Climate averages 1991–2020
Santo Domingo de los Colorados weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 5th 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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 235 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ibarra (135 km away). In December its highs average 19.6°C, 4.5°C cooler than Santo Domingo de los Colorados, with 165 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Santo Domingo de los Colorados ranks 5th of 9 for the warmest December highs and 8th of 9 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 9 cities is 23.5°C; Santo Domingo de los Colorados is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 235 mm to 376 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
Santo Domingo de los Colorados climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 376 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| February | 24.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 407 | 27.0 | 12.112 h |
| March | 24.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 414 | 29.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 391 | 28.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 252 | 27.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 23.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 123 | 21.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 23.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 87 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 23.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 59 | 15.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 87 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 118 | 22.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 131 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| December, selected | 24.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 235 | 26.2 | 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
- Ibarra in DecemberEcuador · 135 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.5°C · 165 mm rain
- Esmeraldas in DecemberEcuador · 145 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 138 mm rain
- Portoviejo in DecemberEcuador · 168 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Tulcán in DecemberEcuador · 201 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 9.8°C · 269 mm rain
- Ipiales in DecemberColombia · 209 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 269 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in DecemberEcuador · 225 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 164 mm rain
- Tumaco in DecemberColombia · 231 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 313 mm rain
- Pasto in DecemberColombia · 267 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 221 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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados) is explained once on the Santo Domingo de los Colorados year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.