Belalcázar climate — normals and trends
Belalcázar (Colombia) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.6 °C and it receives 3,506 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 (12.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (10.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Belalcázar averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 345 rainy days per year.
Belalcázar has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 23.3 °C (on 18 March 1983) and the coldest 1.4 °C (on 17 August 1978).
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
BelalcázarCauca Department
- coords
- 2.65°, -75.97°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.6°C
Average daily high
16.0°C
Average daily low
8.3°C
Annual rainfall
3,506mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
88%
Average peak wind
8.7km/h
Seasonal range
1.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
345 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.1 cm
Average feels-like high
16.2 °C
Average feels-like low
7.3 °C
Average peak gust
36.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.77 · 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
23.3 °C
18 March 1983
Coldest day
1.4 °C
17 August 1978
Wettest day
82 mm
23 March 1991
Windiest day
16.6 km/h
9 September 2012
Strongest gust
66.2 km/h
20 June 2019
Hottest feels-like
26.9 °C
11 March 2020
Coldest feels-like
-1.2 °C
17 August 1978
Snowiest day
1.0 cm
9 November 1946
Sunniest day
12.0 h
29 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 17.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 168 mm | -80 mm |
| Feb | 16.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 417 mm | +126 mm |
| Mar | 17.0 °C | +0.3 °C | 558 mm | +151 mm |
| Apr | 17.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 477 mm | +66 mm |
| May | 16.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 300 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 15.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 312 mm | +68 mm |
| Jul | 15.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 323 mm | +100 mm |
| Aug | 15.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 261 mm | +86 mm |
| Sep | 15.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 236 mm | +37 mm |
| Oct | 15.7 °C | -0.7 °C | 326 mm | -27 mm |
| Nov | 16.3 °C | -0.5 °C | 330 mm | -28 mm |
| Dec | 16.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 200 mm | -82 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Belalcázar?
Belalcázar has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.6 °C and it receives 3,506 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Belalcázar?
The hottest day measured in Belalcázar between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 1983, reaching 23.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Belalcázar?
The coldest day measured in Belalcázar between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 1978, at 1.4 °C.
Does it snow in Belalcázar?
Almost never: Belalcázar sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Belalcázar warmed?
Yes: Belalcázar warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Belalcázar?
The wettest day measured in Belalcázar between 1940 and 2025 was 23 March 1991, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Belalcázar?
The windiest day measured in Belalcázar between 1940 and 2025 was 9 September 2012, with winds reaching 16.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Belalcázar?
The warmest month in Belalcázar is March (12.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (10.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Belalcázar?
Belalcázar receives on average 3,506 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 345 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Belalcázar?
Belalcázar gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Belalcázar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Belalcázar between 1940 and 2025 was 9 November 1946, with 1.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Belalcázar?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Belalcázar.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Belalcázar?
In Belalcázar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 26.9 °C on 11 March 2020, and the lowest was -1.2 °C on 17 August 1978.
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