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Galápagos (Puerto Ayora) in December

Hot and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Galápagos (Puerto Ayora) is hot: highs near 85°F, lows near 72°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 10 minutes.December in Galápagos (Puerto Ayora) is hot: highs near 29°C, lows near 22°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 10 minutes.

High
85°F29°Caverage
Low
72°F22°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 19% of days
Daylight
12h 10mon average

Is December a good time to visit Galápagos (Puerto Ayora)?

A good month, just outside Galápagos (Puerto Ayora)'s best months, which run from August 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 85°F in December, against 82°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in December, against 28°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

19% of days in December, against 2% to 64% through the year.

Cloud cover

59% cover in December, against 54% to 66% through the year.

Daylight

12h 10m in December, against 12h 05m to 12h 10m 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. November84°29°low 70°low 21°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. December85°29°low 72°low 22°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. January87°31°low 74°low 23°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Galápagos (Puerto Ayora) sits, in December

Pacific/Galapagos
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
5:51 AMsets 6:01 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
0.7°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Mashpi Reserve1276 km east

The land around Galápagos (Puerto Ayora), 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 Ecuador in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Galápagos (Puerto Ayora)

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Galápagos (Puerto Ayora). 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (170 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (170 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.