Balboa climate — normals and trends
Balboa (Colombia) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.8 °C and it receives 5,128 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 August (19.6 °C on average) and the coldest is November (18.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Balboa averages 0 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 323 rainy days per year.
Balboa has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.9 °C (on 18 September 2024) and the coldest 9.6 °C (on 21 November 1954).
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
BalboaCauca Department
- coords
- 2.04°, -77.22°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.8°C
Average daily high
23.5°C
Average daily low
15.6°C
Annual rainfall
5,128mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
85%
Average peak wind
6.2km/h
Seasonal range
1.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
323 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
26.2 °C
Average feels-like low
16.8 °C
Average peak gust
27.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.72 · p = < 0.001
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
32.9 °C
18 September 2024
Coldest day
9.6 °C
21 November 1954
Wettest day
150 mm
23 December 1943
Windiest day
15.0 km/h
6 August 1993
Strongest gust
59.0 km/h
6 August 1993
Hottest feels-like
35.0 °C
25 September 2004
Coldest feels-like
8.4 °C
21 November 1954
Sunniest day
12.0 h
27 May 1943
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 410 mm | -17 mm |
| Feb | 22.4 °C | -0.7 °C | 677 mm | +278 mm |
| Mar | 23.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 579 mm | +80 mm |
| Apr | 23.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 611 mm | +46 mm |
| May | 23.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 535 mm | +3 mm |
| Jun | 23.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 367 mm | +9 mm |
| Jul | 25.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 71 mm | -140 mm |
| Aug | 25.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 223 mm | +18 mm |
| Sep | 24.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 227 mm | -99 mm |
| Oct | 22.3 °C | -1.0 °C | 541 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 22.1 °C | -0.6 °C | 629 mm | +67 mm |
| Dec | 22.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 278 mm | -219 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Balboa?
Balboa has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.8 °C and it receives 5,128 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Balboa?
The hottest day measured in Balboa between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 2024, reaching 32.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Balboa?
The coldest day measured in Balboa between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1954, at 9.6 °C.
Does it snow in Balboa?
Almost never: Balboa sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Balboa warmed?
Yes: Balboa warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Balboa?
The wettest day measured in Balboa between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1943, with 150 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Balboa?
The windiest day measured in Balboa between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1993, with winds reaching 15.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Balboa?
The warmest month in Balboa is August (19.6 °C on average); the coldest is November (18.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Balboa?
Balboa receives on average 5,128 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 323 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Balboa?
Balboa gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Balboa?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Balboa.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Balboa?
In Balboa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.0 °C on 25 September 2004, and the lowest was 8.4 °C on 21 November 1954.
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