Climate averages 1991–2020
Oranjestad weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Oranjestad: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Punto Fijo (94 km away). In December its highs average 30.0°C, 2.8°C warmer than Oranjestad, with 18 mm of rain.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 31 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Oranjestad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 31 | 10.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 26.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 15 | 5.3 | 11.712 h |
| March | 27.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 11 | 3.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 19 | 4.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 28.1°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 28 | 5.2 | 12.713 h |
| June | 28.2°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 20 | 5.3 | 12.813 h |
| July | 28.2°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 22 | 6.1 | 12.813 h |
| August | 28.8°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 26 | 7.4 | 12.513 h |
| September | 29.1°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 65 | 11.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 110 | 17.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 135 | 19.7 | 11.612 h |
| December, selected | 27.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 64 | 14.5 | 11.411 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Punto Fijo in DecemberVenezuela · 94 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Coro in DecemberVenezuela · 130 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Willemstad in DecemberCuracao · 132 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 25.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Kralendijk in DecemberBonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba · 196 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 25.5°C · 76 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in DecemberVenezuela · 259 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Carora in DecemberVenezuela · 262 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Maracaibo in DecemberVenezuela · 271 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Maicao in DecemberColombia · 272 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 40 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Oranjestad) is explained once on the Oranjestad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.