Climate averages 1991–2020
Ibarra weather
in December.
A mild, wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Ibarra: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 165 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes December a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tulcán (69 km away). In December its highs average 16.4°C, 3.2°C cooler than Ibarra, with 269 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Ibarra ranks 7th of 9 for the warmest December highs and 6th of 9 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 9 cities is 23.5°C; Ibarra is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 19.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 165 mm to 146 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
Ibarra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 146 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| February | 20.0°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 146 | 22.0 | 12.112 h |
| March | 20.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 185 | 27.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 20.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 210 | 27.7 | 12.112 h |
| May | 20.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 160 | 28.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 19.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 120 | 25.5 | 12.112 h |
| July | 20.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 108 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| August | 21.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 66 | 19.3 | 12.112 h |
| September | 21.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 75 | 19.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 21.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 133 | 24.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 19.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 175 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| December, selected | 19.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 165 | 24.0 | 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
- Tulcán in DecemberEcuador · 69 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 9.8°C · 269 mm rain
- Ipiales in DecemberColombia · 76 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 269 mm rain
- Pasto in DecemberColombia · 135 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 221 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in DecemberEcuador · 135 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 19.6°C · 235 mm rain
- Tumaco in DecemberColombia · 177 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 313 mm rain
- Esmeraldas in DecemberEcuador · 183 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 138 mm rain
- Pitalito in DecemberColombia · 285 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 227 mm rain
- Popayán in DecemberColombia · 287 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.6°C · 292 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 Ibarra) is explained once on the Ibarra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.