Climate averages 1991–2020
Yopal weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Yopal: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sogamoso (73 km away). In December its highs average 19.8°C, 8.5°C cooler than Yopal, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Yopal ranks 20th of 46 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 46 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 46 cities is 25.7°C; Yopal is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 27 mm to 8.5 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
Yopal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 8.5 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 30.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 16 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 54 | 8.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 165 | 20.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 26.5°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 227 | 26.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 25.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 221 | 26.5 | 12.412 h |
| July | 25.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 188 | 26.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 122 | 21.8 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 94 | 20.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 118 | 21.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 100 | 17.1 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 28.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 27 | 5.8 | 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
- Sogamoso in DecemberColombia · 73 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Duitama in DecemberColombia · 89 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Zipaquirá in DecemberColombia · 182 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Villavicencio in DecemberColombia · 191 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 153 mm rain
- Chía in DecemberColombia · 192 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Bogotá in DecemberColombia · 204 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Soacha in DecemberColombia · 219 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 225 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in DecemberColombia · 245 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 129 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 Yopal) is explained once on the Yopal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.