Quellón weather in December

In December, Quellón sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 120 mm of rain across 14.6 wet days and about 15.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 hours at the start of December to 15 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Quellón's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Quellón's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 120 mm; 14.6 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 12 min; 6:15 AM – 9:26 PM
Cloud cover: 66%; 4th clearest
Wind: 19 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.63 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.1; out of 10

Quellón is locality in Chile.

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 13°C through the month.

A typical December day in Quellón reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C warmer than November and about 1°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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	10	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	12	12	12

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

Quellón weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 12°	99	13	14.8	3.7
Feb	14° / 12°	89	10.9	13.8	3.8
Mar	13° / 11°	139	14.1	12.4	3.3
Apr	12° / 10°	165	16	10.9	2.7
May	11° / 9°	227	19.1	9.6	2.1
Jun	10° / 8°	244	21.2	8.9	1.6
Jul	9° / 8°	226	20.6	9.1	1.5
Aug	9° / 8°	240	21.1	10.2	1.5
Sep	10° / 8°	161	17.5	11.7	1.8
Oct	11° / 9°	148	16.4	13.2	2.2
Nov	12° / 10°	128	15.2	14.5	2.6
Dec	13° / 11°	120	14.6	15.1	3.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

	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 (%)	34	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	37	36	35	36	36	35	35	35	34	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	38	38
Cloudier (%)	66	65	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	63	64	65	64	64	65	65	65	66	65	65	65	64	64	63	63	62	62	62

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	35	65
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	37	63
14	36	64
15	35	65
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	38	62

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Quellón gets around 120 mm of rain 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 rain averages around 47% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days.

	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	47	47	47	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48

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

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	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in December

Winds average 19 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 19 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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	19	light breeze
2	19	light breeze
3	19	light breeze
4	19	light breeze
5	19	light breeze
6	19	light breeze
7	19	light breeze
8	19	light breeze
9	19	light breeze
10	19	light breeze
11	19	light breeze
12	19	light breeze
13	19	light breeze
14	19	light breeze
15	19	light breeze
16	19	light breeze
17	19	light breeze
18	19	light breeze
19	19	light breeze
20	19	light breeze
21	19	light breeze
22	19	light breeze
23	19	light breeze
24	19	light breeze
25	19	light breeze
26	19	light breeze
27	19	light breeze
28	19	light breeze
29	19	light breeze
30	19	light breeze
31	19	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 hours at the start of December to 15 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 6:16 AM to 6:23 AM, and sunset from 9:13 PM to 9:32 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)	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23
Sunset (PM)	9:13	9:14	9:15	9:16	9:17	9:18	9:19	9:20	9:20	9:21	9:22	9:23	9:24	9:24	9:25	9:26	9:26	9:27	9:28	9:28	9:29	9:29	9:30	9:30	9:31	9:31	9:31	9:31	9:32	9:32	9:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.0	6:16	9:13
2	15.0	6:15	9:14
3	15.0	6:15	9:15
4	15.0	6:15	9:16
5	15.0	6:15	9:17
6	15.1	6:15	9:18
7	15.1	6:15	9:19
8	15.1	6:15	9:20
9	15.1	6:14	9:20
10	15.1	6:15	9:21
11	15.1	6:15	9:22
12	15.1	6:15	9:23
13	15.1	6:15	9:24
14	15.2	6:15	9:24
15	15.2	6:15	9:25
16	15.2	6:15	9:26
17	15.2	6:16	9:26
18	15.2	6:16	9:27
19	15.2	6:16	9:28
20	15.2	6:17	9:28
21	15.2	6:17	9:29
22	15.2	6:18	9:29
23	15.2	6:18	9:30
24	15.2	6:19	9:30
25	15.2	6:19	9:31
26	15.2	6:20	9:31
27	15.2	6:20	9:31
28	15.2	6:21	9:31
29	15.2	6:22	9:32
30	15.2	6:22	9:32
31	15.1	6:23	9:32

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.09 kWh/m² to a high of 5.8 kWh/m² in January across the year — December's 5.63 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)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Quellón?

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

3.1

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Quellón.

What to pack for Quellón in December

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

In December, Quellón sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 11°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer and sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

rain geara warm layersun protection

Sea temperature near Quellón in December

The nearest coast averages about 12°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in January at about 13°C and coldest in August near 10°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	12
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	13	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	12	Bracing
Apr	11	Bracing
May	11	Bracing
Jun	11	Bracing
Jul	10	Bracing
Aug	10	Bracing
Sep	10	Bracing
Oct	11	Bracing
Nov	11	Bracing
Dec	12	Bracing

UV index in Quellón in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Quellón peaks around January 1 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 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)	12	11	6	4	2	1	2	2	4	7	8	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	11	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	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Quellón?

Quellón sits at 43.1°S, 73.6°W, 23 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Castro, 73 km away.

Topography around Quellón

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Quellón has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 186 m around an average of 53 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 268 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,071 m.

The land around Quellón is covered by trees (42%) and water (33%) within 3 km, trees (48%) and water (43%) within 16 km, and water (65%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

186 m

trees 42%

16 km

268 m

trees 48%

80 km

2,071 m

water 65%

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

December weather nearby: Castro 73 km · Ancud 140 km · Calbuco 155 km · Maullín 167 km · Esquel 188 km · Puerto Montt 192 km · Puerto Varas 207 km · Llanquihue 213 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 Quellón (-43.1182°, -73.6166°, elevation 23 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	12	10
2	12	11
3	12	11
4	12	11
5	12	11
6	12	11
7	12	11
8	12	11
9	13	11
10	13	11
11	13	11
12	13	11
13	13	11
14	13	11
15	13	11
16	13	11
17	13	11
18	13	11
19	13	11
20	13	11
21	13	11
22	13	11
23	13	11
24	13	11
25	13	11
26	13	11
27	13	11
28	13	11
29	13	12
30	13	12
31	13	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	35	65
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	37	63
14	36	64
15	35	65
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	38	62

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	35	65
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	37	63
14	36	64
15	35	65
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	38	62

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	35	65
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	37	63
14	36	64
15	35	65
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	38	62

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1