Santa Marta climate

Santa Marta Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Santa Marta, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 26°C on December 1 to 27°C on December 31, and lows from 18°C to 17°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 28 mm over about 6 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Santa Marta, in °C, with the record for each date.10152025303540151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

December at a glance

Average high
26°C
Average low
18°C
Precipitation
28 mm
Record high
36°CDec 2, 2024
Record low
12°CDec 29, 1976
Daylight
11 h 31 min to 11 h 29 min
Cloud cover
49%
Humidity
81%
Dew point
17°C
Wind
12.2 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Dec 126°C18°C35°C 200220°C 197526%
Dec 226°C18°C36°C 202420°C 197526%
Dec 326°C18°C35°C 198221°C 197525%
Dec 426°C18°C35°C 202320°C 197322%
Dec 526°C18°C35°C 200219°C 197421%
Dec 626°C18°C35°C 202320°C 196520%
Dec 726°C18°C34°C 201321°C 197320%
Dec 826°C18°C35°C 202419°C 196420%
Dec 926°C18°C35°C 196521°C 197420%
Dec 1026°C18°C35°C 202418°C 196420%
Dec 1126°C18°C35°C 202421°C 199618%
Dec 1226°C18°C35°C 202321°C 197318%
Dec 1326°C18°C35°C 202120°C 196518%
Dec 1426°C18°C35°C 198715°C 197417%
Dec 1526°C18°C34°C 201817°C 197417%
Dec 1626°C18°C35°C 198220°C 198916%
Dec 1726°C18°C35°C 197020°C 198516%
Dec 1826°C18°C35°C 201819°C 198515%
Dec 1926°C18°C35°C 197020°C 196515%
Dec 2026°C18°C35°C 202121°C 199015%
Dec 2126°C17°C35°C 202419°C 197814%
Dec 2226°C17°C35°C 201918°C 196413%
Dec 2326°C17°C35°C 202420°C 197311%
Dec 2426°C17°C35°C 199717°C 196410%
Dec 2526°C17°C35°C 202320°C 19909%
Dec 2627°C17°C34°C 199218°C 19749%
Dec 2727°C17°C35°C 199219°C 19658%
Dec 2827°C17°C35°C 200220°C 19757%
Dec 2927°C17°C34°C 200212°C 19767%
Dec 3027°C17°C35°C 201318°C 19646%
Dec 3127°C17°C35°C 202319°C 19755%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Santa Marta, in percent.01020301102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-5).

December 1
sunrise 6:00 AM, sunset 5:31 PM
December 31
sunrise 6:15 AM, sunset 5:44 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station COM00080009, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.