Palmira, Colombia climate

Csa Hot-summer Mediterranean

Palmira has a mildly seasonal warm-temperate climate (Hot-summer Mediterranean, Köppen Csa). The hottest month is May with an average daily high near 30°C, while the coldest is November averaging around 13°C at night. Precipitation totals about 739 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — April alone averages 128 mm while August barely receives 19 mm.

☀️ Summers

Warm

Highs near 30°C in May.

About 39 days a year above 32 °C

❄️ Winters

Mild

Lows near 13°C in November.

About 4 freezing nights a year

🌧️ Rain

Moderate rainfall

About 739 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in April

⛅ Sky & trend

Often grey

Overcast skies dominate much of the year.

−3.4 °C vs 50 years ago

Temperature & precipitation

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

Clear vs cloudy days

Share of days each month that are clear, partly cloudy or cloudy · 1991–2020 · hover a month for the day counts

Palmira climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	30	22	21	21	30	30	22	29	22	21	21	30
Avg temp (°C)	24	17	17	17	25	25	20	23	17	17	17	25
Avg low (°C)	18	13	13	13	19	19	18	17	12	13	13	19
Precipitation (mm)	33	51	71	128	92	36	26	19	72	83	85	43

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	30	22	21	21	30	30
Avg temp (°C)	24	17	17	17	25	25
Avg low (°C)	18	13	13	13	19	19
Precipitation (mm)	33	51	71	128	92	36

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	22	29	22	21	21	30
Avg temp (°C)	20	23	17	17	17	25
Avg low (°C)	18	17	12	13	13	19
Precipitation (mm)	26	19	72	83	85	43

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	5	6	8	9	8	6	4	3	6	8	8	6
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	4	5	5	2	2	2	4	7	5	2	0.7	2
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	1	0.5	1	0.1	0.1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	5	6	8	9	8	6
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	4	5	5	2	2	2
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	4	3	6	8	8	6
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	4	7	5	2	0.7	2
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	0.1	1	0.5	1	0.1	0.1

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	77	80	85	86	87	83	81	80	83	85	85	80
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	—	—	—	0.1	0.0
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	9	7	4	4	4	5	7	7	5	4	4	7
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	22	21	27	26	27	25	24	24	25	27	26	24
Relative humidity (%)	84	83	84	85	85	82	80	78	79	84	87	86
Wind speed (mph)	2.9	2.7	2.6	2.7	3.0	4.1	4.7	4.4	3.2	2.7	2.7	2.7

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	77	80	85	86	87	83
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	—
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	9	7	4	4	4	5
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	22	21	27	26	27	25
Relative humidity (%)	84	83	84	85	85	82
Wind speed (mph)	2.9	2.7	2.6	2.7	3.0	4.1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	81	80	83	85	85	80
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	0.0	—	—	—	0.1	0.0
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	7	7	5	4	4	7
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	24	24	25	27	26	24
Relative humidity (%)	80	78	79	84	87	86
Wind speed (mph)	4.7	4.4	3.2	2.7	2.7	2.7

Methodology & sources

Temperature — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

Precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 12 years of daily observations at Cali/alfonso Bonill, a weather station, about 9 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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