Climate averages 1991–2020
Florencia weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Florencia: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 143 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes December a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pitalito (56 km away). In December its highs average 23.2°C, 4.0°C cooler than Florencia, with 227 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Florencia ranks joint 24th of 46 for the warmest December highs and 30th of 46 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 46 cities is 25.7°C; Florencia is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 143 mm to 86 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
Florencia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 86 | 14.0 | 12.012 h |
| February | 28.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 126 | 16.3 | 12.112 h |
| March | 27.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 193 | 24.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 239 | 25.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 25.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 244 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| June | 24.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 240 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| July | 24.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 212 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| August | 26.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 121 | 17.7 | 12.212 h |
| September | 27.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 108 | 18.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 164 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 26.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 202 | 24.9 | 12.012 h |
| December, selected | 27.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 143 | 21.2 | 12.012 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
- Pitalito in DecemberColombia · 56 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 227 mm rain
- Popayán in DecemberColombia · 145 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.6°C · 292 mm rain
- Neiva in DecemberColombia · 151 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Pasto in DecemberColombia · 191 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 221 mm rain
- Cali in DecemberColombia · 226 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 364 mm rain
- Yumbo in DecemberColombia · 240 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 364 mm rain
- Ipiales in DecemberColombia · 243 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 269 mm rain
- Tulcán in DecemberEcuador · 251 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 9.8°C · 269 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 Florencia) is explained once on the Florencia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.