Chinchiná climate — normals and trends
Chinchiná (Colombia) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.2 °C and it receives 14,856 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 May (14.6 °C on average) and the coldest is August (13.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Chinchiná averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 361 rainy days per year.
Chinchiná has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 25.1 °C (on 23 April 2017) and the coldest 4.5 °C (on 4 January 1968).
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
ChinchináCaldas Department
- coords
- 4.98°, -75.60°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.2°C
Average daily high
19.1°C
Average daily low
10.5°C
Annual rainfall
14,856mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
88%
Average peak wind
6.6km/h
Seasonal range
0.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
361 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.5 cm
Average feels-like high
21.1 °C
Average feels-like low
9.7 °C
Average peak gust
29.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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
25.1 °C
23 April 2017
Coldest day
4.5 °C
4 January 1968
Wettest day
158 mm
17 March 2016
Windiest day
13.1 km/h
18 August 2017
Strongest gust
68.4 km/h
28 August 2016
Hottest feels-like
30.0 °C
9 May 1958
Coldest feels-like
1.9 °C
4 January 1968
Snowiest day
1.9 cm
17 September 1975
Sunniest day
12.0 h
8 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 | 20.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 1236 mm | +515 mm |
| Feb | 19.0 °C | -0.3 °C | 1240 mm | +412 mm |
| Mar | 19.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 1549 mm | +408 mm |
| Apr | 19.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 1318 mm | +82 mm |
| May | 18.9 °C | -0.3 °C | 1828 mm | +407 mm |
| Jun | 18.7 °C | -0.3 °C | 2460 mm | +781 mm |
| Jul | 19.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 2105 mm | +270 mm |
| Aug | 18.9 °C | -0.3 °C | 1864 mm | +83 mm |
| Sep | 18.9 °C | -0.3 °C | 1723 mm | +221 mm |
| Oct | 17.8 °C | -1.0 °C | 1300 mm | +214 mm |
| Nov | 18.2 °C | -0.6 °C | 1258 mm | +396 mm |
| Dec | 18.1 °C | -0.8 °C | 406 mm | -358 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Chinchiná?
Chinchiná has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.2 °C and it receives 14,856 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chinchiná?
The hottest day measured in Chinchiná between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 2017, reaching 25.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Chinchiná?
The coldest day measured in Chinchiná between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1968, at 4.5 °C.
Does it snow in Chinchiná?
Yes. Chinchiná gets on average 2.5 cm of snow per year and has around 0 frost days.
Has the climate of Chinchiná warmed?
Yes: Chinchiná warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Chinchiná?
The wettest day measured in Chinchiná between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 2016, with 158 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Chinchiná?
The windiest day measured in Chinchiná between 1940 and 2025 was 18 August 2017, with winds reaching 13.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Chinchiná?
The warmest month in Chinchiná is May (14.6 °C on average); the coldest is August (13.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Chinchiná?
Chinchiná receives on average 14,856 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 361 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Chinchiná?
Chinchiná gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Chinchiná?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Chinchiná between 1940 and 2025 was 17 September 1975, with 1.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Chinchiná?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Chinchiná.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chinchiná?
In Chinchiná, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.0 °C on 9 May 1958, and the lowest was 1.9 °C on 4 January 1968.
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