San Benito Abad climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of San Benito Abad?

San Benito Abad has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 2,178 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in San Benito Abad?

The hottest day measured in San Benito Abad between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2016, reaching 39.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in San Benito Abad?

The coldest day measured in San Benito Abad between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1956, at 20.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in San Benito Abad?

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

Q: Has the climate of San Benito Abad warmed?

Yes: San Benito Abad warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in San Benito Abad?

The wettest day measured in San Benito Abad between 1940 and 2025 was 29 April 1984, with 160 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in San Benito Abad?

The windiest day measured in San Benito Abad between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 2016, with winds reaching 24.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in San Benito Abad?

The warmest month in San Benito Abad is March (28.7 °C on average); the coldest is October (26.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in San Benito Abad?

San Benito Abad receives on average 2,178 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 271 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in San Benito Abad?

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

San Benito Abad (Colombia) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 2,178 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 (28.7 °C on average) and the coldest is October (26.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

San Benito Abad averages 0 frost days, 283 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 271 rainy days per year.

San Benito Abad 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 39.8 °C (on 26 March 2016) and the coldest 20.4 °C (on 11 January 1956).

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

San Benito AbadSucre Department

coords: 8.93°, -75.03°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMarchColdest monthOctoberWettest monthMayDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.6°C

Average daily high

31.6°C

Average daily low

24.7°C

Annual rainfall

2,178mm

Sunshine / day

9.7h

Mean relative humidity

82%

Average peak wind

10.4km/h

Seasonal range

1.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

283 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

271 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

37.9 °C

Average feels-like low

29.5 °C

Average peak gust

22.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.4 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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

39.8 °C

26 March 2016

Coldest day

20.4 °C

11 January 1956

Wettest day

160 mm

29 April 1984

Windiest day

24.4 km/h

29 March 2016

Strongest gust

53.6 km/h

1 October 2016

Hottest feels-like

46.3 °C

20 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

22.5 °C

10 January 1951

Sunniest day

12.0 h

28 March 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.1 °C23 March 2025	23.2 °C16 October 2025	28.6 °C	1,853 mm	336
2024	38.6 °C10 April 2024	24.0 °C8 February 2024	29.1 °C	1,851 mm	348
2023	38.5 °C2 April 2023	23.5 °C17 January 2023	29.1 °C	1,686 mm	356
2022	37.8 °C24 March 2022	22.5 °C9 December 2022	28.2 °C	1,911 mm	343
2021	38.2 °C26 February 2021	23.7 °C19 January 2021	28.3 °C	1,864 mm	328
2020	38.5 °C19 February 2020	23.1 °C7 January 2020	28.8 °C	1,597 mm	347
2019	38.1 °C28 February 2019	23.6 °C4 January 2019	29.2 °C	1,354 mm	349
2018	37.9 °C11 March 2018	23.2 °C2 August 2018	28.6 °C	1,582 mm	344
2017	39.0 °C4 March 2017	22.7 °C25 January 2017	28.9 °C	1,543 mm	348
2016	39.8 °C26 March 2016	23.5 °C4 August 2016	29.2 °C	1,919 mm	351
2015	38.8 °C12 March 2015	24.0 °C7 January 2015	29.3 °C	1,589 mm	359
2014	37.8 °C21 February 2014	23.9 °C7 August 2014	28.9 °C	1,736 mm	353
2013	37.4 °C22 February 2013	23.0 °C2 November 2013	28.6 °C	1,962 mm	352
2012	37.8 °C4 March 2012	23.7 °C10 September 2012	28.5 °C	2,037 mm	357
2011	35.2 °C26 February 2011	22.8 °C21 October 2011	27.9 °C	2,466 mm	334
2010	38.0 °C9 February 2010	22.9 °C21 December 2010	28.4 °C	2,578 mm	328
2009	35.6 °C22 February 2009	23.7 °C26 January 2009	28.5 °C	1,934 mm	350
2008	35.6 °C16 March 2008	22.8 °C29 January 2008	27.8 °C	2,098 mm	317
2007	38.1 °C26 February 2007	22.8 °C5 December 2007	28.0 °C	2,505 mm	324
2006	37.3 °C18 February 2006	23.4 °C7 January 2006	28.1 °C	2,137 mm	337
2005	36.9 °C23 March 2005	23.3 °C20 January 2005	28.4 °C	2,056 mm	345
2004	37.6 °C24 March 2004	22.9 °C18 January 2004	28.2 °C	1,880 mm	339
2003	38.1 °C7 April 2003	23.1 °C21 August 2003	28.2 °C	2,124 mm	342
2002	38.7 °C18 March 2002	23.1 °C10 January 2002	28.3 °C	1,558 mm	356
2001	35.7 °C13 February 2001	22.8 °C2 February 2001	27.6 °C	1,698 mm	330
2000	35.5 °C29 March 2000	22.0 °C15 January 2000	27.4 °C	1,881 mm	322
1999	34.5 °C24 May 1999	21.8 °C26 November 1999	26.9 °C	2,104 mm	261
1998	38.1 °C20 March 1998	23.2 °C16 August 1998	28.1 °C	2,039 mm	310
1997	36.6 °C6 March 1997	22.9 °C5 January 1997	28.2 °C	1,485 mm	334
1996	34.6 °C26 February 1996	21.9 °C28 January 1996	27.1 °C	2,287 mm	272
1995	37.9 °C19 February 1995	23.0 °C24 March 1995	27.7 °C	2,045 mm	290
1994	35.0 °C9 February 1994	22.2 °C29 December 1994	27.3 °C	2,176 mm	297
1993	37.9 °C13 March 1993	22.4 °C10 January 1993	27.4 °C	2,410 mm	296
1992	36.8 °C9 April 1992	22.4 °C20 December 1992	27.5 °C	2,216 mm	282
1991	37.2 °C25 February 1991	22.5 °C24 December 1991	27.7 °C	2,012 mm	306
1990	36.2 °C10 March 1990	22.6 °C26 February 1990	27.4 °C	2,085 mm	293
1989	36.5 °C14 February 1989	22.2 °C10 January 1989	27.1 °C	2,275 mm	279
1988	37.9 °C24 March 1988	22.5 °C19 December 1988	27.4 °C	2,346 mm	290
1987	36.3 °C24 February 1987	22.2 °C8 January 1987	27.8 °C	2,315 mm	321
1986	35.1 °C26 March 1986	22.6 °C18 December 1986	27.1 °C	2,043 mm	280
1985	37.3 °C25 March 1985	22.1 °C16 January 1985	27.1 °C	2,134 mm	257
1984	33.5 °C22 March 1984	21.7 °C8 November 1984	26.5 °C	2,381 mm	215
1983	35.1 °C20 March 1983	22.5 °C9 December 1983	27.5 °C	2,109 mm	265
1982	34.9 °C13 March 1982	22.4 °C9 January 1982	27.4 °C	1,886 mm	307
1981	36.9 °C2 April 1981	21.9 °C3 January 1981	27.4 °C	2,544 mm	321
1980	37.0 °C17 March 1980	22.9 °C9 November 1980	28.1 °C	1,842 mm	337
1979	36.5 °C24 March 1979	21.8 °C7 January 1979	27.8 °C	2,371 mm	317
1978	35.9 °C31 January 1978	22.5 °C2 January 1978	27.6 °C	2,518 mm	320
1977	37.2 °C6 March 1977	22.5 °C13 January 1977	28.0 °C	2,243 mm	326
1976	35.7 °C19 March 1976	21.0 °C31 January 1976	27.6 °C	1,894 mm	333
1975	34.9 °C14 April 1975	21.7 °C25 December 1975	27.2 °C	2,535 mm	278
1974	35.0 °C18 April 1974	22.0 °C28 December 1974	27.2 °C	2,631 mm	298
1973	37.3 °C26 February 1973	22.8 °C4 December 1973	27.8 °C	2,754 mm	315
1972	36.1 °C4 April 1972	22.6 °C13 March 1972	27.8 °C	2,339 mm	334
1971	34.7 °C21 July 1971	22.1 °C12 February 1971	27.0 °C	2,651 mm	299
1970	36.9 °C12 February 1970	22.9 °C5 February 1970	27.6 °C	2,984 mm	325
1969	37.1 °C20 March 1969	22.3 °C2 February 1969	28.0 °C	2,444 mm	332
1968	36.4 °C24 February 1968	22.5 °C8 January 1968	27.6 °C	2,316 mm	332
1967	35.5 °C6 March 1967	22.9 °C22 April 1967	27.6 °C	2,014 mm	330
1966	36.1 °C24 March 1966	22.2 °C13 February 1966	27.6 °C	2,493 mm	326
1965	35.1 °C15 February 1965	22.3 °C1 January 1965	27.5 °C	2,174 mm	328
1964	34.9 °C3 February 1964	22.1 °C10 December 1964	27.2 °C	2,226 mm	292
1963	35.3 °C29 January 1963	22.5 °C17 January 1963	27.3 °C	2,349 mm	306
1962	35.3 °C24 February 1962	22.4 °C12 January 1962	27.2 °C	2,176 mm	295
1961	35.4 °C5 March 1961	22.7 °C9 September 1961	27.3 °C	1,983 mm	307
1960	34.1 °C16 March 1960	22.8 °C17 July 1960	26.9 °C	2,334 mm	278
1959	35.4 °C11 February 1959	22.6 °C9 January 1959	27.2 °C	2,307 mm	288
1958	37.2 °C11 March 1958	23.1 °C8 November 1958	28.1 °C	2,280 mm	343
1957	34.2 °C9 July 1957	21.9 °C14 January 1957	27.4 °C	1,981 mm	301
1956	31.7 °C27 June 1956	20.4 °C11 January 1956	25.9 °C	2,600 mm	104
1955	32.6 °C13 March 1955	21.7 °C22 January 1955	26.1 °C	2,352 mm	115
1954	32.6 °C5 March 1954	22.4 °C29 January 1954	26.2 °C	2,354 mm	142
1953	34.1 °C31 March 1953	22.6 °C9 December 1953	26.9 °C	2,117 mm	207
1952	35.2 °C23 March 1952	21.9 °C5 January 1952	26.7 °C	2,346 mm	183
1951	33.4 °C19 March 1951	20.7 °C10 January 1951	26.6 °C	2,338 mm	171
1950	31.6 °C27 January 1950	21.1 °C10 January 1950	26.0 °C	2,827 mm	104
1949	34.8 °C19 March 1949	20.7 °C16 December 1949	26.7 °C	2,247 mm	177
1948	33.9 °C16 March 1948	22.0 °C19 April 1948	26.4 °C	2,734 mm	120
1947	31.8 °C15 March 1947	21.4 °C3 January 1947	26.0 °C	2,659 mm	62
1946	32.6 °C8 February 1946	22.1 °C5 January 1946	26.2 °C	2,337 mm	126
1945	32.9 °C4 March 1945	21.4 °C13 January 1945	26.1 °C	2,582 mm	100
1944	33.4 °C28 March 1944	21.9 °C1 January 1944	26.6 °C	2,487 mm	178
1943	32.0 °C27 May 1943	20.9 °C9 February 1943	26.0 °C	2,599 mm	96
1942	33.1 °C16 March 1942	21.9 °C9 January 1942	26.3 °C	2,616 mm	160
1941	36.0 °C20 April 1941	21.9 °C12 January 1941	27.2 °C	1,626 mm	248
1940	33.1 °C14 March 1940	21.9 °C7 March 1940	26.2 °C	2,313 mm	123

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.5 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

336 d/yr

+53

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1853 mm

-325 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.9 °C	+1.0 °C	20 mm	-12 mm
Feb	33.8 °C	+0.6 °C	31 mm	-6 mm
Mar	34.5 °C	+1.2 °C	66 mm	-5 mm
Apr	32.5 °C	+0.5 °C	210 mm	+10 mm
May	32.0 °C	+0.8 °C	235 mm	-69 mm
Jun	32.0 °C	+0.8 °C	221 mm	-46 mm
Jul	32.8 °C	+1.3 °C	154 mm	-72 mm
Aug	32.2 °C	+0.9 °C	218 mm	-31 mm
Sep	32.0 °C	+1.1 °C	187 mm	-65 mm
Oct	31.4 °C	+0.9 °C	268 mm	-3 mm
Nov	31.9 °C	+1.3 °C	182 mm	-8 mm
Dec	32.3 °C	+1.3 °C	64 mm	-18 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.1 °C

23 Mar 2025

Coldest day

23.2 °C

16 Oct 2025

Wettest day

34.4 mm

29 Nov 2025

Windiest day

19.7 km/h

24 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

35.6 km/h

27 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.1 °C

24 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

27.1 °C

16 Oct 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

31 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of San Benito Abad?

San Benito Abad has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 2,178 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in San Benito Abad?

The hottest day measured in San Benito Abad between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2016, reaching 39.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in San Benito Abad?

The coldest day measured in San Benito Abad between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1956, at 20.4 °C.

Does it snow in San Benito Abad?

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

Has the climate of San Benito Abad warmed?

Yes: San Benito Abad warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in San Benito Abad?

The wettest day measured in San Benito Abad between 1940 and 2025 was 29 April 1984, with 160 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in San Benito Abad?

The windiest day measured in San Benito Abad between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 2016, with winds reaching 24.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in San Benito Abad?

The warmest month in San Benito Abad is March (28.7 °C on average); the coldest is October (26.9 °C).

How much does it rain in San Benito Abad?

San Benito Abad receives on average 2,178 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 271 rainy days.

Is it sunny in San Benito Abad?

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

Are there tropical nights in San Benito Abad?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in San Benito Abad?

In San Benito Abad, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.3 °C on 20 May 2024, and the lowest was 22.5 °C on 10 January 1951.

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