Tingo María weather in December

In December, Tingo María sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 218 mm of rain across 26.4 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in December, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of December to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Tingo María's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tingo María's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
5th warmest
Overnight low
17°
12th coldest
Rainfall
218 mm
26.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:44 AM – 6:16 PM
Cloud cover
87%
10th clearest
Wind
3 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.7 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Tingo María is town in Huánuco, Peru.

Founded
1938

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 26°C through the month.

A typical December day in Tingo María reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 28°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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112617
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Tingo María 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 17°22525.912.54.1
Feb25° / 17°23324.412.33.9
Mar25° / 17°25327.512.13.9
Apr25° / 17°18825.411.84.2
May25° / 16°1102011.65.2
Jun25° / 16°5912.711.56.5
Jul25° / 15°489.911.57.0
Aug26° / 15°5410.911.76.8
Sep27° / 16°8315.811.95.6
Oct26° / 16°15122.412.24.6
Nov26° / 17°21425.412.44.0
Dec26° / 17°21826.412.54.0

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 (%)
1694
2694
3694
4694
5694
6694
7694
8793
9793
10793
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Tingo María gets around 218 mm of rain over 26.4 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 85% and peaks near 88% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
185
285
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986
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2484
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2683
2782
2882
2981
3081
3181

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the humid band about 73% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 27% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
106931
206931
307030
407129
507228
607327
707327
807426
907525
1007525
1107525
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3117326

Wind in December

Winds average 3 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 3 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
13calm
23calm
33calm
43calm
53calm
63calm
73calm
83calm
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103calm
113calm
123calm
133calm
143calm
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263calm
273calm
283calm
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303calm
313calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of December to 12 h 30 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 5:39 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 6:09 PM to 6:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:396:09
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512.55:406:11
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2012.55:466:18
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2212.55:476:19
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2412.55:486:20
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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 4.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.36 kWh/m² to a high of 5.46 kWh/m² in September across the year — December's 4.7 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
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44.7Bright
54.7Bright
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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Tingo María

In seasonPeak

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

Tingo María's rainy season runs October–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 Tingo María?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Tingo María for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tingo María in December

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

In December, Tingo María sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Tingo María in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tingo María peaks around February 16 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 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 16UV 17Jun 21UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb17Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct15Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec15Extreme

Air quality in Tingo María 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 Tingo María is worst in September — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.4× the cleanest month (June, 9 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateUnhealthyModerateGoodSep 1570 µg/m³Jun 119 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar14Moderate
Apr12Good
May10Good
Jun9Good
Jul12Moderate
Aug35Moderate
Sep76Unhealthy
Oct21Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Tingo María?

Tingo María sits at 9.3°S, 76.0°W, 647 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Aguaytía, 61 km away.

YanacanchaChaupimarcaTocacheCerro de PascoYanacancha

Topography around Tingo María

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tingo María has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 835 m around an average of 760 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,786 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,617 m.

The land around Tingo María is covered by trees (70%) within 3 km, trees (90%) within 16 km, and trees (79%) within 80 km.

3 km
835 m
16 km
1,786 m
80 km
4,617 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Aguaytía 61 km · Huánuco 75 km · Uchiza 106 km · Yanacancha 127 km · Chaupimarca 134 km · Tocache 136 km · Cerro de Pasco 155 km · Yanacancha 155 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 Tingo María (-9.2953°, -75.9957°, elevation 647 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).