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Tambopata in December

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Tambopata is hot: highs near 88°F, lows near 73°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 51 minutes.December in Tambopata is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 23°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 51 minutes.

High
88°F31°Caverage
Low
73°F23°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 85% of days
Daylight
12h 51mon average

Is December a good time to visit Tambopata?

December sits outside Tambopata's most comfortable months, which run from June to July. Expect hot days and rain on about six 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 88°F in December, against 85°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in December, against 29°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

85% of days in December, against 24% to 91% through the year.

Cloud cover

76% cover in December, against 34% to 81% through the year.

Daylight

12h 51m in December, against 11h 24m to 12h 51m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. November89°32°low 73°low 23°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. December88°31°low 73°low 23°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. January88°31°low 73°low 23°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Tambopata sits, in December

America/La Paz
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:06 AMsets 6:57 PM
Above the sea
180 mlow-lying
Latitude
12.6°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Cusco330 km west

The land around Tambopata, 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 Peru in December

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

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