Ayaviri weather in December

In December, Ayaviri sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 189 mm of precipitation across 25.2 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 4th-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 2% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of December to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Ayaviri's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ayaviri's year-round climate.

Daytime high
14°
6th warmest
Overnight low
11th coldest
Precipitation
189 mm
25.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
5:12 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover
88%
10th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
7.12 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Ayaviri is capital city of Melgar, Puno, Peru.

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 14°C through the month.

A typical December day in Ayaviri reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

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

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Ayaviri weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 6th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 240283.712.82.1
Feb13° / 22225.53.612.52.1
Mar13° / 19427.33.412.12.3
Apr14° / 9219.21.711.73.1
May14° / -1°205.90.311.34.7
Jun14° / -2°61.60.311.15.3
Jul14° / -3°51.40.211.25.4
Aug15° / -1°154.40.711.55.5
Sep16° / 4811.61.211.94.7
Oct15° / 10618.2312.33.8
Nov15° / 11518.82.412.73.6
Dec14° / 18925.22.712.92.6

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1793
2793
3793
4793
5793
6793
7793
8892
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Ayaviri gets around 189 mm of rain and snow over 25.2 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 81% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1728
2728
3738
4738
5738
6738
7738
8748
9748
10748
11758
12768
13768
14778
15788
16808
17819
18829
19849
20859
21879
22889
23899
249010
259110
269110
279210
289211
299211
309211
319211

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.

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Dry (%)
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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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
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305calm
315calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of December to 12 h 54 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 5:08 AM to 5:19 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 6:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.85:085:57
212.85:085:57
312.85:085:58
412.85:085:58
512.85:085:59
612.85:095:59
712.85:096:00
812.95:096:01
912.95:106:01
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1212.95:116:03
1312.95:116:03
1412.95:116:04
1512.95:126:04
1612.95:126:05
1712.95:136:05
1812.95:136:06
1912.95:136:06
2012.95:146:07
2112.95:146:07
2212.95:156:08
2312.95:156:08
2412.95:166:09
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2612.95:176:10
2712.95:176:10
2812.95:186:10
2912.95:186:11
3012.95:196:11
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Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 7.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.61 kWh/m² to a high of 7.69 kWh/m² in November across the year — December's 7.12 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.5Intense
27.4Intense
37.4Intense
47.4Intense
57.4Intense
67.3Intense
77.3Intense
87.3Intense
97.3Intense
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127.2Intense
137.2Intense
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197.0Intense
207.0Intense
217.0Intense
227.0Intense
236.9Intense
246.9Intense
256.9Intense
266.9Intense
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286.8Intense
296.8Intense
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316.8Intense
Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Ayaviri

In seasonPeak

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

Ayaviri's monsoon runs November–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 Ayaviri?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ayaviri.

What to pack for Ayaviri in December

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

In December, Ayaviri sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 3°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 25 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Ayaviri in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 17 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ayaviri peaks around February 9 at about 19 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeFeb 9UV 19Jun 22UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan19Extreme
Feb19Extreme
Mar17Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct17Extreme
Nov17Extreme
Dec17Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Ayaviri?

Ayaviri sits at 14.9°S, 70.6°W, 3,898 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is San Miguel, 82 km away.

PunoLa RinconadaIlaveCono Norte

Topography around Ayaviri

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ayaviri has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 307 m around an average of 3,916 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 888 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,653 m.

The land around Ayaviri is covered by grassland (59%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, grassland (85%) within 16 km, and grassland (88%) within 80 km.

3 km
307 m
16 km
888 m
80 km
1,653 m
grasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
December weather nearby: San Miguel 82 km · Juliaca 84 km · Yauri 89 km · Sicuani 97 km · Puno 122 km · La Rinconada 126 km · Ilave 166 km · Cono Norte 192 km

Peru travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B / C
220 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 51% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$9,684
2025
Happiness
6.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
49%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
8.6
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
13.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 519
Religion
Catholic 76%Evangelical Christian 16%no religion 5%other religions 3%

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 Ayaviri (-14.8864°, -70.5889°, elevation 3,898 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).