Daule weather in December

In December, Daule sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 110 mm of rain across 14.7 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in December, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of December to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Daule's 3rd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Daule's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
23°
7th coldest
Rainfall
110 mm
14.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:13 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover
85%
3rd clearest
Wind
5 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
3.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Daule is city of Guayas Province, Ecuador.

Density
2,644/km²
people per km²
Founded
1537

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

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical December day in Daule reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How December really feels in Daule

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Daule weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 23°2692512.13.3
Feb29° / 23°39726.212.12.8
Mar30° / 23°37827.4122.9
Apr30° / 24°31625.6123.0
May29° / 23°19122.211.93.6
Jun29° / 22°861411.94.8
Jul28° / 22°5910.711.95.3
Aug29° / 21°418.211.95.3
Sep29° / 21°6911.5124.8
Oct29° / 22°5210.5124.8
Nov30° / 22°507.912.14.8
Dec30° / 23°11014.712.14.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1892
2892
3892
4892
5892
6892
7892
8892
9892
10892
11793
12793
13793
14793
15793
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Daule gets around 110 mm of rain over 14.7 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 69% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
134
234
335
435
536
637
737
838
938
1039
1140
1240
1341
1442
1543
1644
1745
1847
1948
2050
2152
2253
2355
2457
2559
2660
2762
2864
2966
3067
3169

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the oppressive band about 47% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 97% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1963253
2863263
3861283
4761293
5660313
6659323
7559333
8557353
9457363
10455383
11355393
12354403
13253423
14252433
15251443
16250463
17148473
18147493
19146503
20144523
21142543
22140563
23138574
24036604
25034624
26032644
27030655
28027685
29025705
30023716
31022726

Wind in December

Winds average 5 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of December to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:07 AM to 6:20 AM, and sunset from 6:13 PM to 6:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:076:13
212.16:076:13
312.16:076:13
412.16:086:14
512.16:086:14
612.16:096:15
712.16:096:15
812.16:096:16
912.16:106:16
1012.16:106:17
1112.16:116:17
1212.16:116:17
1312.16:126:18
1412.16:126:18
1512.16:126:19
1612.16:136:19
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1812.16:146:20
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2012.16:156:21
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2912.16:196:25
3012.16:196:26
3112.16:206:26

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 3.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.97 kWh/m² to a high of 3.89 kWh/m² in November across the year — December's 3.47 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.8Moderate
23.7Moderate
33.7Moderate
43.7Moderate
53.7Moderate
63.6Moderate
73.6Moderate
83.6Moderate
93.6Moderate
103.6Moderate
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273.3Moderate
283.3Moderate
293.3Moderate
303.3Moderate
313.3Moderate
Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Daule

In seasonPeak

None of Daule's seasonal hazards are active in December. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Daule's monsoon runs January–May, 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 Daule?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Daule for sightseeing.

What to pack for Daule in December

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

In December, Daule sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Daule 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 Daule peaks around March 11 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 14 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 11UV 15Jul 14UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Daule 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 Daule is worst in March — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1726 µg/m³Aug 1812 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar26Moderate
Apr24Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep13Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec22Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Daule?

Daule sits at 1.9°S, 80.0°W, 28 m above sea level, in Ecuador. The nearest listed city is El Triunfo, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Daule

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Daule has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 18 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 286 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 843 m.

The land around Daule is covered by cropland (51%) within 3 km, cropland (47%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
18 m
16 km
286 m
80 km
843 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
December weather nearby: El Triunfo 8.0 km · Pedro Carbo 29 km · Samborondón 30 km · Eloy Alfaro 38 km · Guayaquil 39 km · Yaguachi Nuevo 41 km · Vinces 42 km · Babahoyo 51 km

Ecuador travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 43% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$7,125
2025
Happiness
6.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
70%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
45.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
20.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 466
Religion
Roman Catholic 68%Protestant 19%none 8%other 2%

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 Daule (-1.8603°, -79.9768°, elevation 28 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).