Climate averages 1991–2020
Trinidad weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Trinidad: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 298 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sacaba (310 km away). In December its highs average 20.6°C, 8.9°C cooler than Trinidad, with 173 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Trinidad ranks 3rd of 14 for the warmest December highs and 14th of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 22.5°C; Trinidad is 7.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 298 mm to 330 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
Trinidad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 330 | 26.8 | 12.913 h |
| February | 29.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 286 | 23.6 | 12.613 h |
| March | 29.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 234 | 23.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 142 | 16.5 | 11.812 h |
| May | 27.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 84 | 11.0 | 11.411 h |
| June | 27.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 54 | 7.4 | 11.311 h |
| July | 27.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 41 | 5.1 | 11.311 h |
| August | 30.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 50 | 6.2 | 11.612 h |
| September | 31.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 106 | 10.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 161 | 16.7 | 12.412 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 239 | 19.5 | 12.813 h |
| December, selected | 29.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 298 | 25.4 | 13.013 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
- Sacaba in DecemberBolivia · 310 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.2°C · 173 mm rain
- Cochabamba in DecemberBolivia · 314 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 132 mm rain
- Quillacollo in DecemberBolivia · 320 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.0°C · 132 mm rain
- Montero in DecemberBolivia · 330 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 239 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in DecemberBolivia · 376 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 165 mm rain
- La Paz in DecemberBolivia · 394 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.7°C · 112 mm rain
- Viacha in DecemberBolivia · 416 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Oruro in DecemberBolivia · 420 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 4.6°C · 105 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 Trinidad) is explained once on the Trinidad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.