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San Pedro de Atacama in December

Warm and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in San Pedro de Atacama is warm: highs near 81°F, lows near 52°F. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 13 hours 31 minutes.December in San Pedro de Atacama is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 11°C. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 13 hours 31 minutes.

High
81°F27°Caverage
Low
52°F11°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 3% of days
Daylight
13h 31mon average

Is December a good time to visit San Pedro de Atacama?

Yes. December is one of San Pedro de Atacama's best months (December to March).

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 81°F in December, against 68°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in December, against 20°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

3% of days in December, against 0% to 24% through the year.

Cloud cover

38% cover in December, against 17% to 47% through the year.

Daylight

13h 31m in December, against 10h 45m to 13h 31m 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. November80°27°low 47°low 8°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. December81°27°low 52°low 11°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. January80°27°low 54°low 12°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where San Pedro de Atacama sits, in December

America/Santiago
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:42 AMsets 8:14 PM
Above the sea
2,440 mhigh country
Latitude
22.9°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Paiguano824 km south

The land around San Pedro de Atacama, 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 Chile in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in San Pedro de Atacama

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest San Pedro de Atacama. 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.