Moniquirá climate — normals and trends
Moniquirá (Colombia) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 2,824 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 (16.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (15.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Moniquirá averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 342 rainy days per year.
Moniquirá has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.0 °C (on 12 September 1957) and the coldest 5.7 °C (on 1 January 1975).
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
MoniquiráBoyacá
- coords
- 5.88°, -73.57°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.0°C
Average daily high
21.5°C
Average daily low
11.7°C
Annual rainfall
2,824mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
86%
Average peak wind
6.9km/h
Seasonal range
0.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
342 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
23.3 °C
Average feels-like low
11.3 °C
Average peak gust
27.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · 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
29.0 °C
12 September 1957
Coldest day
5.7 °C
1 January 1975
Wettest day
97 mm
26 May 1994
Windiest day
15.0 km/h
24 July 1997
Strongest gust
48.2 km/h
26 August 1942
Hottest feels-like
31.4 °C
15 September 2024
Coldest feels-like
3.7 °C
23 January 2017
Sunniest day
12.0 h
17 March 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 | 22.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 82 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | 21.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 151 mm | +30 mm |
| Mar | 21.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 211 mm | +23 mm |
| Apr | 21.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 399 mm | +90 mm |
| May | 21.2 °C | -0.5 °C | 429 mm | +56 mm |
| Jun | 21.2 °C | -0.5 °C | 361 mm | +68 mm |
| Jul | 22.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 293 mm | +38 mm |
| Aug | 21.6 °C | -0.4 °C | 284 mm | +17 mm |
| Sep | 21.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 313 mm | +18 mm |
| Oct | 19.9 °C | -1.2 °C | 452 mm | +149 mm |
| Nov | 20.7 °C | -0.3 °C | 244 mm | +43 mm |
| Dec | 20.4 °C | -0.6 °C | 107 mm | -15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Moniquirá?
Moniquirá has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 2,824 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Moniquirá?
The hottest day measured in Moniquirá between 1940 and 2025 was 12 September 1957, reaching 29.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Moniquirá?
The coldest day measured in Moniquirá between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1975, at 5.7 °C.
Does it snow in Moniquirá?
Almost never: Moniquirá sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Moniquirá warmed?
Yes: Moniquirá warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Moniquirá?
The wettest day measured in Moniquirá between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 1994, with 97 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Moniquirá?
The windiest day measured in Moniquirá between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1997, with winds reaching 15.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Moniquirá?
The warmest month in Moniquirá is May (16.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Moniquirá?
Moniquirá receives on average 2,824 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 342 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Moniquirá?
Moniquirá gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Moniquirá?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Moniquirá.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Moniquirá?
In Moniquirá, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.4 °C on 15 September 2024, and the lowest was 3.7 °C on 23 January 2017.
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