Ocaña climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ocaña?

Ocaña has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 1,974 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ocaña?

The hottest day measured in Ocaña between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2014, reaching 31.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ocaña?

The coldest day measured in Ocaña between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1989, at 11.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ocaña?

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

Q: Has the climate of Ocaña warmed?

Yes: Ocaña warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Ocaña?

The wettest day measured in Ocaña between 1940 and 2025 was 4 May 2024, with 135 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ocaña?

The windiest day measured in Ocaña between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1989, with winds reaching 16.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ocaña?

The warmest month in Ocaña is March (20.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (19.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ocaña?

Ocaña receives on average 1,974 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 240 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ocaña?

Ocaña gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ocaña (Colombia) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 1,974 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 (20.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (19.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Ocaña averages 0 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 240 rainy days per year.

Ocaña has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 31.7 °C (on 22 July 2014) and the coldest 11.5 °C (on 16 February 1989).

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

OcañaNorte de Santander Department

coords: 8.24°, -73.36°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMayDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

20.2°C

Average daily high

24.7°C

Average daily low

16.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,974mm

Sunshine / day

9.7h

Mean relative humidity

83%

Average peak wind

6.8km/h

Seasonal range

0.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

1 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

240 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.9 °C

Average feels-like low

18.2 °C

Average peak gust

30.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

1 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · 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

31.7 °C

22 July 2014

Coldest day

11.5 °C

16 February 1989

Wettest day

135 mm

4 May 2024

Windiest day

16.7 km/h

15 February 1989

Strongest gust

58.3 km/h

15 February 1989

Hottest feels-like

35.3 °C

18 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

10.3 °C

16 February 1989

Sunniest day

12.1 h

4 June 2012

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	29.6 °C23 March 2025	13.7 °C22 January 2025	20.9 °C	1,660 mm	0
2024	31.1 °C18 March 2024	14.5 °C8 December 2024	21.5 °C	2,096 mm	7
2023	30.3 °C25 September 2023	13.6 °C29 January 2023	21.2 °C	1,711 mm	1
2022	29.1 °C4 May 2022	13.2 °C1 February 2022	20.4 °C	2,062 mm	0
2021	29.3 °C23 July 2021	13.5 °C14 January 2021	20.5 °C	1,664 mm	0
2020	30.8 °C24 May 2020	12.5 °C14 December 2020	21.1 °C	1,498 mm	3
2019	29.4 °C10 September 2019	13.7 °C2 January 2019	21.1 °C	1,272 mm	0
2018	29.3 °C20 July 2018	13.5 °C28 December 2018	20.6 °C	1,459 mm	0
2017	28.4 °C18 October 2017	13.9 °C20 January 2017	20.7 °C	1,872 mm	0
2016	31.4 °C26 March 2016	15.0 °C17 January 2016	21.8 °C	1,623 mm	9
2015	31.3 °C5 August 2015	14.1 °C3 January 2015	21.6 °C	1,207 mm	4
2014	31.7 °C22 July 2014	14.3 °C11 January 2014	21.6 °C	1,382 mm	3
2013	29.6 °C1 April 2013	13.8 °C11 January 2013	21.3 °C	1,670 mm	0
2012	29.0 °C25 July 2012	14.9 °C14 February 2012	21.0 °C	1,876 mm	0
2011	28.6 °C12 June 2011	14.1 °C13 January 2011	20.5 °C	2,754 mm	0
2010	29.7 °C2 February 2010	13.9 °C4 January 2010	21.1 °C	2,712 mm	0
2009	29.0 °C6 September 2009	14.5 °C14 December 2009	20.8 °C	1,606 mm	0
2008	27.0 °C17 April 2008	13.4 °C4 February 2008	20.3 °C	2,040 mm	0
2007	30.2 °C26 February 2007	14.2 °C3 February 2007	20.5 °C	2,195 mm	2
2006	28.7 °C1 July 2006	14.2 °C23 May 2006	20.5 °C	2,046 mm	0
2005	28.9 °C8 March 2005	13.6 °C19 January 2005	20.8 °C	2,313 mm	0
2004	28.5 °C12 March 2004	13.4 °C31 January 2004	20.5 °C	1,953 mm	0
2003	30.6 °C5 March 2003	13.6 °C30 December 2003	20.7 °C	2,160 mm	1
2002	30.7 °C17 August 2002	13.6 °C27 January 2002	20.8 °C	1,405 mm	5
2001	28.9 °C30 August 2001	12.9 °C3 February 2001	20.3 °C	1,411 mm	0
2000	28.8 °C27 August 2000	13.1 °C16 December 2000	19.9 °C	1,387 mm	0
1999	27.7 °C17 April 1999	12.3 °C17 January 1999	19.6 °C	2,239 mm	0
1998	29.3 °C19 March 1998	14.7 °C3 January 1998	20.7 °C	2,122 mm	0
1997	30.6 °C25 December 1997	14.1 °C5 March 1997	20.8 °C	1,241 mm	2
1996	28.3 °C4 January 1996	13.9 °C2 January 1996	20.0 °C	1,949 mm	0
1995	28.5 °C29 January 1995	13.8 °C4 January 1995	20.2 °C	2,350 mm	0
1994	27.7 °C7 September 1994	13.0 °C18 January 1994	20.1 °C	1,923 mm	0
1993	29.2 °C13 March 1993	13.6 °C25 January 1993	20.3 °C	2,048 mm	0
1992	28.5 °C11 March 1992	12.8 °C19 December 1992	20.3 °C	1,713 mm	0
1991	30.1 °C12 September 1991	13.7 °C24 January 1991	20.4 °C	1,726 mm	1
1990	27.8 °C3 July 1990	12.4 °C26 February 1990	20.0 °C	1,916 mm	0
1989	27.6 °C1 March 1989	11.5 °C16 February 1989	19.8 °C	1,858 mm	0
1988	28.3 °C22 March 1988	13.5 °C17 December 1988	20.0 °C	2,310 mm	0
1987	28.5 °C2 February 1987	13.6 °C12 January 1987	20.5 °C	1,936 mm	0
1986	28.1 °C29 July 1986	14.0 °C18 January 1986	19.8 °C	1,950 mm	0
1985	27.0 °C25 March 1985	12.9 °C16 January 1985	19.6 °C	1,867 mm	0
1984	28.0 °C18 April 1984	13.9 °C8 December 1984	19.6 °C	1,771 mm	0
1983	28.3 °C20 March 1983	14.0 °C17 October 1983	20.4 °C	1,634 mm	0
1982	28.8 °C23 August 1982	14.4 °C14 January 1982	20.2 °C	2,005 mm	0
1981	27.4 °C8 February 1981	14.5 °C15 January 1981	20.1 °C	2,270 mm	0
1980	30.7 °C1 April 1980	14.0 °C6 February 1980	20.6 °C	1,484 mm	1
1979	28.0 °C10 April 1979	13.5 °C7 January 1979	20.2 °C	2,438 mm	0
1978	28.4 °C31 January 1978	13.7 °C25 December 1978	20.3 °C	2,361 mm	0
1977	30.2 °C10 March 1977	14.0 °C30 December 1977	20.6 °C	1,961 mm	1
1976	28.9 °C11 September 1976	11.9 °C16 February 1976	20.0 °C	1,324 mm	0
1975	27.1 °C12 April 1975	12.3 °C25 January 1975	19.6 °C	2,686 mm	0
1974	27.5 °C20 February 1974	12.9 °C29 December 1974	19.7 °C	2,310 mm	0
1973	29.8 °C8 April 1973	13.7 °C4 December 1973	20.5 °C	2,118 mm	0
1972	30.4 °C31 July 1972	12.8 °C25 December 1972	20.5 °C	1,936 mm	1
1971	29.1 °C21 July 1971	13.3 °C12 February 1971	19.9 °C	2,366 mm	0
1970	28.3 °C15 February 1970	13.6 °C26 January 1970	20.3 °C	2,677 mm	0
1969	29.1 °C20 July 1969	12.9 °C2 February 1969	20.7 °C	2,429 mm	0
1968	27.7 °C23 February 1968	13.0 °C10 January 1968	20.2 °C	2,034 mm	0
1967	28.2 °C24 August 1967	12.9 °C2 January 1967	20.2 °C	1,703 mm	0
1966	28.5 °C1 April 1966	13.8 °C14 February 1966	20.5 °C	2,266 mm	0
1965	27.6 °C23 February 1965	12.9 °C20 December 1965	20.3 °C	2,038 mm	0
1964	27.7 °C8 February 1964	11.9 °C8 January 1964	19.8 °C	2,094 mm	0
1963	26.8 °C26 February 1963	11.7 °C15 February 1963	19.8 °C	2,265 mm	0
1962	26.9 °C2 August 1962	13.3 °C25 January 1962	19.7 °C	1,913 mm	0
1961	27.5 °C9 April 1961	12.7 °C15 February 1961	19.7 °C	1,731 mm	0
1960	27.6 °C7 March 1960	13.1 °C23 December 1960	19.6 °C	2,209 mm	0
1959	27.5 °C15 May 1959	12.7 °C9 January 1959	19.8 °C	1,832 mm	0
1958	30.1 °C11 March 1958	14.3 °C16 December 1958	21.1 °C	1,856 mm	2
1957	28.9 °C15 August 1957	12.7 °C30 January 1957	20.1 °C	1,492 mm	0
1956	25.3 °C17 August 1956	13.4 °C20 January 1956	18.8 °C	2,012 mm	0
1955	25.6 °C14 May 1955	12.1 °C3 January 1955	18.8 °C	2,438 mm	0
1954	25.6 °C12 May 1954	13.3 °C14 February 1954	18.9 °C	1,860 mm	0
1953	26.8 °C2 August 1953	13.2 °C1 January 1953	19.5 °C	1,916 mm	0
1952	27.3 °C23 March 1952	13.8 °C4 January 1952	19.3 °C	2,111 mm	0
1951	26.7 °C17 March 1951	13.5 °C20 December 1951	19.3 °C	2,150 mm	0
1950	26.0 °C11 September 1950	11.7 °C9 January 1950	18.7 °C	2,527 mm	0
1949	26.5 °C19 March 1949	11.8 °C19 December 1949	19.1 °C	2,040 mm	0
1948	26.3 °C15 February 1948	12.9 °C24 January 1948	19.2 °C	2,553 mm	0
1947	27.0 °C15 March 1947	12.6 °C2 January 1947	19.0 °C	1,901 mm	0
1946	26.3 °C1 September 1946	12.4 °C7 February 1946	19.0 °C	1,911 mm	0
1945	26.5 °C16 March 1945	11.6 °C11 January 1945	18.8 °C	2,309 mm	0
1944	26.5 °C9 April 1944	12.4 °C26 December 1944	19.3 °C	2,336 mm	0
1943	26.9 °C19 September 1943	12.2 °C23 January 1943	18.8 °C	1,864 mm	0
1942	26.4 °C24 March 1942	13.1 °C10 January 1942	19.0 °C	3,032 mm	0
1941	29.3 °C22 March 1941	13.5 °C7 January 1941	19.8 °C	1,428 mm	0
1940	26.1 °C23 August 1940	12.7 °C14 February 1940	19.1 °C	2,001 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.0 °C

+0.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1660 mm

-314 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.0 °C	+1.3 °C	11 mm	-19 mm
Feb	26.0 °C	+0.9 °C	40 mm	-4 mm
Mar	26.1 °C	+1.0 °C	40 mm	-55 mm
Apr	24.9 °C	+0.3 °C	258 mm	+39 mm
May	24.9 °C	+0.3 °C	255 mm	-62 mm
Jun	24.6 °C	0.0 °C	111 mm	-88 mm
Jul	26.0 °C	+1.0 °C	64 mm	-63 mm
Aug	25.3 °C	+0.2 °C	173 mm	-16 mm
Sep	25.0 °C	+0.3 °C	191 mm	-53 mm
Oct	23.5 °C	-0.6 °C	411 mm	+121 mm
Nov	24.2 °C	+0.1 °C	79 mm	-85 mm
Dec	24.1 °C	-0.2 °C	27 mm	-30 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

29.6 °C

23 Mar 2025

Coldest day

13.7 °C

22 Jan 2025

Wettest day

57.8 mm

16 Aug 2025

Windiest day

13.0 km/h

25 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

46.1 km/h

18 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

33.0 °C

10 Sep 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.8 °C

22 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

22 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ocaña?

Ocaña has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 1,974 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ocaña?

The hottest day measured in Ocaña between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2014, reaching 31.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ocaña?

The coldest day measured in Ocaña between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1989, at 11.5 °C.

Does it snow in Ocaña?

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

Has the climate of Ocaña warmed?

Yes: Ocaña warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Ocaña?

The wettest day measured in Ocaña between 1940 and 2025 was 4 May 2024, with 135 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ocaña?

The windiest day measured in Ocaña between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1989, with winds reaching 16.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ocaña?

The warmest month in Ocaña is March (20.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (19.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Ocaña?

Ocaña receives on average 1,974 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 240 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ocaña?

Ocaña gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Ocaña?

Yes: Ocaña has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ocaña?

In Ocaña, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.3 °C on 18 March 2024, and the lowest was 10.3 °C on 16 February 1989.

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