Climate averages 1991–2020
Esmeraldas weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Esmeraldas: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 138 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes December a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tumaco (133 km away). In December its highs average 26.3°C, 1.4°C cooler than Esmeraldas, with 313 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Esmeraldas ranks 3rd of 9 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 9 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 9 cities is 23.5°C; Esmeraldas is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 138 mm to 256 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
Esmeraldas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 256 | 24.2 | 12.112 h |
| February | 27.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 244 | 22.2 | 12.112 h |
| March | 28.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 203 | 21.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 204 | 20.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 28.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 149 | 20.2 | 12.212 h |
| June | 27.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 109 | 16.4 | 12.212 h |
| July | 27.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 98 | 16.2 | 12.212 h |
| August | 27.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 76 | 14.4 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 67 | 13.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 62 | 11.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 76 | 10.8 | 12.112 h |
| December, selected | 27.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 138 | 16.2 | 12.112 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
- Tumaco in DecemberColombia · 133 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 313 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in DecemberEcuador · 145 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 19.6°C · 235 mm rain
- Ibarra in DecemberEcuador · 183 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.5°C · 165 mm rain
- Tulcán in DecemberEcuador · 216 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 9.8°C · 269 mm rain
- Ipiales in DecemberColombia · 224 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 269 mm rain
- Portoviejo in DecemberEcuador · 241 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Pasto in DecemberColombia · 266 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 221 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in DecemberEcuador · 348 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 164 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 Esmeraldas) is explained once on the Esmeraldas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.