Arauca climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Arauca?

Arauca has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.5 °C and it receives 2,326 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Arauca?

The hottest day measured in Arauca between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1960, reaching 40.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Arauca?

The coldest day measured in Arauca between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1975, at 18.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Arauca?

Almost never: Arauca sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Arauca warmed?

Yes: Arauca warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Arauca?

The wettest day measured in Arauca between 1940 and 2025 was 2 June 1967, with 171 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Arauca?

The windiest day measured in Arauca between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 1975, with winds reaching 23.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Arauca?

The warmest month in Arauca is March (28.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (25.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Arauca?

Arauca receives on average 2,326 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 233 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Arauca?

Arauca gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Arauca (Colombia) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.5 °C and it receives 2,326 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is March (28.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (25.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Arauca averages 0 frost days, 215 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 233 rainy days per year.

Arauca has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.0 °C (on 13 March 1960) and the coldest 18.2 °C (on 20 July 1975).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

AraucaArauca Department

coords: 7.08°, -70.76°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthJuneDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

26.5°C

Average daily high

30.7°C

Average daily low

23.2°C

Annual rainfall

2,326mm

Sunshine / day

9.6h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

9.6km/h

Seasonal range

3.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

215 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

233 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.3 °C

Average feels-like low

26.8 °C

Average peak gust

27.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

40.0 °C

13 March 1960

Coldest day

18.2 °C

20 July 1975

Wettest day

171 mm

2 June 1967

Windiest day

23.5 km/h

19 July 1975

Strongest gust

57.6 km/h

5 August 2019

Hottest feels-like

43.2 °C

10 April 2004

Coldest feels-like

17.4 °C

20 July 1975

Sunniest day

12.2 h

31 May 1973

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.9 °C3 March 2025	19.5 °C5 July 2025	27.0 °C	1,876 mm	237
2024	38.8 °C20 March 2024	21.8 °C30 December 2024	28.1 °C	1,532 mm	317
2023	35.0 °C5 March 2023	20.4 °C29 January 2023	27.5 °C	1,528 mm	307
2022	34.6 °C7 March 2022	20.2 °C25 December 2022	26.6 °C	1,547 mm	269
2021	35.9 °C15 February 2021	19.6 °C5 July 2021	26.6 °C	1,598 mm	253
2020	38.1 °C27 March 2020	21.3 °C23 July 2020	27.6 °C	1,428 mm	285
2019	38.0 °C20 March 2019	21.2 °C17 August 2019	27.4 °C	1,518 mm	273
2018	35.8 °C18 March 2018	20.8 °C10 August 2018	26.9 °C	1,705 mm	253
2017	35.9 °C28 February 2017	21.1 °C13 July 2017	27.0 °C	1,911 mm	247
2016	39.6 °C6 March 2016	21.3 °C11 September 2016	27.5 °C	2,199 mm	268
2015	38.3 °C30 March 2015	21.5 °C26 July 2015	27.4 °C	1,817 mm	268
2014	38.7 °C31 March 2014	21.4 °C27 August 2014	27.5 °C	1,889 mm	279
2013	38.2 °C12 April 2013	20.8 °C28 July 2013	27.3 °C	2,046 mm	277
2012	35.6 °C17 February 2012	21.2 °C20 July 2012	26.7 °C	2,111 mm	264
2011	35.9 °C30 March 2011	21.7 °C21 January 2011	26.7 °C	2,719 mm	257
2010	38.8 °C15 February 2010	21.2 °C2 January 2010	27.4 °C	2,497 mm	281
2009	36.3 °C4 April 2009	21.3 °C15 January 2009	27.0 °C	1,934 mm	278
2008	36.9 °C24 March 2008	20.9 °C6 August 2008	26.9 °C	2,188 mm	266
2007	37.5 °C11 March 2007	21.1 °C22 August 2007	27.1 °C	2,411 mm	273
2006	37.1 °C9 April 2006	21.4 °C2 January 2006	26.9 °C	2,196 mm	270
2005	38.5 °C10 March 2005	20.7 °C20 December 2005	27.2 °C	2,131 mm	283
2004	35.6 °C26 February 2004	20.7 °C25 July 2004	26.7 °C	2,701 mm	245
2003	36.8 °C10 March 2003	20.8 °C1 July 2003	26.7 °C	2,370 mm	245
2002	36.7 °C9 March 2002	20.9 °C11 January 2002	26.3 °C	2,422 mm	231
2001	36.3 °C3 April 2001	19.2 °C4 January 2001	26.5 °C	2,226 mm	250
2000	35.2 °C6 March 2000	20.0 °C16 December 2000	26.3 °C	2,405 mm	243
1999	34.9 °C16 March 1999	20.6 °C30 August 1999	26.0 °C	2,240 mm	212
1998	37.4 °C25 February 1998	20.6 °C7 August 1998	27.0 °C	2,604 mm	245
1997	36.8 °C2 April 1997	21.2 °C26 June 1997	26.5 °C	2,177 mm	244
1996	37.2 °C20 March 1996	20.4 °C19 August 1996	26.6 °C	2,555 mm	209
1995	38.5 °C8 April 1995	20.7 °C21 July 1995	26.9 °C	2,345 mm	256
1994	37.7 °C3 March 1994	20.0 °C12 July 1994	26.4 °C	2,599 mm	201
1993	37.0 °C1 March 1993	20.5 °C16 July 1993	26.4 °C	2,900 mm	223
1992	38.4 °C25 March 1992	20.8 °C30 December 1992	26.6 °C	2,585 mm	218
1991	37.3 °C11 February 1991	20.6 °C20 January 1991	26.2 °C	2,892 mm	208
1990	34.5 °C26 February 1990	20.6 °C24 December 1990	26.0 °C	2,829 mm	171
1989	35.8 °C15 March 1989	19.5 °C10 January 1989	25.9 °C	2,608 mm	202
1988	37.7 °C15 March 1988	20.5 °C14 July 1988	26.6 °C	2,577 mm	219
1987	37.6 °C9 March 1987	20.7 °C12 January 1987	26.7 °C	2,637 mm	224
1986	36.3 °C11 March 1986	20.4 °C17 January 1986	26.1 °C	2,663 mm	187
1985	38.2 °C17 April 1985	19.1 °C11 June 1985	26.1 °C	2,553 mm	193
1984	37.5 °C27 March 1984	20.7 °C30 January 1984	26.1 °C	2,285 mm	204
1983	37.8 °C11 March 1983	20.4 °C29 December 1983	26.4 °C	2,355 mm	193
1982	35.3 °C7 March 1982	20.9 °C26 January 1982	25.8 °C	2,591 mm	156
1981	36.4 °C30 March 1981	18.2 °C21 July 1981	26.2 °C	2,475 mm	199
1980	37.4 °C12 April 1980	21.1 °C2 December 1980	26.5 °C	2,449 mm	211
1979	37.1 °C15 February 1979	21.2 °C26 July 1979	26.4 °C	2,682 mm	207
1978	37.3 °C2 March 1978	19.2 °C16 August 1978	26.3 °C	2,951 mm	193
1977	36.2 °C12 March 1977	20.7 °C2 January 1977	26.3 °C	2,640 mm	211
1976	35.7 °C2 April 1976	19.4 °C4 January 1976	25.7 °C	2,526 mm	181
1975	36.4 °C11 April 1975	18.2 °C20 July 1975	25.9 °C	2,189 mm	181
1974	36.8 °C24 March 1974	19.9 °C16 December 1974	26.0 °C	2,721 mm	196
1973	37.4 °C21 February 1973	20.5 °C1 July 1973	26.5 °C	2,683 mm	184
1972	34.1 °C26 February 1972	20.8 °C26 December 1972	25.8 °C	2,827 mm	170
1971	36.0 °C9 March 1971	20.5 °C8 December 1971	25.8 °C	2,403 mm	196
1970	36.3 °C31 March 1970	19.9 °C25 December 1970	26.2 °C	2,789 mm	211
1969	36.3 °C15 February 1969	20.8 °C12 July 1969	26.5 °C	2,906 mm	222
1968	38.7 °C23 February 1968	20.8 °C28 November 1968	26.3 °C	3,020 mm	200
1967	38.4 °C21 March 1967	20.4 °C4 January 1967	26.2 °C	2,911 mm	183
1966	37.8 °C10 April 1966	21.1 °C12 January 1966	27.1 °C	2,425 mm	252
1965	37.5 °C21 April 1965	20.7 °C20 December 1965	27.0 °C	2,193 mm	221
1964	38.8 °C29 March 1964	20.1 °C22 January 1964	26.8 °C	2,482 mm	218
1963	38.0 °C5 February 1963	20.3 °C19 November 1963	26.6 °C	2,414 mm	235
1962	35.6 °C10 February 1962	19.3 °C2 January 1962	26.5 °C	2,581 mm	215
1961	37.3 °C10 March 1961	20.5 °C29 December 1961	26.7 °C	2,020 mm	232
1960	40.0 °C13 March 1960	20.1 °C5 January 1960	26.7 °C	2,168 mm	216
1959	36.7 °C10 March 1959	20.1 °C20 August 1959	26.4 °C	2,337 mm	214
1958	38.3 °C11 March 1958	21.3 °C14 January 1958	27.1 °C	2,551 mm	254
1957	36.8 °C30 March 1957	20.4 °C22 July 1957	26.8 °C	2,037 mm	244
1956	34.3 °C11 March 1956	21.0 °C11 July 1956	25.5 °C	2,346 mm	111
1955	35.4 °C23 February 1955	20.0 °C3 January 1955	25.8 °C	2,175 mm	158
1954	36.4 °C24 March 1954	21.0 °C14 July 1954	26.3 °C	1,943 mm	155
1953	36.3 °C4 April 1953	21.4 °C12 January 1953	26.6 °C	2,006 mm	210
1952	38.1 °C17 March 1952	19.9 °C28 December 1952	26.5 °C	2,030 mm	180
1951	34.3 °C26 March 1951	20.2 °C9 January 1951	25.8 °C	2,448 mm	155
1950	36.4 °C24 April 1950	20.4 °C30 December 1950	26.2 °C	2,389 mm	181
1949	33.8 °C16 March 1949	20.4 °C25 January 1949	25.5 °C	2,184 mm	138
1948	35.3 °C22 March 1948	20.1 °C15 December 1948	25.5 °C	2,401 mm	111
1947	37.5 °C17 March 1947	19.7 °C2 January 1947	26.0 °C	2,124 mm	151
1946	36.0 °C17 March 1946	20.4 °C8 August 1946	25.4 °C	2,496 mm	120
1945	36.6 °C24 March 1945	20.0 °C8 January 1945	25.8 °C	2,028 mm	180
1944	36.7 °C18 March 1944	20.4 °C30 December 1944	26.2 °C	2,036 mm	161
1943	34.4 °C20 February 1943	19.1 °C20 January 1943	25.0 °C	2,663 mm	115
1942	36.3 °C13 March 1942	20.0 °C21 June 1942	25.6 °C	2,541 mm	116
1941	39.3 °C4 April 1941	20.8 °C19 January 1941	26.6 °C	1,844 mm	195
1940	37.7 °C26 February 1940	20.9 °C4 November 1940	26.4 °C	2,144 mm	141

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.8 °C

+0.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

237 d/yr

+22

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1876 mm

-450 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.7 °C	-0.5 °C	29 mm	+11 mm
Feb	33.4 °C	-0.1 °C	0 mm	-24 mm
Mar	34.0 °C	+0.3 °C	37 mm	-19 mm
Apr	31.1 °C	-0.2 °C	264 mm	+60 mm
May	29.6 °C	+0.1 °C	297 mm	-46 mm
Jun	28.2 °C	-0.3 °C	277 mm	-101 mm
Jul	29.0 °C	+0.4 °C	303 mm	-55 mm
Aug	29.6 °C	+0.3 °C	224 mm	-70 mm
Sep	31.0 °C	+1.1 °C	175 mm	-64 mm
Oct	30.6 °C	+0.2 °C	166 mm	-46 mm
Nov	30.5 °C	+0.1 °C	85 mm	-64 mm
Dec	30.8 °C	+0.1 °C	19 mm	-32 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.9 °C

3 Mar 2025

Coldest day

19.5 °C

5 Jul 2025

Wettest day

85.7 mm

19 Apr 2025

Windiest day

19.2 km/h

11 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

42.1 km/h

10 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.7 °C

13 Sep 2025

Coldest feels-like

21.9 °C

5 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

23 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Arauca?

Arauca has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.5 °C and it receives 2,326 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Arauca?

The hottest day measured in Arauca between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1960, reaching 40.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Arauca?

The coldest day measured in Arauca between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1975, at 18.2 °C.

Does it snow in Arauca?

Almost never: Arauca sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Arauca warmed?

Yes: Arauca warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Arauca?

The wettest day measured in Arauca between 1940 and 2025 was 2 June 1967, with 171 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Arauca?

The windiest day measured in Arauca between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 1975, with winds reaching 23.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Arauca?

The warmest month in Arauca is March (28.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (25.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Arauca?

Arauca receives on average 2,326 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 233 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Arauca?

Arauca gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Arauca?

Yes: Arauca has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Arauca?

In Arauca, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.2 °C on 10 April 2004, and the lowest was 17.4 °C on 20 July 1975.

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