María la Baja climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of María la Baja?

María la Baja has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.8 °C and it receives 1,978 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in María la Baja?

The hottest day measured in María la Baja between 1940 and 2025 was 13 April 2024, reaching 39.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in María la Baja?

The coldest day measured in María la Baja between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1956, at 18.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in María la Baja?

Almost never: María la Baja sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of María la Baja warmed?

Yes: María la Baja warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in María la Baja?

The wettest day measured in María la Baja between 1940 and 2025 was 3 December 2010, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in María la Baja?

The windiest day measured in María la Baja between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1977, with winds reaching 24.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in María la Baja?

The warmest month in María la Baja is March (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is October (26.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in María la Baja?

María la Baja receives on average 1,978 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 268 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in María la Baja?

María la Baja gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

María la Baja (Colombia) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.8 °C and it receives 1,978 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 (27.7 °C on average) and the coldest is October (26.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

María la Baja averages 0 frost days, 251 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 268 rainy days per year.

María la Baja has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.7 °C (on 13 April 2024) and the coldest 18.4 °C (on 11 January 1956).

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

María la BajaBolívar

coords: 9.98°, -75.30°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMarchColdest monthOctoberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

26.8°C

Average daily high

31.1°C

Average daily low

23.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,978mm

Sunshine / day

9.8h

Mean relative humidity

84%

Average peak wind

10.0km/h

Seasonal range

1.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

251 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

268 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

37.5 °C

Average feels-like low

28.5 °C

Average peak gust

25.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · 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

39.7 °C

13 April 2024

Coldest day

18.4 °C

11 January 1956

Wettest day

88 mm

3 December 2010

Windiest day

24.8 km/h

20 January 1977

Strongest gust

55.8 km/h

14 October 1997

Hottest feels-like

45.9 °C

29 April 1973

Coldest feels-like

20.1 °C

11 January 1956

Sunniest day

12.0 h

15 July 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.0 °C23 March 2025	21.6 °C18 January 2025	27.8 °C	1,853 mm	298
2024	39.7 °C13 April 2024	22.7 °C16 December 2024	28.3 °C	1,812 mm	316
2023	38.4 °C5 May 2023	21.7 °C30 January 2023	28.3 °C	1,628 mm	344
2022	37.0 °C13 February 2022	21.3 °C30 October 2022	27.2 °C	2,150 mm	300
2021	38.9 °C26 February 2021	21.8 °C4 March 2021	27.5 °C	1,879 mm	307
2020	39.0 °C19 February 2020	22.1 °C14 December 2020	27.9 °C	1,642 mm	302
2019	38.0 °C17 March 2019	22.5 °C1 January 2019	28.1 °C	1,471 mm	335
2018	37.6 °C17 February 2018	22.5 °C2 March 2018	27.7 °C	1,561 mm	323
2017	38.9 °C6 February 2017	20.8 °C25 January 2017	27.8 °C	1,745 mm	316
2016	38.9 °C26 March 2016	22.6 °C22 November 2016	28.2 °C	1,703 mm	328
2015	39.1 °C4 July 2015	22.9 °C7 January 2015	28.5 °C	1,470 mm	348
2014	37.9 °C12 April 2014	22.2 °C11 January 2014	27.9 °C	1,622 mm	342
2013	37.7 °C21 February 2013	21.7 °C22 December 2013	27.7 °C	1,803 mm	335
2012	37.9 °C2 March 2012	21.9 °C22 January 2012	27.6 °C	1,750 mm	335
2011	35.5 °C1 February 2011	21.6 °C19 May 2011	27.0 °C	2,524 mm	295
2010	39.3 °C2 February 2010	22.0 °C22 October 2010	27.6 °C	2,573 mm	291
2009	37.6 °C12 February 2009	22.3 °C7 February 2009	27.7 °C	1,710 mm	337
2008	36.5 °C5 February 2008	21.9 °C4 February 2008	26.9 °C	2,014 mm	270
2007	39.2 °C26 February 2007	22.0 °C20 January 2007	27.2 °C	2,053 mm	290
2006	38.5 °C22 February 2006	21.9 °C2 January 2006	27.3 °C	1,901 mm	310
2005	37.6 °C25 February 2005	21.4 °C16 December 2005	27.3 °C	2,123 mm	316
2004	38.9 °C3 March 2004	21.1 °C1 January 2004	27.4 °C	1,771 mm	306
2003	38.9 °C8 March 2003	22.3 °C22 January 2003	27.4 °C	1,829 mm	312
2002	37.7 °C18 March 2002	21.8 °C11 January 2002	27.5 °C	1,487 mm	337
2001	36.4 °C7 April 2001	20.8 °C3 February 2001	26.8 °C	1,573 mm	295
2000	34.9 °C2 April 2000	20.9 °C17 January 2000	26.5 °C	1,595 mm	284
1999	35.5 °C8 February 1999	21.0 °C26 November 1999	26.2 °C	1,937 mm	208
1998	39.6 °C17 February 1998	22.2 °C10 February 1998	27.4 °C	1,975 mm	275
1997	37.5 °C24 July 1997	21.2 °C5 January 1997	27.4 °C	1,421 mm	316
1996	35.9 °C26 February 1996	20.5 °C29 January 1996	26.3 °C	1,939 mm	228
1995	38.1 °C19 February 1995	21.6 °C24 March 1995	26.8 °C	1,967 mm	249
1994	36.3 °C10 February 1994	21.0 °C24 January 1994	26.7 °C	1,785 mm	264
1993	38.3 °C12 March 1993	21.7 °C10 January 1993	26.7 °C	2,035 mm	266
1992	38.3 °C10 April 1992	21.1 °C29 January 1992	26.8 °C	1,795 mm	260
1991	38.4 °C24 February 1991	21.3 °C22 January 1991	26.9 °C	1,782 mm	271
1990	38.0 °C10 March 1990	21.4 °C14 February 1990	26.7 °C	1,920 mm	252
1989	36.4 °C14 February 1989	20.7 °C18 February 1989	26.3 °C	2,103 mm	225
1988	39.4 °C24 March 1988	21.3 °C17 December 1988	26.6 °C	2,289 mm	228
1987	37.7 °C24 February 1987	19.7 °C8 January 1987	27.1 °C	2,013 mm	284
1986	35.0 °C26 March 1986	20.9 °C8 February 1986	26.4 °C	1,781 mm	248
1985	37.0 °C25 March 1985	20.2 °C2 February 1985	26.2 °C	1,884 mm	204
1984	33.5 °C15 March 1984	20.8 °C7 January 1984	25.8 °C	2,070 mm	175
1983	36.4 °C20 March 1983	21.7 °C17 October 1983	26.9 °C	1,679 mm	248
1982	35.2 °C23 March 1982	21.1 °C9 January 1982	26.6 °C	1,646 mm	272
1981	37.8 °C11 April 1981	21.8 °C2 September 1981	26.8 °C	2,155 mm	252
1980	37.1 °C28 February 1980	21.5 °C21 March 1980	27.2 °C	1,671 mm	296
1979	37.8 °C31 March 1979	19.8 °C22 December 1979	26.9 °C	1,994 mm	277
1978	37.8 °C2 February 1978	21.2 °C2 January 1978	26.8 °C	2,223 mm	266
1977	35.4 °C8 March 1977	21.3 °C9 January 1977	27.1 °C	2,074 mm	289
1976	34.7 °C30 July 1976	20.0 °C31 January 1976	26.7 °C	1,503 mm	286
1975	34.4 °C29 January 1975	20.1 °C24 December 1975	26.3 °C	2,566 mm	202
1974	34.7 °C7 July 1974	20.4 °C29 December 1974	26.3 °C	2,468 mm	229
1973	38.6 °C2 February 1973	20.8 °C5 December 1973	27.0 °C	2,499 mm	275
1972	37.5 °C4 April 1972	21.5 °C13 March 1972	27.2 °C	1,878 mm	325
1971	34.4 °C12 February 1971	20.1 °C10 December 1971	26.2 °C	2,329 mm	253
1970	36.6 °C12 February 1970	21.0 °C21 November 1970	26.7 °C	2,740 mm	251
1969	38.4 °C17 March 1969	21.0 °C2 February 1969	27.3 °C	2,347 mm	283
1968	36.5 °C30 March 1968	20.5 °C2 January 1968	26.9 °C	1,959 mm	297
1967	35.3 °C3 April 1967	21.0 °C22 April 1967	26.7 °C	1,774 mm	294
1966	35.9 °C15 February 1966	21.0 °C11 March 1966	26.8 °C	2,165 mm	261
1965	35.1 °C23 March 1965	21.0 °C1 January 1965	26.6 °C	1,995 mm	274
1964	35.9 °C3 March 1964	20.6 °C23 December 1964	26.4 °C	1,942 mm	241
1963	34.8 °C3 March 1963	20.9 °C20 January 1963	26.5 °C	2,122 mm	264
1962	37.3 °C20 February 1962	21.3 °C11 January 1962	26.6 °C	1,764 mm	267
1961	35.3 °C5 March 1961	21.4 °C15 November 1961	26.5 °C	1,728 mm	269
1960	34.8 °C1 March 1960	21.0 °C24 December 1960	26.2 °C	2,162 mm	232
1959	35.2 °C11 February 1959	21.1 °C2 January 1959	26.4 °C	1,846 mm	266
1958	37.5 °C13 March 1958	22.0 °C19 November 1958	27.3 °C	2,139 mm	312
1957	34.3 °C6 May 1957	20.7 °C5 January 1957	26.7 °C	1,702 mm	269
1956	32.0 °C30 March 1956	18.4 °C11 January 1956	25.3 °C	2,132 mm	82
1955	33.5 °C19 March 1955	20.5 °C2 January 1955	25.4 °C	2,254 mm	96
1954	33.8 °C4 March 1954	21.3 °C23 November 1954	25.6 °C	2,087 mm	130
1953	35.5 °C8 March 1953	21.2 °C2 January 1953	26.2 °C	1,929 mm	175
1952	36.2 °C5 April 1952	20.7 °C15 January 1952	26.1 °C	2,017 mm	155
1951	36.4 °C19 March 1951	19.0 °C10 January 1951	26.0 °C	1,983 mm	168
1950	31.7 °C1 March 1950	20.7 °C8 January 1950	25.2 °C	2,645 mm	97
1949	36.0 °C18 March 1949	19.5 °C16 December 1949	25.9 °C	2,007 mm	161
1948	34.3 °C16 February 1948	20.5 °C22 April 1948	25.6 °C	2,648 mm	103
1947	32.1 °C15 March 1947	20.1 °C28 November 1947	25.3 °C	2,424 mm	56
1946	34.3 °C9 February 1946	20.7 °C11 January 1946	25.6 °C	2,106 mm	117
1945	33.8 °C16 March 1945	20.6 °C5 February 1945	25.4 °C	2,408 mm	83
1944	35.2 °C9 April 1944	20.5 °C29 January 1944	26.0 °C	2,260 mm	163
1943	32.1 °C13 February 1943	20.3 °C10 February 1943	25.4 °C	2,122 mm	83
1942	33.4 °C7 April 1942	20.7 °C6 January 1942	25.5 °C	2,734 mm	139
1941	38.0 °C19 March 1941	21.2 °C2 January 1941	26.6 °C	1,456 mm	249
1940	34.3 °C13 March 1940	20.4 °C18 January 1940	25.5 °C	1,884 mm	113

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

31.8 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

298 d/yr

+47

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1853 mm

-125 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.7 °C	+0.5 °C	31 mm	+5 mm
Feb	33.5 °C	+0.2 °C	50 mm	+17 mm
Mar	33.1 °C	0.0 °C	68 mm	+4 mm
Apr	32.4 °C	+0.7 °C	168 mm	+9 mm
May	31.2 °C	+0.5 °C	235 mm	-33 mm
Jun	31.5 °C	+0.9 °C	215 mm	-26 mm
Jul	32.5 °C	+1.6 °C	153 mm	-39 mm
Aug	31.7 °C	+1.0 °C	225 mm	+3 mm
Sep	30.7 °C	+0.6 °C	200 mm	-36 mm
Oct	30.0 °C	+0.4 °C	245 mm	-25 mm
Nov	30.9 °C	+1.1 °C	211 mm	+22 mm
Dec	31.2 °C	+0.5 °C	52 mm	-26 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.0 °C

23 Mar 2025

Coldest day

21.6 °C

18 Jan 2025

Wettest day

42.6 mm

29 Nov 2025

Windiest day

18.6 km/h

25 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

38.9 km/h

25 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.6 °C

22 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

25.1 °C

18 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

15 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of María la Baja?

María la Baja has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.8 °C and it receives 1,978 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in María la Baja?

The hottest day measured in María la Baja between 1940 and 2025 was 13 April 2024, reaching 39.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in María la Baja?

The coldest day measured in María la Baja between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1956, at 18.4 °C.

Does it snow in María la Baja?

Almost never: María la Baja sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of María la Baja warmed?

Yes: María la Baja warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in María la Baja?

The wettest day measured in María la Baja between 1940 and 2025 was 3 December 2010, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in María la Baja?

The windiest day measured in María la Baja between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1977, with winds reaching 24.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in María la Baja?

The warmest month in María la Baja is March (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is October (26.0 °C).

How much does it rain in María la Baja?

María la Baja receives on average 1,978 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 268 rainy days.

Is it sunny in María la Baja?

María la Baja gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in María la Baja?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in María la Baja?

In María la Baja, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.9 °C on 29 April 1973, and the lowest was 20.1 °C on 11 January 1956.

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