Climate averages 1991–2020
Ibagué weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Ibagué: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 142 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes December a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fusagasugá (94 km away). In December its highs average 21.4°C, 3.4°C cooler than Ibagué, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Ibagué ranks 29th of 46 for the warmest December highs and 29th of 46 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 46 cities is 25.7°C; Ibagué is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 142 mm to 108 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
Ibagué climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 108 | 16.6 | 11.912 h |
| February | 26.2°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 150 | 19.5 | 12.012 h |
| March | 25.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 304 | 25.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 377 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 24.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 339 | 30.4 | 12.312 h |
| June | 25.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 211 | 28.4 | 12.412 h |
| July | 25.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 174 | 27.5 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 146 | 25.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 26.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 217 | 26.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 310 | 28.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 24.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 277 | 26.4 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 24.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 142 | 19.7 | 11.912 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
- Fusagasugá in DecemberColombia · 94 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 129 mm rain
- Soacha in DecemberColombia · 110 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 225 mm rain
- Bogotá in DecemberColombia · 126 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 83 mm rain
- La Dorada in DecemberColombia · 127 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Chía in DecemberColombia · 135 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Zipaquirá in DecemberColombia · 148 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Neiva in DecemberColombia · 168 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Yumbo in DecemberColombia · 172 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 364 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 Ibagué) is explained once on the Ibagué year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.