San Agustin weather in December

In December, San Agustin sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 165 mm of rain across 25.1 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of December to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is San Agustin's 2nd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Agustin's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 165 mm; 25.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:04 AM – 5:58 PM
Cloud cover: 79%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical December day in San Agustin reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 21°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)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

San Agustin weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 11°	152	22.3	11.9	4.3
Feb	20° / 11°	151	22.3	11.9	4.0
Mar	19° / 11°	198	28.6	12	3.4
Apr	19° / 11°	194	28.6	12	3.2
May	18° / 11°	163	28.9	12.1	3.2
Jun	17° / 10°	174	28.1	12.1	3.1
Jul	17° / 10°	180	28.2	12.1	3.1
Aug	17° / 9°	121	25.7	12.1	3.5
Sep	18° / 10°	93	23.3	12	3.9
Oct	20° / 11°	157	26.3	12	3.7
Nov	20° / 12°	191	27	11.9	3.6
Dec	20° / 11°	165	25.1	11.9	4.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

	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 (%)	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	18	18	19	20	20	21	21
Cloudier (%)	91	90	90	90	89	89	89	88	88	88	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	84	84	84	82	82	81	80	80	79	79

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	19	81
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	21	79
31	21	79

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

San Agustin gets around 165 mm of rain over 25.1 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 80% and peaks near 86% 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 (%)	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	84	84	83	83	82	82	82	82	81	81	81	81	80	80	79	78	77	76	75	74	73	72	72	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	86
3	86
4	86
5	85
6	85
7	85
8	84
9	84
10	83
11	83
12	82
13	82
14	82
15	82
16	81
17	81
18	81
19	81
20	80
21	80
22	79
23	78
24	77
25	76
26	75
27	74
28	73
29	72
30	72
31	71

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 65% 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
Dry (%)	55	56	57	59	60	61	62	63	63	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	63	64	64	65	66	67	68	70	71	72	73	73	74
Comfortable (%)	45	44	43	41	40	39	38	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	36	36	35	34	33	32	30	29	28	27	27	26

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	55	45
2	56	44
3	57	43
4	59	41
5	60	40
6	61	39
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	66	34
24	67	33
25	68	32
26	70	30
27	71	29
28	72	28
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	74	26

Wind in December

Winds average 5 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	5	calm
2	5	calm
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30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of December to 11 h 54 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 5:58 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 5:52 PM to 6:05 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)	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:58	5:58	5:59	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	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11
Sunset (PM)	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	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	6:05	6:05

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	5:58	5:52
2	11.9	5:58	5:52
3	11.9	5:59	5:53
4	11.9	5:59	5:53
5	11.9	5:59	5:53
6	11.9	6:00	5:54
7	11.9	6:00	5:54
8	11.9	6:01	5:54
9	11.9	6:01	5:55
10	11.9	6:02	5:55
11	11.9	6:02	5:56
12	11.9	6:03	5:56
13	11.9	6:03	5:57
14	11.9	6:04	5:57
15	11.9	6:04	5:58
16	11.9	6:04	5:58
17	11.9	6:05	5:58
18	11.9	6:05	5:59
19	11.9	6:06	5:59
20	11.9	6:06	6:00
21	11.9	6:07	6:00
22	11.9	6:07	6:01
23	11.9	6:08	6:01
24	11.9	6:08	6:02
25	11.9	6:09	6:02
26	11.9	6:09	6:03
27	11.9	6:10	6:03
28	11.9	6:10	6:04
29	11.9	6:11	6:04
30	11.9	6:11	6:05
31	11.9	6:11	6:05

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.9 kWh/m² to a high of 5.3 kWh/m² in September across the year — December's 4.76 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)	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0
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	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit San Agustin?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

2.0

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit San Agustin for sightseeing.

What to pack for San Agustin in December

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

In December, San Agustin sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 11°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

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UV index in San Agustin in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in San Agustin peaks around February 19 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 10 at about 13 (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)	16	17	17	14	15	14	13	13	15	15	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	17	Extreme
Mar	17	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	15	Extreme
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	15	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in San Agustin 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 San Agustin is worst in March — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (July, 9 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)	15	18	19	16	12	10	9	12	16	13	13	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	18	Moderate
Mar	19	Moderate
Apr	16	Moderate
May	12	Moderate
Jun	10	Good
Jul	9	Good
Aug	12	Good
Sep	16	Moderate
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is San Agustin?

San Agustin sits at 1.9°N, 76.3°W, 0 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Isnos, 7.0 km away.

Topography around San Agustin

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Agustin has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 559 m around an average of 1,619 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,905 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,369 m.

The land around San Agustin is covered by trees (67%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, trees (70%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and trees (78%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

559 m

trees 67%

16 km

1,905 m

trees 70%

80 km

4,369 m

trees 78%

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

December weather nearby: Isnos 7.0 km · Pitalito 24 km · Tarqui 56 km · Guadalupe 59 km · La Plata 71 km · Popayán 73 km · Florencia 79 km · Garzón 79 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 San Agustin (1.8788°, -76.2672°, elevation 0 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	20	12
2	20	12
3	20	11
4	20	11
5	20	11
6	20	11
7	20	11
8	20	11
9	20	11
10	20	11
11	20	11
12	20	11
13	20	11
14	20	11
15	20	11
16	20	11
17	20	11
18	20	11
19	20	11
20	20	11
21	20	11
22	20	11
23	20	11
24	20	11
25	20	11
26	20	11
27	20	11
28	20	11
29	20	11
30	20	11
31	20	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	19	81
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	86
3	86
4	86
5	85
6	85
7	85
8	84
9	84
10	83
11	83
12	82
13	82
14	82
15	82
16	81
17	81
18	81
19	81
20	80
21	80
22	79
23	78
24	77
25	76
26	75
27	74
28	73
29	72
30	72
31	71

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	55	45
2	56	44
3	57	43
4	59	41
5	60	40
6	61	39
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	66	34
24	67	33
25	68	32
26	70	30
27	71	29
28	72	28
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	74	26

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	19	81
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	86
3	86
4	86
5	85
6	85
7	85
8	84
9	84
10	83
11	83
12	82
13	82
14	82
15	82
16	81
17	81
18	81
19	81
20	80
21	80
22	79
23	78
24	77
25	76
26	75
27	74
28	73
29	72
30	72
31	71

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	55	45
2	56	44
3	57	43
4	59	41
5	60	40
6	61	39
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	66	34
24	67	33
25	68	32
26	70	30
27	71	29
28	72	28
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	74	26

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	19	81
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	86
3	86
4	86
5	85
6	85
7	85
8	84
9	84
10	83
11	83
12	82
13	82
14	82
15	82
16	81
17	81
18	81
19	81
20	80
21	80
22	79
23	78
24	77
25	76
26	75
27	74
28	73
29	72
30	72
31	71

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	55	45
2	56	44
3	57	43
4	59	41
5	60	40
6	61	39
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	66	34
24	67	33
25	68	32
26	70	30
27	71	29
28	72	28
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	74	26