Climate averages 1991–2020
Kralendijk weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Kralendijk: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Willemstad (67 km away). In December its highs average 27.3°C, about as warm as Kralendijk, with 84 mm of rain.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 76 mm to 35 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
Kralendijk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 35 | 10.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 27.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 16 | 5.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 27.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 15 | 4.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 27 | 5.5 | 12.412 h |
| May | 28.3°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 33 | 7.0 | 12.713 h |
| June | 28.4°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 47 | 11.0 | 12.813 h |
| July | 28.3°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 57 | 13.2 | 12.813 h |
| August | 28.8°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 56 | 13.2 | 12.513 h |
| September | 29.1°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 74 | 15.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 114 | 18.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 137 | 20.1 | 11.612 h |
| December, selected | 27.3°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 76 | 15.6 | 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
- Willemstad in DecemberCuracao · 67 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 25.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Coro in DecemberVenezuela · 174 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Puerto Cabello in DecemberVenezuela · 189 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Oranjestad in DecemberAruba · 196 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 25.5°C · 64 mm rain
- San Felipe in DecemberVenezuela · 208 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Mariara in DecemberVenezuela · 215 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 91 mm rain
- Punto Fijo in DecemberVenezuela · 216 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Guacara in DecemberVenezuela · 218 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 21.2°C · 104 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 Kralendijk) is explained once on the Kralendijk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.