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Torres del Paine in December

Cool and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Torres del Paine is cool: highs near 55°F, lows near 38°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 16 hours 27 minutes.December in Torres del Paine is cool: highs near 13°C, lows near 3°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 16 hours 27 minutes.

High
55°F13°Caverage
Low
38°F3°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 67% of days
Daylight
16h 27mon average

Is December a good time to visit Torres del Paine?

Yes. December is one of Torres del Paine's mildest 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 55°F in December, against 35°F to 58°F through the year.Highs near 13°C in December, against 2°C to 14°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

67% of days in December, against 57% to 71% through the year.

Cloud cover

62% cover in December, against 60% to 68% through the year.

Daylight

16h 27m in December, against 8h 00m to 16h 27m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. November50°10°low 34°low 1°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. December55°13°low 38°low 3°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. January57°14°low 40°low 4°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Torres del Paine sits, in December

America/Punta Arenas
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
5:31 AMsets 10:00 PM
Above the sea
480 mlow-lying
Latitude
50.9°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Puerto Natales91 km south

The land around Torres del Paine, 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 Torres del Paine

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Torres del Paine. 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 (480 m) against the climate model's (330 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 (480 m) against the climate model's (330 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.