Puerto Rico · Month comparison

December vs June

June ranks #1 overall vs December at #8. San Juan Bautista Festival June 24 — beach midnight backwards-walking tradition.

Puerto Rico December — colourful Christmas lights on a cobblestone Old San Juan street

December

#8 of 12 months

Best match

Longest Christmas season in the world — parrandas, lechon, the run-up to SanSe.

  • ↑Longest Christmas season anywhere — parrandas surprise-visit traditions December-January
  • ↑Lechon roast-pig joints on Ruta del Lechon at peak operation
Puerto Rico June — Condado beach at sunset with Pride flags

June

#1 of 12 months

Best match

San Juan Bautista Festival June 24 — beach midnight backwards-walking tradition.

  • ↑San Juan Bautista June 23-24 — backwards-walking-into-sea tradition at Condado
  • ↑Hurricane risk still statistically low in early summer
FactorDecemberJune
Weather score
8
7
Value score
2
7
Crowd score
2
7
Events score
10
8
Atmosphere
10
8
Avg high temp28°C31°C
Monthly rain109mm132mm
Daily sunshine8hrs8hrs

December trade-offs

  • ↓Old San Juan and Condado rates exceed February peaks
  • ↓Direct flights from JFK and Newark sell out by September

June trade-offs

  • ↓Humidity climbs to high 70s — afternoons sticky
  • ↓Saharan dust hazes some sunsets
See all 12 months for Puerto Rico →December in detail →June in detail →
Scores compare months within Puerto Rico. Climate data: Open Meteo ERA5 30-year normals (1991–2020). Methodology →