Easter Island is typically mild in December.

Maximum temperatures go up compared to the previous month from +68°F to +70°F. The minimum temperature also goes up from +66°F to +68°F.

Pack a light jacket as it will be warm in the day and cool in the evenings.

Take a look at how December is compared to other months in Easter Island:

December weather is still as ok as in November. It’s getting warmer as December arrives. The average maximum temperature goes up from +68°F to +70°F during the day. As December arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 48 mm to 47 mm. Humidity levels don’t change as the month goes on, averaging around 76%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during December, staying around 4 m/s. The good news is there are likely to be more sunny days in December, from 1 to 2.

January brings much the same weather, it remains ok.

The climate in Easter Island in December has not changed that much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 1998 (+67°F) and the highest in 2002 (+70°F). The driest year was 2024 with only 335 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2009 with 1401 mm.

For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Easter Island, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.

For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.