Climate averages 1991–2020
Quibdó weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Quibdó: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 610 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caldas (122 km away). In December its highs average 22.0°C, 5.9°C cooler than Quibdó, with 169 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Quibdó ranks joint 22nd of 46 for the warmest December highs and 46th of 46 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 46 cities is 25.7°C; Quibdó is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 610 mm to 388 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
Quibdó climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 388 | 26.3 | 11.812 h |
| February | 29.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 324 | 23.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 467 | 27.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 609 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 753 | 30.0 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 797 | 29.2 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 744 | 30.1 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 818 | 30.2 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 754 | 29.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 866 | 29.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 812 | 28.9 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 27.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 610 | 27.7 | 11.812 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
- Caldas in DecemberColombia · 122 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 169 mm rain
- Medellín in DecemberColombia · 135 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 193 mm rain
- Bello in DecemberColombia · 141 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 193 mm rain
- Rionegro in DecemberColombia · 151 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 220 mm rain
- Ibagué in DecemberColombia · 213 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 142 mm rain
- Chigorodó in DecemberColombia · 220 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 210 mm rain
- La Dorada in DecemberColombia · 222 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Yumbo in DecemberColombia · 235 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 364 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 Quibdó) is explained once on the Quibdó year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.