Puerto Maldonado climate

Puerto Maldonado Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 30°C on December 1 to 29°C on December 31, and lows from 23°C to 23°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 306 mm over about 22 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Puerto Maldonado, in °C, with the record for each date.152025303540151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

December at a glance

Average high
29°C
Average low
23°C
Precipitation
306 mm
Record high
40°CDec 9, 1979
Record low
16°CDec 21, 1981
Daylight
12 h 48 min to 12 h 52 min
Cloud cover
82%
Humidity
87%
Dew point
23°C
Wind
2.9 km/h

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Dec 130°C23°C35°C 196518°C 198066%
Dec 230°C23°C36°C 198420°C 201566%
Dec 330°C23°C35°C 202417°C 197467%
Dec 430°C23°C36°C 198018°C 196468%
Dec 530°C23°C34°C 197619°C 196468%
Dec 630°C23°C37°C 198018°C 200869%
Dec 730°C23°C36°C 197917°C 196869%
Dec 830°C23°C38°C 197919°C 197770%
Dec 930°C23°C40°C 197918°C 197370%
Dec 1030°C23°C36°C 197419°C 197769%
Dec 1130°C23°C34°C 201719°C 197468%
Dec 1229°C23°C35°C 196320°C 196769%
Dec 1329°C23°C36°C 198320°C 197869%
Dec 1429°C23°C35°C 196319°C 197768%
Dec 1529°C23°C35°C 197518°C 201069%
Dec 1629°C23°C35°C 199218°C 196468%
Dec 1729°C23°C35°C 199617°C 197968%
Dec 1829°C23°C36°C 199620°C 197868%
Dec 1929°C23°C36°C 196917°C 196969%
Dec 2029°C23°C36°C 199620°C 197470%
Dec 2129°C23°C33°C 199116°C 198170%
Dec 2229°C23°C34°C 198718°C 196370%
Dec 2329°C23°C35°C 197817°C 196771%
Dec 2429°C23°C35°C 196319°C 197972%
Dec 2529°C23°C33°C 197520°C 197973%
Dec 2629°C23°C35°C 196317°C 197875%
Dec 2729°C23°C35°C 199520°C 198175%
Dec 2829°C23°C35°C 198718°C 196875%
Dec 2929°C23°C36°C 198017°C 196476%
Dec 3029°C23°C34°C 197717°C 196476%
Dec 3129°C23°C37°C 198020°C 196476%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Puerto Maldonado, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-5).

December 1
sunrise 5:02 AM, sunset 5:50 PM
December 31
sunrise 5:14 AM, sunset 6:06 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station PEM00084658, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.