Loja weather in December

In December, Loja sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 148 mm of rain across 21.8 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in December, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of December to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Loja's 7th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Loja's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 148 mm; 21.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:06 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover: 78%; 7th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

Loja is city in Ecuador, capital of the Loja Province.

Density: 5,263/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1548

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 21°C through the month.

A typical December day in Loja reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with 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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	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	14	14	14	14	14

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

Loja weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 14°	167	22.5	12.2	4.5
Feb	21° / 14°	195	22.8	12.1	4.1
Mar	21° / 14°	204	24.2	12	4.1
Apr	21° / 14°	148	20.9	11.9	4.6
May	21° / 14°	82	16.3	11.8	5.5
Jun	21° / 13°	49	11.7	11.8	6.1
Jul	20° / 13°	37	10.1	11.8	6.4
Aug	21° / 13°	24	6.9	11.9	7.0
Sep	22° / 14°	36	8.4	12	6.8
Oct	22° / 14°	88	16.2	12.1	5.5
Nov	22° / 14°	133	19.2	12.2	4.9
Dec	21° / 14°	148	21.8	12.2	4.6

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%.

	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 (%)	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	20	20	21	22	23	23	23	23
Cloudier (%)	82	82	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	84	84	83	83	82	81	81	80	80	79	78	77	77	77	77

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	16	84
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	18	82
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	21	79
27	22	78
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	23	77

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Loja gets around 148 mm of rain over 21.8 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 70% and peaks near 72% 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 (%)	65	65	66	67	67	68	69	69	70	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	65
3	66
4	67
5	67
6	68
7	69
8	69
9	70
10	71
11	71
12	71
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	71
18	71
19	71
20	71
21	71
22	71
23	71
24	71
25	71
26	70
27	70
28	70
29	70
30	70
31	71

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the comfortable band about 60% 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 (%)	44	43	43	42	42	41	40	40	39	38	38	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	38	38	39	40	41	41	42	42	42	43	43
Comfortable (%)	56	57	57	58	58	59	60	60	61	62	62	63	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	63	62	62	61	60	59	59	58	58	58	57	57

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	44	56
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	41	59
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	39	61
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	37	63
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	37	63
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	39	61
24	40	60
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	43	57
31	43	57

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 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of December to 12 h 12 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 6:00 AM to 6:13 AM, and sunset from 6:13 PM to 6:27 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)	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13
Sunset (PM)	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:00	6:13
2	12.2	6:00	6:13
3	12.2	6:01	6:14
4	12.2	6:01	6:14
5	12.2	6:02	6:15
6	12.2	6:02	6:15
7	12.2	6:02	6:16
8	12.2	6:03	6:16
9	12.2	6:03	6:17
10	12.2	6:03	6:17
11	12.2	6:04	6:18
12	12.2	6:04	6:18
13	12.2	6:05	6:18
14	12.2	6:05	6:19
15	12.2	6:06	6:19
16	12.2	6:06	6:20
17	12.2	6:07	6:20
18	12.2	6:07	6:21
19	12.2	6:07	6:21
20	12.2	6:08	6:22
21	12.2	6:08	6:22
22	12.2	6:09	6:23
23	12.2	6:09	6:23
24	12.2	6:10	6:24
25	12.2	6:10	6:24
26	12.2	6:11	6:25
27	12.2	6:11	6:25
28	12.2	6:12	6:25
29	12.2	6:12	6:26
30	12.2	6:13	6:26
31	12.2	6:13	6:27

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.6 kWh/m² to a high of 5.66 kWh/m² in September across the year — December's 5 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9
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	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Loja

In seasonPeak

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

Loja's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Loja?

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

4.6

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

3.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Loja for sightseeing.

What to pack for Loja in December

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

In December, Loja sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 14°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

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UV index in Loja in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Loja peaks around February 17 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 12 (extreme).

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)	17	18	17	14	14	12	12	12	14	15	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Loja 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 Loja is worst in November — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (July, 10 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	14	15	15	14	12	11	10	14	19	15	21	17
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	14	Moderate
May	12	Good
Jun	11	Good
Jul	10	Good
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Loja?

Loja sits at 4.0°S, 79.2°W, 2,060 m above sea level, in Ecuador. The nearest listed city is Catamayo, 17 km away.

Topography around Loja

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Loja has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 316 m around an average of 2,144 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,131 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,672 m.

The land around Loja is covered by artificial surfaces (47%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, trees (54%) and grassland (40%) within 16 km, and trees (64%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

316 m

artificial surfaces 47%

16 km

2,131 m

trees 54%

80 km

3,672 m

trees 64%

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

December weather nearby: Catamayo 17 km · Zamora 29 km · Vilcabamba 30 km · Cariamanga 54 km · Piñas 63 km · Pasaje 100 km · Santa Rosa 103 km · Arenillas 107 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

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 Loja (-3.9931°, -79.2042°, elevation 2,060 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	21	14
2	21	14
3	21	14
4	21	14
5	21	14
6	21	14
7	21	14
8	21	14
9	21	14
10	21	14
11	21	14
12	21	14
13	21	14
14	21	14
15	21	14
16	21	14
17	21	14
18	21	14
19	21	14
20	21	14
21	21	14
22	21	14
23	21	14
24	21	14
25	21	14
26	21	14
27	21	14
28	21	14
29	21	14
30	21	14
31	21	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	16	84
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	18	82
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	21	79
27	22	78
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	65
3	66
4	67
5	67
6	68
7	69
8	69
9	70
10	71
11	71
12	71
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	71
18	71
19	71
20	71
21	71
22	71
23	71
24	71
25	71
26	70
27	70
28	70
29	70
30	70
31	71

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	44	56
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	41	59
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	39	61
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	37	63
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	37	63
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	39	61
24	40	60
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	43	57
31	43	57

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	16	84
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	18	82
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	21	79
27	22	78
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	65
3	66
4	67
5	67
6	68
7	69
8	69
9	70
10	71
11	71
12	71
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	71
18	71
19	71
20	71
21	71
22	71
23	71
24	71
25	71
26	70
27	70
28	70
29	70
30	70
31	71

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	44	56
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	41	59
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	39	61
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	37	63
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	37	63
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	39	61
24	40	60
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	43	57
31	43	57

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	16	84
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	18	82
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	21	79
27	22	78
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	65
3	66
4	67
5	67
6	68
7	69
8	69
9	70
10	71
11	71
12	71
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	71
18	71
19	71
20	71
21	71
22	71
23	71
24	71
25	71
26	70
27	70
28	70
29	70
30	70
31	71

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	44	56
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	41	59
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	39	61
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	37	63
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	37	63
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	39	61
24	40	60
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	43	57
31	43	57