Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciénaga weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 9th 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 Ciénaga: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet 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 Santa Marta (26 km away). In December its highs average 27.2°C, 1.6°C cooler than Ciénaga, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Ciénaga ranks joint 17th of 46 for the warmest December highs and 16th of 46 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 46 cities is 25.7°C; Ciénaga is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 21 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
Ciénaga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 21 | 3.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 30.0°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 18 | 3.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 40 | 7.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 140 | 17.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 29.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 305 | 25.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 220 | 22.0 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 183 | 19.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 225 | 22.4 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 309 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 394 | 28.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 287 | 24.2 | 11.612 h |
| December, selected | 28.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 87 | 12.4 | 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
- Santa Marta in DecemberColombia · 26 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Soledad in DecemberColombia · 57 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Barranquilla in DecemberColombia · 58 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in DecemberColombia · 85 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Valledupar in DecemberColombia · 124 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Cartagena in DecemberColombia · 152 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Riohacha in DecemberColombia · 158 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Magangué in DecemberColombia · 204 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 74 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 Ciénaga) is explained once on the Ciénaga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.