Climate averages 1991–2020
Magangué 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 Magangué: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sincelejo (70 km away). In December its highs average 29.1°C, 1.0°C cooler than Magangué, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Magangué ranks joint 4th of 46 for the warmest December highs and 13th of 46 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 46 cities is 25.7°C; Magangué is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 26 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
Magangué climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 26 | 6.5 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 29 | 6.6 | 11.812 h |
| March | 32.9°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 72 | 14.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.2°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 185 | 24.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 288 | 29.0 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 244 | 26.2 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 199 | 25.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 231 | 26.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 249 | 28.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 255 | 29.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 180 | 25.8 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 30.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 74 | 15.6 | 11.612 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
- Sincelejo in DecemberColombia · 70 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Cereté in DecemberColombia · 120 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Montería in DecemberColombia · 135 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 103 mm rain
- Cartagena in DecemberColombia · 152 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in DecemberColombia · 156 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Montelíbano in DecemberColombia · 158 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 96 mm rain
- Aguachica in DecemberColombia · 163 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 89 mm rain
- Soledad in DecemberColombia · 186 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 38 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 Magangué) is explained once on the Magangué year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.