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Valle de las Leñas in December

Mild and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Valle de las Leñas is mild: highs near 62°F, lows near 39°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 14 hours 29 minutes.December in Valle de las Leñas is mild: highs near 17°C, lows near 4°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 14 hours 29 minutes.

High
62°F17°Caverage
Low
39°F4°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 25% of days
Daylight
14h 29mon average

Is December a good time to visit Valle de las Leñas?

December sits outside Valle de las Leñas's best months, which run from January to March. Expect mild days and rain on about two days a week.

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 62°F in December, against 38°F to 71°F through the year.Highs near 17°C in December, against 3°C to 22°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

25% of days in December, against 18% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

23% cover in December, against 18% to 49% through the year.

Daylight

14h 29m in December, against 9h 50m to 14h 29m 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. November53°12°low 32°low 0°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. December62°17°low 39°low 4°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. January70°21°low 45°low 7°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Valle de las Leñas sits, in December

America/Argentina/Mendoza
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:21 AMsets 8:51 PM
Above the sea
2,240 mhigh country
Latitude
35.1°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
San Pablo186 km north-east

The land around Valle de las Leñas, 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 Valle de las Leñas

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Valle de las Leñas. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,240 m) against the climate model's (2,716 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,240 m) against the climate model's (2,716 m). 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.