El Charco climate — normals and trends
El Charco (Colombia) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.2 °C and it receives 8,655 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 (25.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (25.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
El Charco averages 0 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 354 rainy days per year.
El Charco has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.7 °C (on 15 February 1998) and the coldest 20.3 °C (on 1 October 1953).
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 CharcoNariño
- coords
- 2.48°, -78.11°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.2°C
Average daily high
27.7°C
Average daily low
23.4°C
Annual rainfall
8,655mm
Sunshine / day
6.3h
Mean relative humidity
88%
Average peak wind
12.7km/h
Seasonal range
0.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
354 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
32.6 °C
Average feels-like low
27.3 °C
Average peak gust
24.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
364 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · 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
31.7 °C
15 February 1998
Coldest day
20.3 °C
1 October 1953
Wettest day
280 mm
11 May 2024
Windiest day
25.7 km/h
21 January 2021
Strongest gust
47.2 km/h
29 May 1993
Hottest feels-like
39.8 °C
27 March 1998
Coldest feels-like
20.7 °C
1 October 1953
Sunniest day
12.0 h
7 October 1951
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 | 28.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 834 mm | +121 mm |
| Feb | 27.9 °C | -0.1 °C | 1074 mm | +542 mm |
| Mar | 29.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 396 mm | -163 mm |
| Apr | 29.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 744 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 28.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 814 mm | -159 mm |
| Jun | 28.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 781 mm | -111 mm |
| Jul | 28.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 530 mm | -262 mm |
| Aug | 28.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 476 mm | -241 mm |
| Sep | 27.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 512 mm | -199 mm |
| Oct | 27.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 656 mm | -93 mm |
| Nov | 27.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 724 mm | +127 mm |
| Dec | 27.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 263 mm | -411 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of El Charco?
El Charco has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.2 °C and it receives 8,655 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in El Charco?
The hottest day measured in El Charco between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1998, reaching 31.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in El Charco?
The coldest day measured in El Charco between 1940 and 2025 was 1 October 1953, at 20.3 °C.
Does it snow in El Charco?
Almost never: El Charco sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of El Charco warmed?
Yes: El Charco warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in El Charco?
The wettest day measured in El Charco between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 2024, with 280 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in El Charco?
The windiest day measured in El Charco between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 2021, with winds reaching 25.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in El Charco?
The warmest month in El Charco is March (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.0 °C).
How much does it rain in El Charco?
El Charco receives on average 8,655 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 354 rainy days.
Is it sunny in El Charco?
El Charco gets on average 6.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,300 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in El Charco?
Yes: El Charco 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 Charco?
In El Charco, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.8 °C on 27 March 1998, and the lowest was 20.7 °C on 1 October 1953.
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