Climate averages 1991–2020
Barranquilla weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Barranquilla: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 30 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Soledad (6 km away). In December its highs average 28.8°C, 0.6°C warmer than Barranquilla, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Barranquilla ranks 21st of 46 for the warmest December highs and joint 3rd of 46 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 46 cities is 25.7°C; Barranquilla is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 3.2 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
Barranquilla climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 3.2 | 0.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.2°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.6°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 8.0 | 2.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 46 | 8.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 29.2°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 166 | 20.8 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.3°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 140 | 19.0 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.1°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 103 | 14.6 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.3°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 156 | 20.4 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 228 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 277 | 26.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 165 | 20.3 | 11.612 h |
| December, selected | 28.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 38 | 5.9 | 11.511 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
- Soledad in DecemberColombia · 6 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in DecemberColombia · 41 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Ciénaga in DecemberColombia · 58 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Santa Marta in DecemberColombia · 71 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Cartagena in DecemberColombia · 100 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Valledupar in DecemberColombia · 176 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Magangué in DecemberColombia · 192 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Sincelejo in DecemberColombia · 197 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 92 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 Barranquilla) is explained once on the Barranquilla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Soledad lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.