Climate averages 1991–2020
Valledupar weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the joint 10th 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 Valledupar: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a wet month (the 3rd 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 Machiques (89 km away). In December its highs average 31.1°C, 3.9°C warmer than Valledupar, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Valledupar ranks joint 24th of 46 for the warmest December highs and joint 19th of 46 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 46 cities is 25.7°C; Valledupar is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 90 mm to 26 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
Valledupar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 26 | 4.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 36 | 5.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 103 | 12.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 247 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 27.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 336 | 28.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 27.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 163 | 24.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 101 | 19.5 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 147 | 23.2 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 207 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 315 | 27.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 26.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 308 | 22.6 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 27.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 90 | 11.1 | 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
- Machiques in DecemberVenezuela · 89 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 32 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in DecemberVenezuela · 104 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Ciénaga in DecemberColombia · 124 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Riohacha in DecemberColombia · 126 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Santa Marta in DecemberColombia · 134 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Maicao in DecemberColombia · 150 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 40 mm rain
- La Concepción in DecemberVenezuela · 156 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in DecemberVenezuela · 171 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 27 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 Valledupar) is explained once on the Valledupar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.