Climate averages 1991–2020
Soacha weather
in December.
A mild, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Soacha: daytime highs average 18.4°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 225 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bogotá (15 km away). In December its highs average 18.5°C, about as warm as Soacha, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Soacha ranks 44th of 46 for the warmest December highs and 38th of 46 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 46 cities is 25.7°C; Soacha is 7.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 18.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 225 mm to 209 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
Soacha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 209 | 21.9 | 11.912 h |
| February | 18.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 237 | 22.3 | 12.012 h |
| March | 18.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 281 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 18.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 259 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 18.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 185 | 19.3 | 12.312 h |
| June | 18.7°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 56 | 9.9 | 12.412 h |
| July | 19.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 37 | 7.3 | 12.412 h |
| August | 20.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 37 | 6.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 20.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 105 | 14.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 18.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 236 | 24.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 18.0°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 283 | 26.5 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 18.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 225 | 23.4 | 11.912 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
- Bogotá in DecemberColombia · 15 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in DecemberColombia · 32 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 129 mm rain
- Chía in DecemberColombia · 36 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Zipaquirá in DecemberColombia · 55 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Villavicencio in DecemberColombia · 82 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 153 mm rain
- La Dorada in DecemberColombia · 108 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Ibagué in DecemberColombia · 110 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 142 mm rain
- Sogamoso in DecemberColombia · 190 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 49 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 Soacha) is explained once on the Soacha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.