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Paro in December

Cool and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Paro is cool: highs near 59°F, lows near 37°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 26 minutes.December in Paro is cool: highs near 15°C, lows near 3°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 26 minutes.

High
59°F15°Caverage
Low
37°F3°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 43% of days
Daylight
10h 26mon average

Is December a good time to visit Paro?

December sits outside Paro's best months, which run from June to September. Expect cool days and rain on about three 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 59°F in December, against 55°F to 74°F through the year.Highs near 15°C in December, against 13°C to 23°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

43% of days in December, against 41% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

21% cover in December, against 19% to 84% through the year.

Daylight

10h 26m in December, against 10h 26m to 13h 51m 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. November64°18°low 42°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December59°15°low 37°low 3°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January55°13°low 31°low -1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Paro sits, in December

Asia/Thimphu
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:45 AMsets 5:10 PM
Above the sea
2,260 mhigh country
Latitude
27.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Thimphu22 km east

The land around Paro, 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 Bhutan in December

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Paro. 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 (2,260 m) against the climate model's (2,792 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 (2,260 m) against the climate model's (2,792 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.