Mocoa climate — normals and trends
Mocoa (Colombia) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.9 °C and it receives 2,098 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 November (15.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (13.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Mocoa averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 302 rainy days per year.
Mocoa 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 28.2 °C (on 10 February 1964) and the coldest 3.5 °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
MocoaPutumayo Department
- coords
- 1.15°, -76.65°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.9°C
Average daily high
19.3°C
Average daily low
11.6°C
Annual rainfall
2,098mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
86%
Average peak wind
7.6km/h
Seasonal range
2.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
302 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
20.5 °C
Average feels-like low
11.4 °C
Average peak gust
36.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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
28.2 °C
10 February 1964
Coldest day
3.5 °C
17 August 1978
Wettest day
99 mm
8 April 2009
Windiest day
13.3 km/h
16 September 1961
Strongest gust
77.4 km/h
22 July 1986
Hottest feels-like
31.4 °C
5 February 2018
Coldest feels-like
1.1 °C
17 August 1978
Sunniest day
12.0 h
8 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 160 mm | -12 mm |
| Feb | 19.8 °C | -0.2 °C | 290 mm | +101 mm |
| Mar | 19.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 438 mm | +202 mm |
| Apr | 19.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 280 mm | +33 mm |
| May | 19.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 205 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 18.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 254 mm | +97 mm |
| Jul | 17.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 338 mm | +189 mm |
| Aug | 18.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 161 mm | +84 mm |
| Sep | 18.9 °C | -0.5 °C | 112 mm | +33 mm |
| Oct | 19.1 °C | -0.9 °C | 192 mm | +17 mm |
| Nov | 19.4 °C | -0.9 °C | 238 mm | +24 mm |
| Dec | 20.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 174 mm | -21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mocoa?
Mocoa has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.9 °C and it receives 2,098 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mocoa?
The hottest day measured in Mocoa between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1964, reaching 28.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mocoa?
The coldest day measured in Mocoa between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 1978, at 3.5 °C.
Does it snow in Mocoa?
Almost never: Mocoa sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Mocoa warmed?
Yes: Mocoa warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mocoa?
The wettest day measured in Mocoa between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 2009, with 99 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mocoa?
The windiest day measured in Mocoa between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 1961, with winds reaching 13.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mocoa?
The warmest month in Mocoa is November (15.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (13.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Mocoa?
Mocoa receives on average 2,098 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 302 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mocoa?
Mocoa gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Mocoa?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Mocoa.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mocoa?
In Mocoa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.4 °C on 5 February 2018, and the lowest was 1.1 °C on 17 August 1978.
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