Climate averages 1991–2020
Caldas weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Caldas: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 169 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes December a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Medellín (19 km away). In December its highs average 23.6°C, 1.6°C warmer than Caldas, with 193 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Caldas ranks 35th of 46 for the warmest December highs and 32nd of 46 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 46 cities is 25.7°C; Caldas is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 169 mm to 111 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
Caldas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 111 | 18.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 23.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 138 | 19.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 23.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 214 | 25.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 290 | 27.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 22.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 347 | 28.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 22.8°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 239 | 26.2 | 12.512 h |
| July | 23.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 198 | 24.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 24.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 197 | 23.6 | 12.312 h |
| September | 23.2°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 253 | 26.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 22.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 302 | 28.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 21.2°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 275 | 27.6 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 22.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 169 | 21.9 | 11.812 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
- Medellín in DecemberColombia · 19 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 193 mm rain
- Bello in DecemberColombia · 29 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 193 mm rain
- Rionegro in DecemberColombia · 30 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 220 mm rain
- Quibdó in DecemberColombia · 122 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 610 mm rain
- La Dorada in DecemberColombia · 129 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Ibagué in DecemberColombia · 190 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 142 mm rain
- Chigorodó in DecemberColombia · 210 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 210 mm rain
- Montelíbano in DecemberColombia · 211 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 96 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 Caldas) is explained once on the Caldas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.