Popayán climate — normals and trends
Popayán has a temperate oceanic climate, averaging 14.4 °C annually with 2,603 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
PopayánCauca Department
- coords
- 2.44°, -76.61°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
14.4°C
Average daily high
19.3°C
Average daily low
11.0°C
Annual rainfall
2,603mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
8.8km/h
Seasonal range
0.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
262 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
19.8 °C
Average feels-like low
10.0 °C
Average peak gust
30.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.75 · 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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
26.5 °C
15 September 2024
Coldest day
5.5 °C
22 November 2016
Wettest day
137 mm
3 May 1977
Windiest day
27.4 km/h
24 July 1997
Strongest gust
80.3 km/h
24 July 1997
Hottest feels-like
28.3 °C
27 January 2016
Coldest feels-like
2.3 °C
17 August 1978
Sunniest day
12.0 h
17 September 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
Pick a year and compare it with the normal: warmer, drier, more extreme?
Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 19.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 218 mm | -25 mm |
| Feb | 18.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 438 mm | +189 mm |
| Mar | 19.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 494 mm | +185 mm |
| Apr | 19.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 405 mm | +100 mm |
| May | 19.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 231 mm | +13 mm |
| Jun | 19.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 146 mm | +33 mm |
| Jul | 20.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 34 mm | -30 mm |
| Aug | 20.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 85 mm | +12 mm |
| Sep | 19.9 °C | -0.5 °C | 114 mm | -29 mm |
| Oct | 18.3 °C | -1.0 °C | 348 mm | +55 mm |
| Nov | 18.3 °C | -0.4 °C | 312 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 18.5 °C | -0.3 °C | 214 mm | -66 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Popayán (Colombia) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.4 °C and it receives 2,603 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 (14.9 °C on average) and the coldest is November (14.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Popayán averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 262 rainy days per year.
Popayán 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 26.5 °C (on 15 September 2024) and the coldest 5.5 °C (on 22 November 2016).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Compare Popayán with another city
Pick a second city: its normals will be set against these, indicator by indicator.
Nearby cities
The climate around Popayán
Other cities — Colombia
Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Popayán?
Popayán has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.4 °C and it receives 2,603 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Popayán?
The hottest day measured in Popayán between 1940 and 2025 was 15 September 2024, reaching 26.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Popayán?
The coldest day measured in Popayán between 1940 and 2025 was 22 November 2016, at 5.5 °C.
Does it snow in Popayán?
Almost never: Popayán sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Popayán warmed?
Yes: Popayán warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Popayán?
The wettest day measured in Popayán between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 1977, with 137 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Popayán?
The windiest day measured in Popayán between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1997, with winds reaching 27.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Popayán?
The warmest month in Popayán is September (14.9 °C on average); the coldest is November (14.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Popayán?
Popayán receives on average 2,603 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 262 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Popayán?
Popayán gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Popayán?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Popayán.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Popayán?
In Popayán, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 28.3 °C on 27 January 2016, and the lowest was 2.3 °C on 17 August 1978.
These forecasts and records come from our own weather API. Developer documentation →