Cotacachi Weather in December
Cotacachi in December
The short of it: Cotacachi in December averages a high of 20 °C (69 °F) and a low of 10 °C (49 °F), with 80 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 12 h 6 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 10° · rain 80 mm · daylight 12 h 6 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Cotacachi an average December high of 20°, a low of 10° and some 80 mm of rain. Cotacachi's coldest stretch of the year, 20° by day and 10° by night. Wet spells are common — about 80 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 6 min in mid-December.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates December 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and August.
Against its neighbours, Cotacachi runs cooler than most and wetter than most in December. Atuntaqui, 6 km to the ENE, is 1° warmer by day.
December in Cotacachi, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- about the same, 30 mm less rain
- Versus January
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 6 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AtuntaquiImbabura | 6 km ENE | 21° | 10° | 75 mm |
| OtavaloImbabura | 7 km S | 20° | 9° | 77 mm |
| IbarraImbabura | 17 km ENE | 22° | 11° | 68 mm |
| CayambePichincha | 32 km SSE | 20° | 8° | 81 mm |
| PimampiroImbabura | 38 km ENE | 23° | 12° | 58 mm |
| PomasquiPichincha | 45 km SSW | 21° | 9° | 71 mm |
| El ÁngelCarchi | 51 km NE | 16° | 6° | 128 mm |
| OyambarilloPichincha | 55 km S | 21° | 9° | 86 mm |