Climate · Punta del Este

Punta del Este in December

Warm and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Punta del Este is warm: highs near 76°F, lows near 63°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 14 hours 28 minutes.December in Punta del Este is warm: highs near 24°C, lows near 17°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 14 hours 28 minutes.

High
76°F24°Caverage
Low
63°F17°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 26% of days
Daylight
14h 28mon average

Is December a good time to visit Punta del Este?


Yes. December is one of Punta del Este's best months (November to February).

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 76°F in December, against 59°F to 80°F through the year.Highs near 24°C in December, against 15°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

26% of days in December, against 21% to 36% through the year.

Cloud cover

35% cover in December, against 33% to 55% through the year.

Daylight

14h 28m in December, against 9h 51m to 14h 28m 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.

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  1. November72°22°low 59°low 15°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. December76°24°low 63°low 17°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. January79°26°low 67°low 19°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Punta del Este sits, in December

America/Montevideo

this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
5:20 AMsets 7:49 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
35.0°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Montevideo114 km west

The land around Punta del Este, 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 Uruguay in December

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 8 km north-east of Punta del Este. 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.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.