Bucaramanga weather in December
December in Bucaramanga: hot, soaked, with muggy air — a gamble, with 29 rainy days.
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
#4 of 12 months in Bucaramanga · #1029 of 1413 destinations to visit in December · comfort 57/100 (tier D)
- Days
- 29°C
- Nights
- 21°C
- Wet days
- 29
- Sun
- 9.9 h
- Humidity
- 88%
- Daylight
- 12 h
Traveller notes on Bucaramanga in December
Other months in Bucaramanga
Forum posters compare Bucaramanga's climate to Medellin's, maybe a touch warmer, and call it properly hot by day for visitors coming from more temperate climates. Nearby day-trip spots at higher elevation, like La Mesa de los Santos, cool off fast - a light jacket or pullover becomes genuinely useful there, especially once evening arrives. Rain is described as variable day to day: some days see sun and rain mixed together, others turn into mostly-wet days with no clear pattern to bank on. One broader Colombia note for January specifically: it's peak domestic travel season due to school holidays, so smaller popular towns elsewhere in the country can get surprisingly overcrowded even if Bucaramanga itself stays more manageable.
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Bucaramanga climate normals — December
Monthly averages from ERA5 reanalysis. AQI is the mean US Air Quality Index for the month.
Crowds in Bucaramanga in December
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
Peak crowdsNavidad en la Ciudad, Year-end holidays in Colombia, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Best months for Bucaramanga's weather
Ranked by this destination's own climate comfort score across the year — a different thing from how busy it gets (see Crowds above).
Fair weatherBucaramanga's weather doesn't swing hard through the year — comfort stays fairly steady in every month.
What's on in Bucaramanga in December
Recurring seasonal events, natural spectacles, closures and holidays — curated and sourced.
- Festival
Navidad en la Ciudad
1–22 Dec · usuallyChristmas & New YearCrowdedThe culture institute programmes more than fifty events through December: Nine Novenas in Nine Parks in the first half of the month, then Festival 1622 the week before Christmas. It is the one stretch of the year the centre is a place people walk at night for its own sake. Source ↗
- Season
Wet season
MonsoonRisk29 rainy days and about 439 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.
from the climate normals
Nearby, and something's on
Within 300 km of Bucaramanga — a day trip or a short hop — with something on this month. Never part of the comfort score.
Where is Bucaramanga?
Bucaramanga in December — FAQ
- Is December a good time to visit Bucaramanga?
- December in Bucaramanga: hot, soaked, with muggy air — a gamble, with 29 rainy days. It ranks #4 of 12 months for Bucaramanga on SeasonMap's comfort score (57/100).
- What is the weather like in Bucaramanga in December?
- In December, Bucaramanga averages a daily high of 28.7°C and a low of 20.5°C, with about 438.7 mm of rain over roughly 29.3 rainy days.
- What is the air quality in Bucaramanga in December?
- Bucaramanga has a mean US Air Quality Index of about 56 in December.
Within 300 km: Villa de Leyva's Festival de Luces on 5–7 Dec, and Medellín's Alumbrados navidenos around 28 Nov – 14 Jan.