Puerto Carreño climate — normals and trends
Puerto Carreño (Colombia) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 2,246 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 (29.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (25.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Puerto Carreño averages 0 frost days, 259 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 234 rainy days per year.
Puerto Carreño has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 3 April 1941) and the coldest 19.1 °C (on 15 August 1978).
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
Puerto CarreñoVichada Department
- coords
- 6.19°, -67.48°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
27.1°C
Average daily high
31.5°C
Average daily low
24.0°C
Annual rainfall
2,246mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
11.1km/h
Seasonal range
4.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
259 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
234 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
37.0 °C
Average feels-like low
28.1 °C
Average peak gust
27.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
364 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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
39.3 °C
3 April 1941
Coldest day
19.1 °C
15 August 1978
Wettest day
165 mm
8 April 1993
Windiest day
27.0 km/h
23 February 1953
Strongest gust
59.4 km/h
4 March 1955
Hottest feels-like
45.1 °C
14 March 1992
Coldest feels-like
19.7 °C
15 August 1978
Sunniest day
12.4 h
21 June 2018
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 | 35.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 23 mm | +12 mm |
| Feb | 36.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 2 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 36.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 52 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 32.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 183 mm | -38 mm |
| May | 30.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 446 mm | +105 mm |
| Jun | 29.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 432 mm | +65 mm |
| Jul | 29.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 298 mm | -53 mm |
| Aug | 30.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 283 mm | +9 mm |
| Sep | 31.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 151 mm | -73 mm |
| Oct | 31.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 144 mm | -61 mm |
| Nov | 32.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 102 mm | -40 mm |
| Dec | 33.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 12 mm | -32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Puerto Carreño?
Puerto Carreño has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 2,246 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Puerto Carreño?
The hottest day measured in Puerto Carreño between 1940 and 2025 was 3 April 1941, reaching 39.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Puerto Carreño?
The coldest day measured in Puerto Carreño between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 1978, at 19.1 °C.
Does it snow in Puerto Carreño?
Almost never: Puerto Carreño sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Puerto Carreño warmed?
Yes: Puerto Carreño warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Puerto Carreño?
The wettest day measured in Puerto Carreño between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 1993, with 165 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Puerto Carreño?
The windiest day measured in Puerto Carreño between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1953, with winds reaching 27.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Puerto Carreño?
The warmest month in Puerto Carreño is March (29.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (25.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Puerto Carreño?
Puerto Carreño receives on average 2,246 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 234 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Puerto Carreño?
Puerto Carreño gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Puerto Carreño?
Yes: Puerto Carreño has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Puerto Carreño?
In Puerto Carreño, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.1 °C on 14 March 1992, and the lowest was 19.7 °C on 15 August 1978.
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