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 82°F, while the coldest is November averaging around 64°F at night. Around 70 inches of precipitation falls each year, peaking in October (8.6 inches) and easing off in August (3.6 inches).

☀️ All year

Warm

Daytime highs near 82°F most of the year.

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 64°F.

🌧️ Rain

Very wet

About 70 in 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 (°F)	81	82	81	80	79	80	81	81	81	79	79	80
Avg temp (°F)	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	73	72	72	71	72
Avg low (°F)	64	65	65	65	65	64	64	64	64	64	64	64
Precipitation (in)	4.0	4.4	6.4	7.3	7.3	5.2	4.7	3.6	4.6	8.6	8.2	5.4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°F)	81	82	81	80	79	80
Avg temp (°F)	73	73	73	72	72	72
Avg low (°F)	64	65	65	65	65	64
Precipitation (in)	4.0	4.4	6.4	7.3	7.3	5.2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	81	81	81	79	79	80
Avg temp (°F)	72	73	72	72	71	72
Avg low (°F)	64	64	64	64	64	64
Precipitation (in)	4.7	3.6	4.6	8.6	8.2	5.4

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 (mph)	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7

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 (mph)	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6

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 (mph)	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7

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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