Climate averages 1991–2020
Neiva weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the joint 10th 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 Neiva: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 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 57 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pitalito (147 km away). In December its highs average 23.2°C, 5.5°C cooler than Neiva, with 227 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Neiva ranks 19th of 46 for the warmest December highs and 23rd of 46 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 46 cities is 25.7°C; Neiva is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 97 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
Neiva climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 67 | 11.1 | 12.012 h |
| February | 30.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 83 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 173 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 207 | 23.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 152 | 22.7 | 12.312 h |
| June | 29.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 67 | 16.5 | 12.312 h |
| July | 29.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 43 | 12.0 | 12.312 h |
| August | 30.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 29 | 6.9 | 12.212 h |
| September | 31.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 63 | 11.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 152 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 173 | 22.9 | 12.012 h |
| December, selected | 28.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 97 | 16.8 | 12.012 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
- Pitalito in DecemberColombia · 147 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 227 mm rain
- Cali in DecemberColombia · 149 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 364 mm rain
- Florencia in DecemberColombia · 151 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 143 mm rain
- Yumbo in DecemberColombia · 153 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 364 mm rain
- Popayán in DecemberColombia · 158 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.6°C · 292 mm rain
- Ibagué in DecemberColombia · 168 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 142 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in DecemberColombia · 187 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 129 mm rain
- Soacha in DecemberColombia · 218 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 225 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 Neiva) is explained once on the Neiva year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.