.3	13.3	1.8
Nov	12° / 3°	125	14.9	4	14.7	2.7
Dec	14° / 5°	118	14.6	2.1	15.4	3.5

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 77%.

	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 (%)	22	23	23	24	25	26	26	26	26	25	26	26	25	25	24	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	22	24	24	24
Cloudier (%)	78	77	77	76	75	74	74	74	74	75	74	74	75	75	76	78	78	78	79	79	80	80	80	80	79	79	78	78	76	76	76

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	24	76
5	25	75
6	26	74
7	26	74
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	25	75
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	24	76
16	22	78
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	21	79
26	21	79
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	24	76
30	24	76
31	24	76

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Coyhaique gets around 118 mm of rain and snow over 14.6 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 47% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

	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 (%)	47	47	46	46	46	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	46	46	47	47	48	48	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	49	49	48
Snow chance (%)	9	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	47	9
2	47	8
3	46	7
4	46	7
5	46	7
6	45	6
7	45	6
8	45	6
9	45	6
10	45	6
11	45	6
12	45	6
13	46	7
14	46	7
15	47	7
16	47	7
17	48	8
18	48	8
19	49	8
20	49	8
21	49	8
22	50	8
23	50	8
24	50	7
25	50	7
26	50	7
27	49	6
28	49	6
29	49	6
30	49	6
31	48	5

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 11 km/h in December, the windiest month of the year.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 12 min at the start of December to 15 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:01 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 9:15 PM to 9:35 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)	15.2	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:08
Sunset (PM)	9:15	9:16	9:17	9:18	9:19	9:20	9:21	9:22	9:23	9:24	9:25	9:26	9:27	9:27	9:28	9:29	9:29	9:30	9:31	9:31	9:32	9:32	9:33	9:33	9:33	9:34	9:34	9:34	9:35	9:35	9:35

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.2	6:01	9:15
2	15.3	6:01	9:16
3	15.3	6:00	9:17
4	15.3	6:00	9:18
5	15.3	6:00	9:19
6	15.3	6:00	9:20
7	15.4	6:00	9:21
8	15.4	5:59	9:22
9	15.4	5:59	9:23
10	15.4	5:59	9:24
11	15.4	5:59	9:25
12	15.4	5:59	9:26
13	15.5	6:00	9:27
14	15.5	6:00	9:27
15	15.5	6:00	9:28
16	15.5	6:00	9:29
17	15.5	6:00	9:29
18	15.5	6:01	9:30
19	15.5	6:01	9:31
20	15.5	6:01	9:31
21	15.5	6:02	9:32
22	15.5	6:02	9:32
23	15.5	6:03	9:33
24	15.5	6:03	9:33
25	15.5	6:04	9:33
26	15.5	6:04	9:34
27	15.5	6:05	9:34
28	15.5	6:06	9:34
29	15.5	6:06	9:35
30	15.5	6:07	9:35
31	15.5	6:08	9:35

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 6.67 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.16 kWh/m² to a high of 6.67 kWh/m² in December across the year — December's 6.67 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)	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6
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	6.6	Intense
2	6.6	Intense
3	6.7	Intense
4	6.7	Intense
5	6.7	Intense
6	6.7	Intense
7	6.7	Intense
8	6.7	Intense
9	6.7	Intense
10	6.7	Intense
11	6.7	Intense
12	6.7	Intense
13	6.7	Intense
14	6.7	Intense
15	6.7	Intense
16	6.7	Intense
17	6.6	Intense
18	6.6	Intense
19	6.6	Intense
20	6.6	Intense
21	6.6	Intense
22	6.6	Intense
23	6.5	Intense
24	6.5	Intense
25	6.5	Intense
26	6.5	Intense
27	6.5	Intense
28	6.5	Intense
29	6.5	Intense
30	6.5	Intense
31	6.6	Intense

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Coyhaique?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Coyhaique.

What to pack for Coyhaique in December

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

In December, Coyhaique sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 5°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 15 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Coyhaique in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Coyhaique peaks around January 12 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	10	6	4	2	1	2	2	4	7	8	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	6	High
Apr	4	Moderate
May	2	Moderate
Jun	1	Low
Jul	2	Low
Aug	2	Low
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	7	High
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Coyhaique in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Coyhaique is worst in November — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.2× the cleanest month (July, 26 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Coyhaique's WHO annual average of 40.5 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	52	44	38	31	27	27	26	36	41	52	58	52
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	52	Poor
Feb	44	Poor
Mar	38	Poor
Apr	31	Moderate
May	27	Moderate
Jun	27	Moderate
Jul	26	Moderate
Aug	36	Poor
Sep	41	Poor
Oct	52	Poor
Nov	58	Unhealthy
Dec	52	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Coyhaique?

Coyhaique sits at 45.6°S, 72.1°W, 299 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Puerto Aysén, 52 km away.

Topography around Coyhaique

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Coyhaique has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 785 m around an average of 360 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,518 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,536 m.

The land around Coyhaique is covered by grassland (41%), trees (36%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and grassland (44%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and grassland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

785 m

grassland 41%

16 km

1,518 m

trees 50%

80 km

2,536 m

trees 44%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewater

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

December weather nearby: Puerto Aysén 52 km · Las Heras 265 km · Quellón 300 km · Esquel 302 km · Pico Truncado 344 km · Comodoro Rivadavia 356 km · Caleta Olivia 364 km · Castro 371 km

Chile travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F / L; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 48% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $17,995; 2025
Happiness: 6.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 6.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 14.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 517
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 Coyhaique (-45.5752°, -72.0662°, elevation 299 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	14	4
5	14	4
6	14	4
7	14	4
8	14	5
9	14	5
10	14	5
11	14	5
12	14	5
13	14	5
14	14	5
15	14	5
16	14	5
17	14	5
18	14	5
19	14	5
20	14	5
21	14	5
22	14	5
23	14	5
24	14	5
25	14	5
26	14	5
27	14	5
28	14	5
29	14	6
30	15	6
31	15	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	24	76
5	25	75
6	26	74
7	26	74
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	25	75
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	24	76
16	22	78
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	21	79
26	21	79
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	24	76
30	24	76
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	47	9
2	47	8
3	46	7
4	46	7
5	46	7
6	45	6
7	45	6
8	45	6
9	45	6
10	45	6
11	45	6
12	45	6
13	46	7
14	46	7
15	47	7
16	47	7
17	48	8
18	48	8
19	49	8
20	49	8
21	49	8
22	50	8
23	50	8
24	50	7
25	50	7
26	50	7
27	49	6
28	49	6
29	49	6
30	49	6
31	48	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	24	76
5	25	75
6	26	74
7	26	74
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	25	75
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	24	76
16	22	78
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	21	79
26	21	79
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	24	76
30	24	76
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	47	9
2	47	8
3	46	7
4	46	7
5	46	7
6	45	6
7	45	6
8	45	6
9	45	6
10	45	6
11	45	6
12	45	6
13	46	7
14	46	7
15	47	7
16	47	7
17	48	8
18	48	8
19	49	8
20	49	8
21	49	8
22	50	8
23	50	8
24	50	7
25	50	7
26	50	7
27	49	6
28	49	6
29	49	6
30	49	6
31	48	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	24	76
5	25	75
6	26	74
7	26	74
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	25	75
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	24	76
16	22	78
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	21	79
26	21	79
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	24	76
30	24	76
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	47	9
2	47	8
3	46	7
4	46	7
5	46	7
6	45	6
7	45	6
8	45	6
9	45	6
10	45	6
11	45	6
12	45	6
13	46	7
14	46	7
15	47	7
16	47	7
17	48	8
18	48	8
19	49	8
20	49	8
21	49	8
22	50	8
23	50	8
24	50	7
25	50	7
26	50	7
27	49	6
28	49	6
29	49	6
30	49	6
31	48	5

	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