Climate averages 1991–2020
Barrancabermeja weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th 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 Barrancabermeja: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 245 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes December a very 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 Aguachica (141 km away). In December its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Barrancabermeja, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Barrancabermeja ranks joint 12th of 46 for the warmest December highs and 40th of 46 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 46 cities is 25.7°C; Barrancabermeja is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 245 mm to 115 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
Barrancabermeja climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 115 | 16.6 | 11.812 h |
| February | 31.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 138 | 15.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 260 | 23.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 357 | 26.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 390 | 28.7 | 12.412 h |
| June | 30.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 341 | 26.5 | 12.513 h |
| July | 30.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 304 | 24.9 | 12.512 h |
| August | 30.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 329 | 25.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 393 | 27.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 406 | 29.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 394 | 28.7 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 29.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 245 | 23.7 | 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
- Aguachica in DecemberColombia · 141 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 89 mm rain
- Ocaña in DecemberColombia · 141 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Duitama in DecemberColombia · 165 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Cúcuta in DecemberColombia · 176 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Rubio in DecemberVenezuela · 180 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Sogamoso in DecemberColombia · 181 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Rionegro in DecemberColombia · 196 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 220 mm rain
- Táriba in DecemberVenezuela · 199 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 59 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 Barrancabermeja) is explained once on the Barrancabermeja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.