Pivijay climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Pivijay?

Pivijay has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 1,183 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Pivijay between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2023, reaching 41.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Pivijay?

The coldest day measured in Pivijay between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1949, at 18.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Pivijay?

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

Q: Has the climate of Pivijay warmed?

Yes: Pivijay warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Pivijay?

The wettest day measured in Pivijay between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 2011, with 100 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Pivijay?

The windiest day measured in Pivijay between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1968, with winds reaching 30.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Pivijay?

The warmest month in Pivijay is March (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is November (26.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Pivijay?

Pivijay receives on average 1,183 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 180 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Pivijay?

Pivijay gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Pivijay (Colombia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 1,183 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 (28.2 °C on average) and the coldest is November (26.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Pivijay averages 0 frost days, 312 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 180 rainy days per year.

Pivijay has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.7 °C (on 20 July 2023) and the coldest 18.4 °C (on 16 December 1949).

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

PivijayMagdalena Department

coords: 10.46°, -74.62°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthNovemberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.5°C

Average daily high

32.5°C

Average daily low

24.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,183mm

Sunshine / day

10.0h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

13.8km/h

Seasonal range

1.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

312 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

180 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

38.4 °C

Average feels-like low

29.0 °C

Average peak gust

29.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.5 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · 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

41.7 °C

20 July 2023

Coldest day

18.4 °C

16 December 1949

Wettest day

100 mm

16 October 2011

Windiest day

30.8 km/h

9 February 1968

Strongest gust

62.6 km/h

9 February 1968

Hottest feels-like

47.0 °C

25 September 2009

Coldest feels-like

20.4 °C

10 January 1956

Sunniest day

12.0 h

28 May 1943

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.8 °C18 July 2025	22.2 °C18 January 2025	29.0 °C	978 mm	354
2024	40.2 °C10 April 2024	22.1 °C16 December 2024	29.0 °C	1,325 mm	350
2023	41.7 °C20 July 2023	22.2 °C30 January 2023	29.4 °C	860 mm	361
2022	38.3 °C23 March 2022	20.9 °C25 December 2022	28.1 °C	1,314 mm	349
2021	38.4 °C24 February 2021	21.7 °C31 January 2021	28.5 °C	847 mm	352
2020	39.2 °C9 May 2020	21.7 °C5 December 2020	28.5 °C	1,059 mm	349
2019	40.1 °C27 August 2019	22.5 °C1 January 2019	29.2 °C	673 mm	358
2018	39.3 °C11 August 2018	22.3 °C23 December 2018	28.8 °C	728 mm	359
2017	39.5 °C16 April 2017	22.0 °C24 January 2017	28.6 °C	1,161 mm	354
2016	39.0 °C24 February 2016	22.5 °C17 December 2016	29.1 °C	938 mm	351
2015	40.2 °C24 June 2015	22.6 °C8 January 2015	29.3 °C	735 mm	358
2014	38.8 °C16 August 2014	21.0 °C11 January 2014	28.9 °C	986 mm	355
2013	39.3 °C1 April 2013	21.6 °C22 December 2013	28.5 °C	1,126 mm	353
2012	37.3 °C9 July 2012	21.1 °C21 January 2012	28.3 °C	997 mm	361
2011	37.4 °C28 March 2011	20.5 °C22 October 2011	27.5 °C	2,010 mm	332
2010	39.0 °C29 March 2010	21.9 °C22 December 2010	27.9 °C	1,972 mm	327
2009	38.3 °C28 April 2009	21.0 °C7 February 2009	28.3 °C	1,001 mm	355
2008	38.0 °C18 April 2008	20.9 °C31 January 2008	27.5 °C	1,404 mm	335
2007	39.0 °C27 February 2007	21.6 °C8 January 2007	27.7 °C	1,249 mm	338
2006	38.1 °C1 July 2006	21.2 °C20 February 2006	27.8 °C	1,209 mm	346
2005	37.4 °C25 February 2005	21.4 °C16 December 2005	27.8 °C	1,532 mm	346
2004	38.1 °C9 August 2004	20.3 °C1 January 2004	27.8 °C	1,096 mm	344
2003	38.2 °C10 March 2003	21.9 °C29 December 2003	28.1 °C	1,207 mm	339
2002	38.7 °C13 May 2002	22.2 °C1 March 2002	28.6 °C	677 mm	360
2001	39.2 °C21 August 2001	20.3 °C3 February 2001	27.5 °C	801 mm	349
2000	36.9 °C21 August 2000	19.8 °C18 January 2000	27.1 °C	878 mm	326
1999	38.0 °C18 April 1999	21.2 °C26 December 1999	27.1 °C	1,246 mm	289
1998	39.6 °C19 March 1998	21.2 °C25 December 1998	28.0 °C	1,070 mm	331
1997	41.3 °C24 July 1997	21.6 °C24 January 1997	28.6 °C	584 mm	352
1996	36.9 °C26 February 1996	21.3 °C21 November 1996	27.4 °C	1,005 mm	331
1995	38.5 °C6 April 1995	21.3 °C7 January 1995	27.5 °C	1,090 mm	312
1994	37.0 °C10 February 1994	21.4 °C22 January 1994	27.9 °C	813 mm	341
1993	39.2 °C13 March 1993	21.8 °C10 January 1993	27.7 °C	1,085 mm	338
1992	37.6 °C25 February 1992	21.4 °C27 January 1992	27.6 °C	951 mm	334
1991	37.8 °C12 September 1991	21.2 °C2 February 1991	27.6 °C	914 mm	341
1990	37.4 °C10 March 1990	21.2 °C23 December 1990	27.5 °C	973 mm	325
1989	37.4 °C9 April 1989	20.3 °C9 January 1989	26.9 °C	1,229 mm	302
1988	38.5 °C19 March 1988	21.5 °C20 December 1988	27.1 °C	1,512 mm	289
1987	39.3 °C13 April 1987	21.2 °C25 December 1987	27.8 °C	1,234 mm	331
1986	37.0 °C23 July 1986	21.2 °C18 January 1986	27.2 °C	1,033 mm	318
1985	36.2 °C12 July 1985	19.8 °C2 February 1985	26.7 °C	1,132 mm	288
1984	36.9 °C21 March 1984	20.9 °C7 January 1984	26.7 °C	1,287 mm	284
1983	37.6 °C16 August 1983	21.6 °C6 December 1983	28.0 °C	872 mm	333
1982	37.1 °C24 July 1982	20.5 °C9 January 1982	27.6 °C	903 mm	330
1981	37.1 °C28 March 1981	21.7 °C3 January 1981	27.1 °C	1,648 mm	320
1980	38.2 °C6 July 1980	20.8 °C12 January 1980	27.9 °C	831 mm	350
1979	38.1 °C13 April 1979	19.6 °C6 January 1979	27.2 °C	1,527 mm	321
1978	37.5 °C21 March 1978	21.0 °C7 January 1978	27.4 °C	1,578 mm	328
1977	38.2 °C8 September 1977	20.7 °C15 January 1977	27.8 °C	1,198 mm	351
1976	38.0 °C1 July 1976	19.5 °C18 February 1976	27.4 °C	825 mm	350
1975	35.6 °C19 June 1975	19.6 °C2 February 1975	26.6 °C	1,658 mm	275
1974	36.7 °C7 July 1974	20.1 °C24 December 1974	26.7 °C	1,538 mm	301
1973	37.7 °C1 February 1973	20.6 °C5 December 1973	27.5 °C	1,815 mm	309
1972	38.9 °C31 July 1972	21.5 °C13 March 1972	28.0 °C	1,025 mm	352
1971	37.1 °C21 July 1971	20.0 °C10 December 1971	26.8 °C	1,355 mm	315
1970	38.2 °C13 February 1970	21.3 °C26 January 1970	27.0 °C	2,036 mm	302
1969	39.5 °C21 July 1969	20.4 °C2 February 1969	27.7 °C	1,799 mm	328
1968	37.9 °C30 July 1968	19.6 °C2 January 1968	27.6 °C	1,204 mm	342
1967	37.8 °C2 August 1967	21.3 °C8 January 1967	27.7 °C	924 mm	346
1966	37.3 °C23 February 1966	20.5 °C13 February 1966	27.3 °C	1,373 mm	308
1965	37.6 °C4 May 1965	20.6 °C28 February 1965	27.5 °C	1,153 mm	332
1964	36.8 °C16 May 1964	20.4 °C21 December 1964	27.0 °C	1,105 mm	315
1963	37.8 °C26 July 1963	20.8 °C26 January 1963	27.7 °C	995 mm	344
1962	37.4 °C31 July 1962	21.0 °C25 January 1962	27.8 °C	762 mm	349
1961	37.8 °C15 August 1961	21.1 °C25 January 1961	27.6 °C	751 mm	341
1960	36.7 °C23 February 1960	21.1 °C19 December 1960	26.9 °C	1,356 mm	302
1959	37.0 °C6 July 1959	20.8 °C8 January 1959	27.4 °C	874 mm	332
1958	38.6 °C19 March 1958	22.3 °C19 November 1958	27.8 °C	1,179 mm	353
1957	36.9 °C17 September 1957	19.7 °C13 January 1957	27.4 °C	731 mm	317
1956	33.6 °C29 March 1956	18.6 °C10 January 1956	25.8 °C	1,201 mm	168
1955	33.9 °C19 March 1955	20.2 °C1 January 1955	25.7 °C	1,687 mm	186
1954	33.9 °C7 March 1954	21.0 °C3 January 1954	26.0 °C	1,344 mm	206
1953	35.7 °C1 September 1953	20.9 °C28 December 1953	26.9 °C	997 mm	307
1952	36.2 °C5 April 1952	20.5 °C15 January 1952	26.4 °C	1,280 mm	242
1951	34.6 °C19 March 1951	20.0 °C10 January 1951	26.4 °C	1,175 mm	267
1950	34.9 °C13 March 1950	19.8 °C10 January 1950	25.7 °C	1,851 mm	176
1949	36.8 °C19 March 1949	18.4 °C16 December 1949	26.3 °C	1,255 mm	261
1948	35.7 °C29 March 1948	20.5 °C14 February 1948	26.0 °C	1,662 mm	181
1947	35.1 °C15 March 1947	19.9 °C30 November 1947	25.9 °C	1,532 mm	156
1946	34.6 °C25 March 1946	20.4 °C5 March 1946	26.3 °C	950 mm	238
1945	33.7 °C15 March 1945	19.7 °C13 January 1945	25.7 °C	1,488 mm	153
1944	35.8 °C9 April 1944	20.1 °C23 February 1944	26.3 °C	1,547 mm	246
1943	35.1 °C20 July 1943	19.8 °C26 January 1943	26.1 °C	1,026 mm	236
1942	36.5 °C7 April 1942	20.2 °C9 January 1942	26.1 °C	2,129 mm	202
1941	38.4 °C20 April 1941	20.6 °C11 January 1941	27.6 °C	567 mm	348
1940	35.6 °C5 July 1940	20.9 °C9 February 1940	26.4 °C	1,121 mm	228

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

33.6 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

354 d/yr

+42

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

978 mm

-205 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.4 °C	+1.3 °C	3 mm	-6 mm
Feb	34.6 °C	+0.7 °C	17 mm	+5 mm
Mar	34.0 °C	-0.1 °C	27 mm	+2 mm
Apr	34.2 °C	+0.7 °C	69 mm	-11 mm
May	32.9 °C	+0.5 °C	175 mm	+12 mm
Jun	33.5 °C	+1.4 °C	104 mm	-24 mm
Jul	36.1 °C	+2.9 °C	20 mm	-56 mm
Aug	35.2 °C	+2.2 °C	72 mm	-40 mm
Sep	32.6 °C	+0.7 °C	158 mm	+0 mm
Oct	31.2 °C	+0.4 °C	188 mm	-38 mm
Nov	32.0 °C	+1.3 °C	117 mm	-39 mm
Dec	32.5 °C	+0.8 °C	28 mm	-10 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.8 °C

18 Jul 2025

Coldest day

22.2 °C

18 Jan 2025

Wettest day

35.3 mm

7 May 2025

Windiest day

23.7 km/h

16 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

47.5 km/h

16 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.3 °C

11 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

26.2 °C

22 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

25 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Pivijay?

Pivijay has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 1,183 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pivijay?

The hottest day measured in Pivijay between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2023, reaching 41.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Pivijay?

The coldest day measured in Pivijay between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1949, at 18.4 °C.

Does it snow in Pivijay?

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

Has the climate of Pivijay warmed?

Yes: Pivijay warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Pivijay?

The wettest day measured in Pivijay between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 2011, with 100 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Pivijay?

The windiest day measured in Pivijay between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1968, with winds reaching 30.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Pivijay?

The warmest month in Pivijay is March (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is November (26.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Pivijay?

Pivijay receives on average 1,183 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 180 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Pivijay?

Pivijay gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Pivijay?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pivijay?

In Pivijay, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.0 °C on 25 September 2009, and the lowest was 20.4 °C on 10 January 1956.

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