Atocha Weather in December
Atocha in December
The short of it: Atocha in December averages a high of 23 °C (74 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 35 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 13 h 24 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 8° · rain 35 mm · daylight 13 h 24 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: December & November
Thirty years of records give Atocha an average December high of 23°, a low of 8° and some 35 mm of rain. The height of summer in Atocha, with afternoons near 23°. Rain is modest, about 35 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 24 min in mid-December, 15 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates December 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Atocha runs about middling and about as wet in December. Santa Bárbara, 18 km to the E, is 4° cooler by day.
December in Atocha, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 1° warmer, 27 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 16°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa BárbaraPotosí Department | 18 km E | 19° | 4° | 35 mm |
| PorcoPotosí Department | 25 km WSW | 22° | 5° | 27 mm |
| Santiago de CotagaitaPotosí Department | 60 km ENE | 28° | 13° | 66 mm |
| TupizaPotosí Department | 77 km SE | 27° | 12° | 58 mm |
| UyuniPotosí Department | 82 km NW | 23° | 7° | 19 mm |
| ColchaniPotosí Department | 102 km NW | 22° | 6° | 16 mm |
| CamargoChuquisaca Department | 110 km ENE | 28° | 13° | 80 mm |
| VillazónPotosí Department | 144 km SSE | 24° | 9° | 63 mm |