Climate averages 1991–2020
Maicao weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: one of the coolest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Maicao: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Riohacha (75 km away). In December its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Maicao, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Maicao ranks 10th of 46 for the warmest December highs and 5th of 46 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 46 cities is 25.7°C; Maicao is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 10 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
Maicao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 10 | 3.1 | 11.512 h |
| February | 30.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 5.7 | 1.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 31.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 11 | 2.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 41 | 7.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 108 | 14.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 31.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 65 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 40 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 32.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 92 | 13.7 | 12.512 h |
| September | 31.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 153 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 184 | 24.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 126 | 19.7 | 11.612 h |
| December, selected | 29.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 40 | 9.3 | 11.511 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
- Riohacha in DecemberColombia · 75 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 45 mm rain
- La Concepción in DecemberVenezuela · 95 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Maracaibo in DecemberVenezuela · 107 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in DecemberVenezuela · 108 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 29 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in DecemberVenezuela · 117 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in DecemberVenezuela · 123 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Cabimas in DecemberVenezuela · 139 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Valledupar in DecemberColombia · 150 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 90 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 Maicao) is explained once on the Maicao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.