Planadas climate — normals and trends
Planadas (Colombia) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.2 °C and it receives 1,933 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 September (15.7 °C on average) and the coldest is November (14.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Planadas averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 267 rainy days per year.
Planadas has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 27.3 °C (on 8 February 1964) and the coldest 4.2 °C (on 22 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
PlanadasTolima Department
- coords
- 3.20°, -75.65°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.2°C
Average daily high
19.8°C
Average daily low
11.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,933mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
7.9km/h
Seasonal range
0.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
267 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
20.4 °C
Average feels-like low
10.8 °C
Average peak gust
34.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · 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
27.3 °C
8 February 1964
Coldest day
4.2 °C
22 December 1949
Wettest day
92 mm
8 April 2010
Windiest day
14.8 km/h
6 September 1977
Strongest gust
60.5 km/h
3 September 2017
Hottest feels-like
28.8 °C
15 October 1979
Coldest feels-like
1.6 °C
22 December 1949
Sunniest day
12.0 h
8 May 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 | 21.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 53 mm | -58 mm |
| Feb | 20.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 184 mm | +66 mm |
| Mar | 20.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 219 mm | +36 mm |
| Apr | 20.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 356 mm | +68 mm |
| May | 19.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 259 mm | -19 mm |
| Jun | 19.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 179 mm | +28 mm |
| Jul | 20.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 121 mm | +36 mm |
| Aug | 20.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 116 mm | +53 mm |
| Sep | 20.5 °C | -0.3 °C | 121 mm | +24 mm |
| Oct | 19.3 °C | -0.5 °C | 252 mm | +39 mm |
| Nov | 19.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 171 mm | -34 mm |
| Dec | 19.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 171 mm | +30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Planadas?
Planadas has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.2 °C and it receives 1,933 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Planadas?
The hottest day measured in Planadas between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1964, reaching 27.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Planadas?
The coldest day measured in Planadas between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1949, at 4.2 °C.
Does it snow in Planadas?
Almost never: Planadas sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Planadas warmed?
Yes: Planadas warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Planadas?
The wettest day measured in Planadas between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 2010, with 92 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Planadas?
The windiest day measured in Planadas between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 1977, with winds reaching 14.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Planadas?
The warmest month in Planadas is September (15.7 °C on average); the coldest is November (14.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Planadas?
Planadas receives on average 1,933 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 267 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Planadas?
Planadas gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Planadas?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Planadas.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Planadas?
In Planadas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 28.8 °C on 15 October 1979, and the lowest was 1.6 °C on 22 December 1949.
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