Climate averages 1991–2020
Zipaquirá weather
in December.
A mild, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Zipaquirá: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes December a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chía (19 km away). In December its highs average 18.7°C, about as warm as Zipaquirá, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Zipaquirá ranks 41st 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; Zipaquirá is 6.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 19.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 90 mm to 65 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
Zipaquirá climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 65 | 14.3 | 11.912 h |
| February | 20.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 99 | 16.9 | 12.012 h |
| March | 19.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 191 | 23.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 18.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 212 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 18.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 154 | 26.0 | 12.312 h |
| June | 18.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 73 | 21.1 | 12.412 h |
| July | 18.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 63 | 20.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 19.0°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 58 | 19.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 19.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 77 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 19.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 142 | 26.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 18.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 157 | 24.4 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 19.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 90 | 17.7 | 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
- Chía in DecemberColombia · 19 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Bogotá in DecemberColombia · 47 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Soacha in DecemberColombia · 55 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 225 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in DecemberColombia · 86 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 129 mm rain
- La Dorada in DecemberColombia · 87 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Villavicencio in DecemberColombia · 107 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 153 mm rain
- Duitama in DecemberColombia · 140 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Sogamoso in DecemberColombia · 141 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 Zipaquirá) is explained once on the Zipaquirá year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.