Ciudad Bolívar weather in December

In December, Ciudad Bolívar sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 259 mm of rain across 29.9 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in December, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of December to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Ciudad Bolívar's 3rd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ciudad Bolívar's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 259 mm; 29.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:10 AM – 5:50 PM
Cloud cover: 84%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 2 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.11 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

← November Ciudad Bolívar year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical December day in Ciudad Bolívar reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	16
2	24	16
3	24	16
4	24	16
5	24	16
6	24	16
7	24	16
8	24	16
9	24	16
10	24	16
11	24	16
12	24	16
13	24	16
14	24	16
15	24	16
16	24	16
17	24	16
18	24	16
19	24	16
20	24	16
21	24	16
22	24	16
23	24	16
24	24	16
25	24	16
26	25	16
27	25	16
28	25	16
29	25	16
30	25	16
31	25	16

Ciudad Bolívar weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 16°	200	29.4	11.7	3.8
Feb	25° / 16°	211	26.8	11.8	3.7
Mar	25° / 17°	291	30.5	12	3.5
Apr	25° / 17°	362	29.9	12.1	3.4
May	24° / 17°	403	30.8	12.3	3.4
Jun	25° / 16°	282	29.9	12.3	3.4
Jul	25° / 16°	260	30.9	12.3	3.4
Aug	26° / 16°	302	31	12.2	3.4
Sep	25° / 16°	340	29.9	12	3.4
Oct	24° / 16°	409	30.7	11.9	3.5
Nov	24° / 16°	375	29.3	11.7	3.6
Dec	24° / 16°	259	29.9	11.7	3.7

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	10	10	10	11	11	13	13	14	15	16	17	17	19	19	19	19	21
Cloudier (%)	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	94	94	93	93	93	92	92	90	90	90	89	89	87	87	86	85	84	83	83	81	81	81	81	79

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	8	92
14	8	92
15	10	90
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	14	86
23	15	85
24	16	84
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	21	79

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Ciudad Bolívar gets around 259 mm of rain over 29.9 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 97% and peaks near 98% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	97
2	97
3	97
4	97
5	97
6	97
7	97
8	97
9	97
10	97
11	97
12	97
13	98
14	98
15	98
16	97
17	97
18	97
19	97
20	97
21	97
22	96
23	96
24	96
25	96
26	95
27	95
28	95
29	95
30	95
31	95

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the humid band about 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Comfortable (%)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Humid (%)	92	93	93	94	94	95	95	95	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	94	94	94
Muggy (%)	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	92	7
2	0	93	7
3	0	93	7
4	0	94	6
5	0	94	6
6	0	95	5
7	0	95	5
8	0	95	5
9	0	96	4
10	0	96	4
11	0	96	4
12	0	97	3
13	0	97	3
14	0	97	3
15	0	97	3
16	0	97	3
17	0	97	3
18	0	97	3
19	0	97	3
20	0	97	3
21	0	97	3
22	1	96	3
23	1	96	3
24	1	96	3
25	1	96	3
26	1	96	3
27	1	96	3
28	1	96	3
29	2	94	4
30	2	94	4
31	2	94	4

Wind in December

Winds average 2 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 2 km/h on the calmest days to 3 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	3	calm
2	3	calm
3	3	calm
4	3	calm
5	3	calm
6	3	calm
7	3	calm
8	2	calm
9	2	calm
10	2	calm
11	2	calm
12	2	calm
13	2	calm
14	2	calm
15	2	calm
16	2	calm
17	2	calm
18	2	calm
19	2	calm
20	2	calm
21	2	calm
22	2	calm
23	2	calm
24	2	calm
25	2	calm
26	2	calm
27	2	calm
28	2	calm
29	2	calm
30	2	calm
31	2	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of December to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:03 AM to 6:17 AM, and sunset from 5:44 PM to 5:57 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17
Sunset (PM)	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	6:03	5:44
2	11.7	6:04	5:45
3	11.7	6:04	5:45
4	11.7	6:05	5:45
5	11.7	6:05	5:46
6	11.7	6:06	5:46
7	11.7	6:06	5:46
8	11.7	6:07	5:47
9	11.7	6:07	5:47
10	11.7	6:07	5:48
11	11.7	6:08	5:48
12	11.7	6:08	5:48
13	11.7	6:09	5:49
14	11.7	6:09	5:49
15	11.7	6:10	5:50
16	11.7	6:10	5:50
17	11.7	6:11	5:51
18	11.7	6:11	5:51
19	11.7	6:12	5:51
20	11.7	6:12	5:52
21	11.7	6:13	5:52
22	11.7	6:13	5:53
23	11.7	6:14	5:53
24	11.7	6:14	5:54
25	11.7	6:15	5:54
26	11.7	6:15	5:55
27	11.7	6:16	5:55
28	11.7	6:16	5:56
29	11.7	6:16	5:56
30	11.7	6:17	5:57
31	11.7	6:17	5:57

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.82 kWh/m² to a high of 5.11 kWh/m² in August across the year — December's 4.11 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.9	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	4.0	Moderate
9	4.0	Moderate
10	4.0	Moderate
11	4.0	Moderate
12	4.0	Bright
13	4.0	Bright
14	4.0	Bright
15	4.0	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.1	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.4	Bright
31	4.4	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Ciudad Bolívar?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.7

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

3.2

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ciudad Bolívar.

What to pack for Ciudad Bolívar in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Ciudad Bolívar sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 16°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 30 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Ciudad Bolívar in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ciudad Bolívar peaks around February 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 11 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	15	15	12	14	14	13	13	14	13	12	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Ciudad Bolívar in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Ciudad Bolívar is worst in March — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (October, 18 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	23	27	30	24	21	20	20	21	20	18	19	22
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	23	Moderate
Feb	27	Moderate
Mar	30	Moderate
Apr	24	Moderate
May	21	Moderate
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	21	Moderate
Sep	20	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	22	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Ciudad Bolívar?

Ciudad Bolívar sits at 5.9°N, 76.0°W, 1,346 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Salgar, 14 km away.

Topography around Ciudad Bolívar

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ciudad Bolívar.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ciudad Bolívar has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 944 m around an average of 1,454 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,204 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,031 m.

The land around Ciudad Bolívar is covered by trees (91%) within 3 km, trees (87%) within 16 km, and trees (82%) within 80 km.

3 km

944 m

trees 91%

16 km

3,204 m

trees 87%

80 km

4,031 m

trees 82%

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← November Ciudad Bolívar year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Salgar 14 km · Concordia 25 km · Andes 27 km · Betulia 29 km · Fredonia 40 km · Caldas 51 km · Urrao 53 km · La Estrella 54 km

Colombia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 / 240 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $8,562; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 74%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 24.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 15.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 480
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Ciudad Bolívar (5.8539°, -76.0253°, elevation 1,346 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	16
2	24	16
3	24	16
4	24	16
5	24	16
6	24	16
7	24	16
8	24	16
9	24	16
10	24	16
11	24	16
12	24	16
13	24	16
14	24	16
15	24	16
16	24	16
17	24	16
18	24	16
19	24	16
20	24	16
21	24	16
22	24	16
23	24	16
24	24	16
25	24	16
26	25	16
27	25	16
28	25	16
29	25	16
30	25	16
31	25	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	8	92
14	8	92
15	10	90
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	14	86
23	15	85
24	16	84
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	97
2	97
3	97
4	97
5	97
6	97
7	97
8	97
9	97
10	97
11	97
12	97
13	98
14	98
15	98
16	97
17	97
18	97
19	97
20	97
21	97
22	96
23	96
24	96
25	96
26	95
27	95
28	95
29	95
30	95
31	95

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	92	7
2	0	93	7
3	0	93	7
4	0	94	6
5	0	94	6
6	0	95	5
7	0	95	5
8	0	95	5
9	0	96	4
10	0	96	4
11	0	96	4
12	0	97	3
13	0	97	3
14	0	97	3
15	0	97	3
16	0	97	3
17	0	97	3
18	0	97	3
19	0	97	3
20	0	97	3
21	0	97	3
22	1	96	3
23	1	96	3
24	1	96	3
25	1	96	3
26	1	96	3
27	1	96	3
28	1	96	3
29	2	94	4
30	2	94	4
31	2	94	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	16
2	24	16
3	24	16
4	24	16
5	24	16
6	24	16
7	24	16
8	24	16
9	24	16
10	24	16
11	24	16
12	24	16
13	24	16
14	24	16
15	24	16
16	24	16
17	24	16
18	24	16
19	24	16
20	24	16
21	24	16
22	24	16
23	24	16
24	24	16
25	24	16
26	25	16
27	25	16
28	25	16
29	25	16
30	25	16
31	25	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	8	92
14	8	92
15	10	90
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	14	86
23	15	85
24	16	84
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	97
2	97
3	97
4	97
5	97
6	97
7	97
8	97
9	97
10	97
11	97
12	97
13	98
14	98
15	98
16	97
17	97
18	97
19	97
20	97
21	97
22	96
23	96
24	96
25	96
26	95
27	95
28	95
29	95
30	95
31	95

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	92	7
2	0	93	7
3	0	93	7
4	0	94	6
5	0	94	6
6	0	95	5
7	0	95	5
8	0	95	5
9	0	96	4
10	0	96	4
11	0	96	4
12	0	97	3
13	0	97	3
14	0	97	3
15	0	97	3
16	0	97	3
17	0	97	3
18	0	97	3
19	0	97	3
20	0	97	3
21	0	97	3
22	1	96	3
23	1	96	3
24	1	96	3
25	1	96	3
26	1	96	3
27	1	96	3
28	1	96	3
29	2	94	4
30	2	94	4
31	2	94	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	16
2	24	16
3	24	16
4	24	16
5	24	16
6	24	16
7	24	16
8	24	16
9	24	16
10	24	16
11	24	16
12	24	16
13	24	16
14	24	16
15	24	16
16	24	16
17	24	16
18	24	16
19	24	16
20	24	16
21	24	16
22	24	16
23	24	16
24	24	16
25	24	16
26	25	16
27	25	16
28	25	16
29	25	16
30	25	16
31	25	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	8	92
14	8	92
15	10	90
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	14	86
23	15	85
24	16	84
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	97
2	97
3	97
4	97
5	97
6	97
7	97
8	97
9	97
10	97
11	97
12	97
13	98
14	98
15	98
16	97
17	97
18	97
19	97
20	97
21	97
22	96
23	96
24	96
25	96
26	95
27	95
28	95
29	95
30	95
31	95

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	92	7
2	0	93	7
3	0	93	7
4	0	94	6
5	0	94	6
6	0	95	5
7	0	95	5
8	0	95	5
9	0	96	4
10	0	96	4
11	0	96	4
12	0	97	3
13	0	97	3
14	0	97	3
15	0	97	3
16	0	97	3
17	0	97	3
18	0	97	3
19	0	97	3
20	0	97	3
21	0	97	3
22	1	96	3
23	1	96	3
24	1	96	3
25	1	96	3
26	1	96	3
27	1	96	3
28	1	96	3
29	2	94	4
30	2	94	4
31	2	94	4