Climate averages 1991–2020
Montería weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 10th 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 Montería: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes December a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cereté (18 km away). In December its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Montería, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Montería ranks joint 4th of 46 for the warmest December highs and 24th of 46 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 46 cities is 25.7°C; Montería is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 103 mm to 38 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
Montería climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 38 | 10.8 | 11.712 h |
| February | 33.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 36 | 8.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 33.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 71 | 15.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 179 | 25.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 286 | 29.5 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 252 | 28.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 30.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 254 | 28.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 242 | 29.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 243 | 29.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 245 | 29.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 184 | 27.4 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 30.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 103 | 21.1 | 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
- Cereté in DecemberColombia · 18 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Sincelejo in DecemberColombia · 82 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Montelíbano in DecemberColombia · 100 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 96 mm rain
- Apartadó in DecemberColombia · 127 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 137 mm rain
- Magangué in DecemberColombia · 135 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Chigorodó in DecemberColombia · 149 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 210 mm rain
- Cartagena in DecemberColombia · 188 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in DecemberColombia · 234 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 52 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 Montería) is explained once on the Montería year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.