Climate averages 1991–2020
La Dorada weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in La Dorada: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes December a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zipaquirá (87 km away). In December its highs average 19.0°C, 11.4°C cooler than La Dorada, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, La Dorada ranks 1st of 46 for the warmest December highs and 26th of 46 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 46 cities is 25.7°C; La Dorada is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 116 mm to 67 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
La Dorada climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 67 | 12.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 32.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 80 | 13.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 156 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 151 | 19.1 | 12.212 h |
| May | 31.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 119 | 16.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 32.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 35 | 7.9 | 12.412 h |
| July | 32.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 31 | 6.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 33.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 48 | 8.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 33.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 110 | 15.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 211 | 22.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 224 | 23.6 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 30.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 116 | 17.2 | 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
- Zipaquirá in DecemberColombia · 87 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Chía in DecemberColombia · 94 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Soacha in DecemberColombia · 108 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 225 mm rain
- Rionegro in DecemberColombia · 111 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 220 mm rain
- Bogotá in DecemberColombia · 113 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Ibagué in DecemberColombia · 127 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 142 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in DecemberColombia · 128 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 129 mm rain
- Caldas in DecemberColombia · 129 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 169 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 La Dorada) is explained once on the La Dorada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.