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Dorado in December

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Dorado is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 72°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 2 minutes.December in Dorado is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 22°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 2 minutes.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
72°F22°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 49% of days
Daylight
11h 02mon average

Is December a good time to visit Dorado?

Yes. December is one of Dorado's most comfortable 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 86°F in December, against 86°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in December, against 30°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

49% of days in December, against 35% to 80% through the year.

Cloud cover

35% cover in December, against 28% to 67% through the year.

Daylight

11h 02m in December, against 11h 02m to 13h 13m 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. November88°31°low 74°low 23°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. December86°30°low 72°low 22°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January86°30°low 71°low 22°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Dorado sits, in December

America/Puerto Rico
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:49 AMsets 5:51 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
18.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
San Juan24 km east

The land around Dorado, 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 Puerto Rico in December

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 9 km south-east of Dorado. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. 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 (57 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 (57 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.