Manizales, Colombia climate

Af Tropical rainforest

Manizales has a remarkably steady warm-temperate climate (Tropical rainforest, Köppen Af). The hottest month is February with an average daily high near 28°C, while the coldest is November averaging around 18°C at night. Around 1770 mm of precipitation falls each year, peaking in October (219 mm) and easing off in August (91 mm).

☀️ All year

Warm

Daytime highs near 28°C most of the year.

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 18°C.

🌧️ Rain

Very wet

About 1770 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in October

⛅ Sky & trend

Often grey

Overcast skies dominate much of the year.

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Hours of sunshine per day

Estimated sunny hours each month — daylight length × clear-sky fraction · 1991–2020 monthly cloud cover (NASA POWER)

Manizales climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	27	28	27	27	26	26	27	27	27	26	26	27
Avg temp (°C)	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	23	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Precipitation (mm)	102	112	163	186	185	132	119	91	117	219	208	137

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	27	28	27	27	26	26
Avg temp (°C)	23	23	23	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18
Precipitation (mm)	102	112	163	186	185	132

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	26	26	27
Avg temp (°C)	22	23	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18
Precipitation (mm)	119	91	117	219	208	137

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	73	77	84	87	87	84	82	82	83	85	83	77
Relative humidity (%)	87	87	87	88	88	87	85	85	86	89	90	89
Wind speed (m/s)	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	73	77	84	87	87	84
Relative humidity (%)	87	87	87	88	88	87
Wind speed (m/s)	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	82	82	83	85	83	77
Relative humidity (%)	85	85	86	89	90	89
Wind speed (m/s)	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 28 years of daily observations at Matecana, a weather station, about 38 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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