Climate averages 1991–2020
Cúcuta weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: one of the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Cúcuta: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes December a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rubio (28 km away). In December its highs average 26.4°C, 2.6°C cooler than Cúcuta, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Cúcuta ranks 15th of 46 for the warmest December highs and 25th of 46 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 46 cities is 25.7°C; Cúcuta is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 113 mm to 78 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
Cúcuta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 78 | 14.1 | 11.712 h |
| February | 29.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 89 | 14.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 138 | 19.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 155 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 97 | 12.8 | 12.512 h |
| June | 31.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 31 | 6.4 | 12.613 h |
| July | 31.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 22 | 5.2 | 12.513 h |
| August | 32.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 33 | 6.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 32.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 59 | 10.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 133 | 18.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 181 | 20.5 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 29.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 113 | 16.8 | 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
- Rubio in DecemberVenezuela · 28 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Táriba in DecemberVenezuela · 32 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Ocaña in DecemberColombia · 101 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Aguachica in DecemberColombia · 130 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 89 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in DecemberVenezuela · 137 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 200 mm rain
- Ejido (approximate) in DecemberVenezuela · 156 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.7°C · 140 mm rain
- Mérida, Venezuela in DecemberVenezuela · 165 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 140 mm rain
- Barrancabermeja in DecemberColombia · 176 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 245 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 Cúcuta) is explained once on the Cúcuta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.