El Banco climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of El Banco?

El Banco has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.8 °C and it receives 2,459 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in El Banco?

The hottest day measured in El Banco between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2016, reaching 39.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in El Banco?

The coldest day measured in El Banco between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1974, at 21.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in El Banco?

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

Q: Has the climate of El Banco warmed?

Yes: El Banco warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in El Banco?

The wettest day measured in El Banco between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1983, with 174 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in El Banco?

The windiest day measured in El Banco between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 2012, with winds reaching 17.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in El Banco?

The warmest month in El Banco is February (28.7 °C on average); the coldest is October (26.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in El Banco?

El Banco receives on average 2,459 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 287 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in El Banco?

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

El Banco (Colombia) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.8 °C and it receives 2,459 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 February (28.7 °C on average) and the coldest is October (26.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

El Banco averages 0 frost days, 276 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 287 rainy days per year.

El Banco has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 26 March 2016) and the coldest 21.3 °C (on 20 January 1974).

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

El BancoMagdalena Department

coords: 9.00°, -73.98°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthOctoberWettest monthMayDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.8°C

Average daily high

31.3°C

Average daily low

24.9°C

Annual rainfall

2,459mm

Sunshine / day

9.6h

Mean relative humidity

84%

Average peak wind

7.2km/h

Seasonal range

1.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

276 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

287 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

37.9 °C

Average feels-like low

30.2 °C

Average peak gust

19.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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

39.3 °C

26 March 2016

Coldest day

21.3 °C

20 January 1974

Wettest day

174 mm

23 July 1983

Windiest day

17.8 km/h

7 March 2012

Strongest gust

44.6 km/h

23 July 1986

Hottest feels-like

47.0 °C

18 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

23.4 °C

10 January 1951

Sunniest day

12.0 h

21 March 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.7 °C23 March 2025	22.9 °C31 March 2025	28.9 °C	2,023 mm	334
2024	38.7 °C12 April 2024	23.1 °C26 September 2024	29.4 °C	2,494 mm	352
2023	37.5 °C2 April 2023	23.4 °C10 January 2023	29.3 °C	2,463 mm	344
2022	35.8 °C22 January 2022	22.7 °C26 July 2022	28.3 °C	2,555 mm	328
2021	37.1 °C24 February 2021	23.5 °C9 April 2021	28.5 °C	2,447 mm	317
2020	38.3 °C19 February 2020	23.3 °C4 October 2020	28.9 °C	1,899 mm	335
2019	37.9 °C24 January 2019	22.7 °C19 October 2019	29.3 °C	1,657 mm	338
2018	38.6 °C9 March 2018	23.4 °C4 October 2018	28.9 °C	1,768 mm	332
2017	37.7 °C3 February 2017	23.3 °C7 September 2017	29.1 °C	2,053 mm	340
2016	39.3 °C26 March 2016	23.2 °C4 August 2016	29.4 °C	2,294 mm	343
2015	37.6 °C12 March 2015	23.3 °C9 February 2015	29.4 °C	1,540 mm	347
2014	37.2 °C11 April 2014	23.4 °C20 October 2014	29.1 °C	1,878 mm	351
2013	37.5 °C31 January 2013	22.8 °C27 August 2013	28.8 °C	2,184 mm	345
2012	37.7 °C4 March 2012	23.5 °C11 April 2012	28.8 °C	2,403 mm	348
2011	35.1 °C1 February 2011	23.0 °C21 October 2011	28.1 °C	3,088 mm	308
2010	36.9 °C9 February 2010	23.4 °C5 September 2010	28.4 °C	2,755 mm	317
2009	35.2 °C15 March 2009	23.3 °C19 October 2009	28.6 °C	2,066 mm	334
2008	34.7 °C12 February 2008	23.0 °C6 March 2008	27.9 °C	2,564 mm	302
2007	38.4 °C1 March 2007	23.0 °C17 February 2007	28.2 °C	2,600 mm	306
2006	36.2 °C18 February 2006	23.4 °C8 September 2006	28.2 °C	2,209 mm	316
2005	35.6 °C25 February 2005	23.2 °C16 December 2005	28.3 °C	2,379 mm	337
2004	37.7 °C12 March 2004	22.6 °C28 March 2004	28.3 °C	2,130 mm	324
2003	37.4 °C10 March 2003	22.3 °C22 September 2003	28.4 °C	2,250 mm	331
2002	38.1 °C18 March 2002	22.4 °C11 September 2002	28.7 °C	1,727 mm	346
2001	36.0 °C7 April 2001	21.9 °C15 July 2001	27.9 °C	1,712 mm	322
2000	35.6 °C9 April 2000	22.0 °C5 September 2000	27.6 °C	1,994 mm	309
1999	35.2 °C18 April 1999	21.7 °C22 September 1999	27.1 °C	2,645 mm	254
1998	36.3 °C2 February 1998	22.6 °C5 September 1998	28.3 °C	2,317 mm	310
1997	36.4 °C24 July 1997	22.2 °C1 December 1997	28.5 °C	1,834 mm	329
1996	34.5 °C22 July 1996	21.6 °C13 January 1996	27.3 °C	2,384 mm	273
1995	37.2 °C15 February 1995	21.7 °C29 December 1995	27.8 °C	2,467 mm	282
1994	35.1 °C10 February 1994	22.4 °C4 October 1994	27.6 °C	2,285 mm	277
1993	36.1 °C13 March 1993	22.0 °C29 September 1993	27.6 °C	2,668 mm	284
1992	36.1 °C25 February 1992	22.5 °C6 October 1992	27.7 °C	2,458 mm	276
1991	36.8 °C25 February 1991	22.8 °C26 October 1991	28.0 °C	2,307 mm	304
1990	35.7 °C9 March 1990	22.7 °C29 November 1990	27.7 °C	2,135 mm	285
1989	35.6 °C14 February 1989	22.8 °C27 April 1989	27.3 °C	2,635 mm	269
1988	36.0 °C20 February 1988	22.7 °C29 December 1988	27.5 °C	2,947 mm	267
1987	36.2 °C24 February 1987	23.2 °C4 October 1987	28.0 °C	2,698 mm	298
1986	34.9 °C13 July 1986	22.0 °C2 April 1986	27.4 °C	2,144 mm	271
1985	36.8 °C3 March 1985	22.7 °C31 July 1985	27.4 °C	2,473 mm	261
1984	34.8 °C15 March 1984	21.7 °C14 February 1984	26.8 °C	2,876 mm	212
1983	35.2 °C28 March 1983	22.5 °C14 October 1983	27.8 °C	2,504 mm	268
1982	35.0 °C24 July 1982	22.7 °C20 February 1982	27.6 °C	2,339 mm	305
1981	35.1 °C2 April 1981	22.2 °C19 August 1981	27.5 °C	3,043 mm	294
1980	37.6 °C27 March 1980	22.8 °C28 December 1980	28.2 °C	1,970 mm	332
1979	35.9 °C12 April 1979	21.8 °C20 December 1979	28.0 °C	2,701 mm	316
1978	35.5 °C2 February 1978	22.9 °C14 January 1978	27.7 °C	3,040 mm	293
1977	36.2 °C11 March 1977	22.5 °C20 February 1977	28.0 °C	2,775 mm	307
1976	35.2 °C1 July 1976	22.3 °C31 January 1976	27.8 °C	1,937 mm	328
1975	34.8 °C30 January 1975	22.4 °C12 July 1975	27.3 °C	3,038 mm	234
1974	34.5 °C14 April 1974	21.3 °C20 January 1974	27.2 °C	3,031 mm	273
1973	37.5 °C3 March 1973	22.6 °C13 December 1973	27.8 °C	3,145 mm	296
1972	37.1 °C4 April 1972	22.8 °C16 January 1972	28.2 °C	2,429 mm	324
1971	35.1 °C21 July 1971	21.4 °C15 August 1971	27.2 °C	3,074 mm	285
1970	36.1 °C15 February 1970	22.8 °C28 July 1970	27.6 °C	3,386 mm	305
1969	36.0 °C31 March 1969	22.9 °C12 October 1969	28.1 °C	2,538 mm	315
1968	35.3 °C28 March 1968	22.2 °C10 January 1968	27.8 °C	2,563 mm	323
1967	35.6 °C17 January 1967	22.4 °C20 March 1967	27.9 °C	2,177 mm	318
1966	36.4 °C3 March 1966	22.1 °C6 October 1966	27.8 °C	2,667 mm	308
1965	35.3 °C18 July 1965	22.4 °C4 January 1965	27.8 °C	2,095 mm	308
1964	34.7 °C2 February 1964	21.9 °C29 December 1964	27.4 °C	2,335 mm	268
1963	35.0 °C29 January 1963	22.3 °C4 February 1963	27.5 °C	2,768 mm	280
1962	34.5 °C24 February 1962	22.6 °C10 January 1962	27.4 °C	2,516 mm	279
1961	36.2 °C5 March 1961	22.5 °C24 September 1961	27.5 °C	2,178 mm	278
1960	34.0 °C1 March 1960	22.4 °C15 October 1960	27.1 °C	2,854 mm	241
1959	35.3 °C11 February 1959	21.5 °C26 January 1959	27.4 °C	2,019 mm	283
1958	35.8 °C11 March 1958	22.2 °C4 October 1958	28.1 °C	2,500 mm	331
1957	34.4 °C9 July 1957	22.9 °C10 December 1957	27.7 °C	1,918 mm	292
1956	32.1 °C31 July 1956	21.4 °C9 January 1956	26.3 °C	2,762 mm	116
1955	31.8 °C9 March 1955	22.8 °C31 January 1955	26.3 °C	2,900 mm	130
1954	32.4 °C3 March 1954	22.2 °C23 November 1954	26.4 °C	2,601 mm	126
1953	34.6 °C15 March 1953	23.2 °C30 January 1953	27.2 °C	2,351 mm	228
1952	34.8 °C22 March 1952	21.5 °C6 March 1952	27.0 °C	2,488 mm	204
1951	34.5 °C19 March 1951	21.4 °C10 January 1951	26.9 °C	2,345 mm	196
1950	32.6 °C31 May 1950	22.0 °C18 January 1950	26.1 °C	3,332 mm	109
1949	34.3 °C17 March 1949	21.8 °C23 December 1949	26.9 °C	2,389 mm	185
1948	33.6 °C15 February 1948	22.8 °C26 January 1948	26.6 °C	2,814 mm	130
1947	32.8 °C15 March 1947	22.5 °C27 November 1947	26.2 °C	3,262 mm	84
1946	33.1 °C2 February 1946	22.8 °C8 March 1946	26.5 °C	2,772 mm	138
1945	33.9 °C16 March 1945	22.4 °C9 January 1945	26.4 °C	2,618 mm	119
1944	34.3 °C28 March 1944	22.7 °C26 January 1944	26.9 °C	2,837 mm	201
1943	32.3 °C16 February 1943	21.7 °C10 March 1943	26.4 °C	2,585 mm	145
1942	32.9 °C5 April 1942	22.4 °C10 March 1942	26.4 °C	3,286 mm	148
1941	34.8 °C22 March 1941	23.1 °C12 January 1941	27.4 °C	1,651 mm	256
1940	33.3 °C23 February 1940	22.7 °C23 January 1940	26.5 °C	2,536 mm	145

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.6 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

334 d/yr

+58

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2023 mm

-436 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.4 °C	+1.5 °C	42 mm	-19 mm
Feb	34.5 °C	+1.8 °C	44 mm	-26 mm
Mar	33.7 °C	+1.1 °C	141 mm	+9 mm
Apr	32.6 °C	+1.2 °C	244 mm	-20 mm
May	31.7 °C	+0.8 °C	247 mm	-101 mm
Jun	31.4 °C	+0.4 °C	188 mm	-37 mm
Jul	32.9 °C	+1.5 °C	88 mm	-86 mm
Aug	31.8 °C	+0.6 °C	164 mm	-54 mm
Sep	32.0 °C	+1.2 °C	211 mm	-50 mm
Oct	31.8 °C	+1.4 °C	360 mm	+27 mm
Nov	32.5 °C	+2.0 °C	209 mm	-45 mm
Dec	33.2 °C	+2.1 °C	87 mm	-35 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.7 °C

23 Mar 2025

Coldest day

22.9 °C

31 Mar 2025

Wettest day

84.6 mm

27 Oct 2025

Windiest day

14.4 km/h

25 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

31.3 km/h

13 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.7 °C

23 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

27.3 °C

16 Oct 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

22 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of El Banco?

El Banco has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.8 °C and it receives 2,459 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in El Banco?

The hottest day measured in El Banco between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2016, reaching 39.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in El Banco?

The coldest day measured in El Banco between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1974, at 21.3 °C.

Does it snow in El Banco?

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

Has the climate of El Banco warmed?

Yes: El Banco warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in El Banco?

The wettest day measured in El Banco between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1983, with 174 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in El Banco?

The windiest day measured in El Banco between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 2012, with winds reaching 17.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in El Banco?

The warmest month in El Banco is February (28.7 °C on average); the coldest is October (26.9 °C).

How much does it rain in El Banco?

El Banco receives on average 2,459 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 287 rainy days.

Is it sunny in El Banco?

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

Are there tropical nights in El Banco?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in El Banco?

In El Banco, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.0 °C on 18 March 2024, and the lowest was 23.4 °C on 10 January 1951.

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