Girón weather in December

In December, Girón sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 502 mm of rain across 28 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in December, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of December to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Girón's 3rd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Girón's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 502 mm; 28 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:01 AM – 5:37 PM
Cloud cover: 77%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 3 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.58 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

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

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical December day in Girón reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 28°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)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18

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

Girón weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 18°	241	24.1	11.6	4.5
Feb	27° / 19°	258	21.5	11.8	4.4
Mar	27° / 19°	341	27.5	12	3.8
Apr	27° / 20°	453	29.2	12.2	3.4
May	27° / 20°	534	30.6	12.3	3.3
Jun	26° / 20°	489	29.6	12.4	3.3
Jul	26° / 19°	432	29.9	12.4	3.4
Aug	27° / 19°	340	29.2	12.2	3.5
Sep	26° / 19°	449	29.1	12	3.4
Oct	26° / 19°	582	30.6	11.8	3.3
Nov	26° / 19°	659	29.3	11.7	3.4
Dec	26° / 19°	502	28	11.6	3.8

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	6	7	7	7	9	9	9	11	11	11	13	13	14	15	17	17	18	19	20	22	23	25	26	27	28	29	29	31	31	31	31
Cloudier (%)	94	93	93	93	91	91	91	89	89	89	87	87	86	85	83	83	82	81	80	78	77	75	74	73	72	71	71	69	69	69	69

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	6	94
2	7	93
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	14	86
14	15	85
15	17	83
16	17	83
17	18	82
18	19	81
19	20	80
20	22	78
21	23	77
22	25	75
23	26	74
24	27	73
25	28	72
26	29	71
27	29	71
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	31	69

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Girón gets around 502 mm of rain over 28 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 90% and peaks near 97% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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	96	96	95	95	94	94	94	93	93	92	92	92	91	91	90	90	89	89	88	87	87	86	86	85	84	83	83	82	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	97
2	97
3	96
4	96
5	95
6	95
7	94
8	94
9	94
10	93
11	93
12	92
13	92
14	92
15	91
16	91
17	90
18	90
19	89
20	89
21	88
22	87
23	87
24	86
25	86
26	85
27	84
28	83
29	83
30	82
31	81

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the muggy band about 97% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 98% of them.

	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
Humid (%)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Muggy (%)	97	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	95	95
Oppressive (%)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	97	2
2	0	98	2
3	0	98	2
4	0	99	1
5	0	99	1
6	0	99	1
7	0	99	1
8	0	99	1
9	1	98	1
10	1	98	1
11	1	98	1
12	1	99	0
13	2	98	0
14	2	98	0
15	2	98	0
16	2	98	0
17	2	98	0
18	2	98	0
19	3	97	0
20	3	97	0
21	3	97	0
22	3	97	0
23	3	97	0
24	3	97	0
25	3	97	0
26	3	97	0
27	3	97	0
28	3	97	0
29	3	96	1
30	4	95	1
31	4	95	1

Wind in December

Winds average 3 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 3 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	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
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	3	calm
9	3	calm
10	3	calm
11	3	calm
12	3	calm
13	3	calm
14	3	calm
15	3	calm
16	3	calm
17	3	calm
18	3	calm
19	3	calm
20	3	calm
21	3	calm
22	3	calm
23	3	calm
24	3	calm
25	3	calm
26	3	calm
27	3	calm
28	3	calm
29	3	calm
30	3	calm
31	3	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of December to 11 h 36 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 5:54 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 5:31 PM to 5:44 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)	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08
Sunset (PM)	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	5:54	5:31
2	11.6	5:54	5:31
3	11.6	5:55	5:32
4	11.6	5:55	5:32
5	11.6	5:56	5:32
6	11.6	5:56	5:33
7	11.6	5:57	5:33
8	11.6	5:57	5:33
9	11.6	5:58	5:34
10	11.6	5:58	5:34
11	11.6	5:59	5:34
12	11.6	5:59	5:35
13	11.6	6:00	5:35
14	11.6	6:00	5:36
15	11.6	6:01	5:36
16	11.6	6:01	5:37
17	11.6	6:02	5:37
18	11.6	6:02	5:37
19	11.6	6:03	5:38
20	11.6	6:03	5:38
21	11.6	6:04	5:39
22	11.6	6:04	5:39
23	11.6	6:04	5:40
24	11.6	6:05	5:40
25	11.6	6:05	5:41
26	11.6	6:06	5:41
27	11.6	6:06	5:42
28	11.6	6:07	5:42
29	11.6	6:07	5:43
30	11.6	6:08	5:43
31	11.6	6:08	5:44

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.29 kWh/m² to a high of 5.29 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 4.58 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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	4.4	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.6	Bright
18	4.6	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright
31	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Girón?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

3.8

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Girón.

What to pack for Girón in December

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

In December, Girón sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 19°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Girón in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Girón peaks around February 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 10 (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)	12	14	13	12	13	13	12	12	13	12	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Very high

Air quality in Girón 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 Girón is worst in March — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.3× the cleanest month (December, 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)	21	28	40	29	22	20	18	18	18	18	18	18
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	21	Moderate
Feb	28	Moderate
Mar	40	Poor
Apr	29	Moderate
May	22	Moderate
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	18	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	18	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	18	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Girón?

Girón sits at 7.1°N, 73.2°W, 706 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Bucaramanga, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Girón

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Girón has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 731 m around an average of 826 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,473 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,428 m.

The land around Girón is covered by grassland (41%), trees (34%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, trees (57%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

731 m

grassland 41%

16 km

2,473 m

trees 57%

80 km

4,428 m

trees 62%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

December weather nearby: Bucaramanga 8.0 km · Floridablanca 9.0 km · Piedecuesta 16 km · Sabana de Torres 51 km · El Carmen de Chucurí 56 km · San Gil 57 km · Málaga 63 km · Pamplona 67 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 Girón (7.0682°, -73.1698°, elevation 706 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	26	19
2	26	19
3	26	19
4	26	19
5	26	19
6	26	19
7	26	19
8	26	19
9	26	19
10	26	19
11	26	19
12	26	19
13	26	19
14	26	19
15	26	19
16	26	19
17	26	19
18	26	19
19	26	19
20	26	19
21	26	19
22	26	19
23	26	19
24	26	19
25	26	19
26	26	19
27	26	19
28	27	19
29	27	18
30	27	18
31	27	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	6	94
2	7	93
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	14	86
14	15	85
15	17	83
16	17	83
17	18	82
18	19	81
19	20	80
20	22	78
21	23	77
22	25	75
23	26	74
24	27	73
25	28	72
26	29	71
27	29	71
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	97
2	97
3	96
4	96
5	95
6	95
7	94
8	94
9	94
10	93
11	93
12	92
13	92
14	92
15	91
16	91
17	90
18	90
19	89
20	89
21	88
22	87
23	87
24	86
25	86
26	85
27	84
28	83
29	83
30	82
31	81

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	97	2
2	0	98	2
3	0	98	2
4	0	99	1
5	0	99	1
6	0	99	1
7	0	99	1
8	0	99	1
9	1	98	1
10	1	98	1
11	1	98	1
12	1	99	0
13	2	98	0
14	2	98	0
15	2	98	0
16	2	98	0
17	2	98	0
18	2	98	0
19	3	97	0
20	3	97	0
21	3	97	0
22	3	97	0
23	3	97	0
24	3	97	0
25	3	97	0
26	3	97	0
27	3	97	0
28	3	97	0
29	3	96	1
30	4	95	1
31	4	95	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	6	94
2	7	93
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	14	86
14	15	85
15	17	83
16	17	83
17	18	82
18	19	81
19	20	80
20	22	78
21	23	77
22	25	75
23	26	74
24	27	73
25	28	72
26	29	71
27	29	71
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	97
2	97
3	96
4	96
5	95
6	95
7	94
8	94
9	94
10	93
11	93
12	92
13	92
14	92
15	91
16	91
17	90
18	90
19	89
20	89
21	88
22	87
23	87
24	86
25	86
26	85
27	84
28	83
29	83
30	82
31	81

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	97	2
2	0	98	2
3	0	98	2
4	0	99	1
5	0	99	1
6	0	99	1
7	0	99	1
8	0	99	1
9	1	98	1
10	1	98	1
11	1	98	1
12	1	99	0
13	2	98	0
14	2	98	0
15	2	98	0
16	2	98	0
17	2	98	0
18	2	98	0
19	3	97	0
20	3	97	0
21	3	97	0
22	3	97	0
23	3	97	0
24	3	97	0
25	3	97	0
26	3	97	0
27	3	97	0
28	3	97	0
29	3	96	1
30	4	95	1
31	4	95	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	6	94
2	7	93
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	14	86
14	15	85
15	17	83
16	17	83
17	18	82
18	19	81
19	20	80
20	22	78
21	23	77
22	25	75
23	26	74
24	27	73
25	28	72
26	29	71
27	29	71
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	97
2	97
3	96
4	96
5	95
6	95
7	94
8	94
9	94
10	93
11	93
12	92
13	92
14	92
15	91
16	91
17	90
18	90
19	89
20	89
21	88
22	87
23	87
24	86
25	86
26	85
27	84
28	83
29	83
30	82
31	81

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	97	2
2	0	98	2
3	0	98	2
4	0	99	1
5	0	99	1
6	0	99	1
7	0	99	1
8	0	99	1
9	1	98	1
10	1	98	1
11	1	98	1
12	1	99	0
13	2	98	0
14	2	98	0
15	2	98	0
16	2	98	0
17	2	98	0
18	2	98	0
19	3	97	0
20	3	97	0
21	3	97	0
22	3	97	0
23	3	97	0
24	3	97	0
25	3	97	0
26	3	97	0
27	3	97	0
28	3	97	0
29	3	96	1
30	4	95	1
31	4	95	1