Climate averages 1991–2020
Arauca weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Arauca: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Socopó (128 km away). In December its highs average 28.9°C, 1.5°C cooler than Arauca, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Arauca ranks 2nd of 46 for the warmest December highs and joint 9th of 46 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 46 cities is 25.7°C; Arauca is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 15 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
Arauca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 15 | 2.7 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 21 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 55 | 7.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 181 | 19.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 324 | 26.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 375 | 28.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 346 | 27.9 | 12.512 h |
| August | 29.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 293 | 27.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 244 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 211 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 145 | 20.3 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 30.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 51 | 9.5 | 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
- Socopó in DecemberVenezuela · 128 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Ejido (approximate) in DecemberVenezuela · 171 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.7°C · 140 mm rain
- Mérida, Venezuela in DecemberVenezuela · 172 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 140 mm rain
- Táriba in DecemberVenezuela · 181 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Rubio in DecemberVenezuela · 189 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Cúcuta in DecemberColombia · 213 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Guanare in DecemberVenezuela · 245 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 38 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in DecemberVenezuela · 249 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 200 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 Arauca) is explained once on the Arauca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.