Riobamba Weather in December
Riobamba in December
The short of it: Riobamba in December averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 41 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 12 h 13 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 8° · rain 41 mm · daylight 12 h 13 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: December & January
December in Riobamba brings afternoons near 21° and nights around 8°, with about 41 mm of rain over the month. Much like November: highs about 21°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 41 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 13 min in mid-December.
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, Riobamba runs about middling and drier than most in December. Guano, 7 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
December in Riobamba, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- about the same, 13 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 13 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GuanoChimborazo Province | 7 km NNE | 21° | 8° | 42 mm |
| GuarandaBolívar | 39 km WNW | 19° | 8° | 55 mm |
| PelileoTungurahua Province | 39 km NNE | 21° | 9° | 40 mm |
| BañosTungurahua Province | 40 km NE | 22° | 11° | 56 mm |
| San Miguel de BolívarBolívar | 43 km W | 19° | 8° | 61 mm |
| AmbatoTungurahua Province | 46 km N | 22° | 9° | 38 mm |
| PíllaroTungurahua Province | 56 km NNE | 21° | 9° | 42 mm |
| AlausíChimborazo Province | 63 km SSW | 20° | 9° | 54 mm |