Climate averages 1991–2020
Sabanalarga weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 9th 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 Sabanalarga: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Soledad (36 km away). In December its highs average 28.8°C, 1.2°C cooler than Sabanalarga, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Sabanalarga ranks joint 4th of 46 for the warmest December highs and 11th of 46 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 46 cities is 25.7°C; Sabanalarga is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 6.6 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
Sabanalarga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 6.6 | 1.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 4.7 | 1.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 33.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 20 | 5.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 80 | 15.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 208 | 25.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 175 | 22.7 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 137 | 20.2 | 12.713 h |
| August | 30.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 197 | 24.5 | 12.512 h |
| September | 30.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 251 | 27.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 277 | 28.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 182 | 23.4 | 11.612 h |
| December, selected | 30.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 52 | 8.9 | 11.512 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
- Soledad in DecemberColombia · 36 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Barranquilla in DecemberColombia · 41 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Cartagena in DecemberColombia · 68 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Ciénaga in DecemberColombia · 85 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Santa Marta in DecemberColombia · 104 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Magangué in DecemberColombia · 156 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Sincelejo in DecemberColombia · 156 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Valledupar in DecemberColombia · 183 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 Sabanalarga) is explained once on the Sabanalarga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.