Cafayate climate

Cafayate Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Cafayate, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 19°C on December 1 to 18°C on December 31, and lows from 3°C to 6°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 146 mm over about 16 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Cafayate, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
19°C
Average low
4°C
Precipitation
146 mm
Reanalysis high
27°CDec 26, 1997
Reanalysis low
-6°CDec 6, 2005
Daylight
13 h 39 min to 13 h 44 min
Cloud cover
62%
Humidity
65%
Dew point
3°C
Wind
14.4 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Dec 119°C3°C24°C 2009-2°C 199346%
Dec 219°C3°C24°C 1994-1°C 201446%
Dec 319°C3°C25°C 1993-4°C 200148%
Dec 419°C3°C24°C 2013-5°C 200148%
Dec 519°C3°C24°C 2012-3°C 201847%
Dec 619°C3°C26°C 2012-6°C 200547%
Dec 719°C3°C23°C 2010-4°C 200546%
Dec 819°C3°C25°C 2013-1°C 200346%
Dec 919°C4°C23°C 2010-2°C 200247%
Dec 1019°C4°C24°C 2010-4°C 201646%
Dec 1119°C4°C25°C 2010-1°C 199145%
Dec 1219°C4°C24°C 2015-2°C 199145%
Dec 1319°C4°C26°C 2018-3°C 199145%
Dec 1419°C4°C23°C 2003-4°C 199144%
Dec 1519°C4°C22°C 2014-2°C 199143%
Dec 1619°C4°C24°C 2017-1°C 199143%
Dec 1719°C4°C23°C 20151°C 200345%
Dec 1819°C5°C25°C 20200°C 201145%
Dec 1919°C5°C25°C 20122°C 201545%
Dec 2019°C5°C24°C 19950°C 201546%
Dec 2119°C5°C25°C 1991-1°C 199847%
Dec 2219°C5°C24°C 1992-1°C 201449%
Dec 2319°C5°C24°C 20100°C 199850%
Dec 2419°C5°C26°C 20120°C 201452%
Dec 2519°C5°C24°C 20160°C 201454%
Dec 2619°C5°C27°C 19971°C 201455%
Dec 2719°C5°C26°C 19971°C 201655%
Dec 2819°C5°C23°C 20020°C 200755%
Dec 2918°C5°C25°C 19971°C 200756%
Dec 3018°C6°C21°C 19972°C 200756%
Dec 3118°C6°C25°C 19972°C 201057%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Cafayate, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-3).

December 1
sunrise 6:24 AM, sunset 8:03 PM
December 31
sunrise 6:35 AM, sunset 8:19 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.