Climate averages 1991–2020
Apartadó weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Apartadó: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chigorodó (25 km away). In December its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Apartadó, with 210 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Apartadó ranks joint 12th of 46 for the warmest December highs and 28th of 46 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 46 cities is 25.7°C; Apartadó is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 137 mm to 75 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
Apartadó climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 75 | 19.8 | 11.712 h |
| February | 30.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 61 | 14.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 97 | 18.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 174 | 25.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 258 | 28.6 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 245 | 27.8 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 291 | 29.2 | 12.513 h |
| August | 29.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 253 | 29.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 199 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 177 | 26.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 179 | 24.3 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 29.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 137 | 25.0 | 11.712 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
- Chigorodó in DecemberColombia · 25 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 210 mm rain
- Montería in DecemberColombia · 127 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 103 mm rain
- Montelíbano in DecemberColombia · 133 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 96 mm rain
- Cereté in DecemberColombia · 144 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Bello in DecemberColombia · 208 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 193 mm rain
- Sincelejo in DecemberColombia · 208 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Medellín in DecemberColombia · 216 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 193 mm rain
- Caldas in DecemberColombia · 227 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 169 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 Apartadó) is explained once on the Apartadó year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.