Climate averages 1991–2020
Ocaña weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Ocaña: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aguachica (30 km away). In December its highs average 29.3°C, 5.0°C warmer than Ocaña, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Ocaña ranks joint 30th of 46 for the warmest December highs and joint 9th of 46 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 46 cities is 25.7°C; Ocaña is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 22 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
Ocaña climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 22 | 6.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 26.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 35 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 25.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 99 | 16.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 200 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 24.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 293 | 25.7 | 12.512 h |
| June | 24.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 168 | 19.4 | 12.613 h |
| July | 24.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 112 | 16.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 24.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 185 | 21.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 24.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 253 | 25.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 259 | 26.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 163 | 20.1 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 24.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 51 | 9.8 | 11.712 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
- Aguachica in DecemberColombia · 30 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 89 mm rain
- Cúcuta in DecemberColombia · 101 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Rubio in DecemberVenezuela · 125 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Táriba in DecemberVenezuela · 133 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Barrancabermeja in DecemberColombia · 141 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 245 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in DecemberVenezuela · 179 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 200 mm rain
- Magangué in DecemberColombia · 190 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Machiques in DecemberVenezuela · 221 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 32 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 Ocaña) is explained once on the Ocaña year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.