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Mendoza in December

Hot and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Mendoza is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 63°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 14 hours 17 minutes.December in Mendoza is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 17°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 14 hours 17 minutes.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
63°F17°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 29% of days
Daylight
14h 17mon average

Is December a good time to visit Mendoza?

A good month, just outside Mendoza's best months, which run in two parts: March to April, or September to November.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 87°F in December, against 59°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in December, against 15°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

29% of days in December, against 12% to 36% through the year.

Cloud cover

23% cover in December, against 23% to 44% through the year.

Daylight

14h 17m in December, against 10h 01m to 14h 17m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November82°28°low 57°low 14°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. December87°31°low 63°low 17°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. January89°32°low 66°low 19°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Mendoza sits, in December

America/Argentina/Mendoza
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:22 AMsets 8:39 PM
Above the sea
760 mupland
Latitude
32.9°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
San Pablo94 km south-west

The land around Mendoza, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Argentina in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Mendoza

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Mendoza. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.