San Carlos climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of San Carlos?

San Carlos has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 2,154 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in San Carlos between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 2021, reaching 40.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in San Carlos?

The coldest day measured in San Carlos between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1949, at 19.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in San Carlos?

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

Q: Has the climate of San Carlos warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in San Carlos?

The wettest day measured in San Carlos between 1940 and 2025 was 29 April 1984, with 114 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in San Carlos?

The windiest day measured in San Carlos between 1940 and 2025 was 1 October 2016, with winds reaching 26.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in San Carlos?

The warmest month in San Carlos is March (27.9 °C on average); the coldest is October (26.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in San Carlos?

San Carlos receives on average 2,154 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 282 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in San Carlos?

San Carlos gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

San Carlos (Colombia) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 2,154 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 (27.9 °C on average) and the coldest is October (26.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

San Carlos averages 0 frost days, 288 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 282 rainy days per year.

San Carlos has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.4 °C (on 26 February 2021) and the coldest 19.3 °C (on 18 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

San CarlosCórdoba

coords: 8.80°, -75.70°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMarchColdest monthOctoberWettest monthMayDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

26.9°C

Average daily high

31.5°C

Average daily low

23.7°C

Annual rainfall

2,154mm

Sunshine / day

9.5h

Mean relative humidity

84%

Average peak wind

10.7km/h

Seasonal range

1.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

288 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

282 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

37.7 °C

Average feels-like low

28.4 °C

Average peak gust

24.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.5 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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

40.4 °C

26 February 2021

Coldest day

19.3 °C

18 December 1949

Wettest day

114 mm

29 April 1984

Windiest day

26.6 km/h

1 October 2016

Strongest gust

54.7 km/h

27 November 1942

Hottest feels-like

45.2 °C

25 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

21.5 °C

18 December 1949

Sunniest day

12.0 h

7 July 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.2 °C31 January 2025	23.0 °C10 January 2025	28.0 °C	1,955 mm	330
2024	39.4 °C13 April 2024	23.0 °C8 December 2024	28.7 °C	1,516 mm	350
2023	37.8 °C26 March 2023	22.7 °C19 February 2023	28.6 °C	1,540 mm	355
2022	37.6 °C22 February 2022	21.4 °C31 October 2022	27.6 °C	1,807 mm	350
2021	40.4 °C26 February 2021	22.8 °C6 January 2021	27.8 °C	1,636 mm	341
2020	39.8 °C18 February 2020	22.1 °C29 December 2020	28.5 °C	1,438 mm	354
2019	38.0 °C26 February 2019	22.6 °C1 January 2019	28.6 °C	1,150 mm	353
2018	38.4 °C11 February 2018	22.9 °C4 October 2018	28.1 °C	1,517 mm	355
2017	39.1 °C5 March 2017	21.7 °C12 January 2017	28.2 °C	1,403 mm	353
2016	39.5 °C25 March 2016	22.4 °C22 November 2016	28.5 °C	1,922 mm	352
2015	39.2 °C23 February 2015	22.0 °C7 January 2015	28.7 °C	1,632 mm	359
2014	37.9 °C20 March 2014	23.0 °C14 November 2014	28.3 °C	1,767 mm	354
2013	38.0 °C20 February 2013	22.3 °C22 December 2013	28.0 °C	1,934 mm	353
2012	38.2 °C2 March 2012	22.9 °C21 January 2012	27.8 °C	2,070 mm	359
2011	34.9 °C9 February 2011	21.7 °C13 March 2011	27.3 °C	2,387 mm	340
2010	39.2 °C1 February 2010	22.0 °C21 December 2010	28.0 °C	2,505 mm	338
2009	37.7 °C11 February 2009	23.0 °C25 January 2009	27.9 °C	2,106 mm	353
2008	36.4 °C16 March 2008	22.0 °C4 January 2008	27.2 °C	2,075 mm	319
2007	38.4 °C25 February 2007	22.6 °C2 December 2007	27.5 °C	2,249 mm	330
2006	38.7 °C22 February 2006	21.7 °C20 January 2006	27.5 °C	2,158 mm	342
2005	37.8 °C25 February 2005	22.1 °C28 November 2005	27.8 °C	2,061 mm	348
2004	38.4 °C4 March 2004	21.5 °C1 January 2004	27.6 °C	1,957 mm	344
2003	38.6 °C7 February 2003	22.3 °C31 October 2003	27.6 °C	2,232 mm	341
2002	37.5 °C1 March 2002	22.4 °C28 January 2002	27.6 °C	1,726 mm	357
2001	36.1 °C13 February 2001	21.7 °C30 January 2001	26.9 °C	1,739 mm	340
2000	35.7 °C29 March 2000	21.1 °C16 December 2000	26.7 °C	2,123 mm	325
1999	33.8 °C13 March 1999	20.4 °C28 December 1999	26.2 °C	2,312 mm	274
1998	39.4 °C17 February 1998	21.8 °C24 December 1998	27.5 °C	2,170 mm	322
1997	36.9 °C8 March 1997	22.0 °C5 January 1997	27.3 °C	1,643 mm	337
1996	34.3 °C12 August 1996	21.2 °C27 January 1996	26.4 °C	2,310 mm	279
1995	39.0 °C15 February 1995	22.1 °C9 December 1995	27.0 °C	2,027 mm	292
1994	35.8 °C10 February 1994	21.2 °C29 December 1994	26.7 °C	2,285 mm	299
1993	37.3 °C22 February 1993	22.1 °C27 December 1993	26.8 °C	2,284 mm	307
1992	36.5 °C9 April 1992	21.5 °C20 December 1992	26.8 °C	2,049 mm	299
1991	37.7 °C24 February 1991	21.5 °C22 December 1991	27.0 °C	2,034 mm	318
1990	36.9 °C10 March 1990	21.7 °C2 January 1990	26.7 °C	2,106 mm	295
1989	37.2 °C14 February 1989	20.5 °C10 January 1989	26.4 °C	2,186 mm	276
1988	39.4 °C24 March 1988	21.1 °C20 December 1988	26.8 °C	2,120 mm	301
1987	36.8 °C24 February 1987	21.6 °C8 January 1987	27.2 °C	2,199 mm	324
1986	34.8 °C18 March 1986	21.4 °C2 December 1986	26.4 °C	2,121 mm	287
1985	37.5 °C25 March 1985	21.1 °C30 December 1985	26.4 °C	2,016 mm	261
1984	33.7 °C28 March 1984	20.5 °C8 November 1984	25.9 °C	2,367 mm	227
1983	35.2 °C15 April 1983	21.6 °C12 December 1983	26.9 °C	2,005 mm	270
1982	34.5 °C21 March 1982	20.9 °C9 January 1982	26.8 °C	1,929 mm	310
1981	36.2 °C2 April 1981	21.7 °C20 January 1981	26.9 °C	2,419 mm	325
1980	36.6 °C13 February 1980	21.5 °C9 November 1980	27.4 °C	1,842 mm	335
1979	36.5 °C3 February 1979	20.4 °C6 January 1979	27.1 °C	2,265 mm	315
1978	36.8 °C2 February 1978	21.4 °C5 December 1978	27.0 °C	2,307 mm	322
1977	36.1 °C14 January 1977	22.0 °C13 January 1977	27.4 °C	2,057 mm	332
1976	34.8 °C19 March 1976	20.6 °C12 January 1976	26.9 °C	1,820 mm	341
1975	35.1 °C31 March 1975	20.2 °C25 December 1975	26.6 °C	2,512 mm	298
1974	34.7 °C16 August 1974	21.4 °C23 January 1974	26.7 °C	2,514 mm	312
1973	37.5 °C2 February 1973	20.9 °C13 December 1973	27.2 °C	2,460 mm	325
1972	35.3 °C23 February 1972	22.0 °C26 December 1972	27.2 °C	2,354 mm	341
1971	33.8 °C21 July 1971	21.3 °C21 November 1971	26.4 °C	2,533 mm	295
1970	36.1 °C12 February 1970	21.4 °C19 December 1970	27.0 °C	2,856 mm	329
1969	37.2 °C16 March 1969	21.8 °C2 February 1969	27.5 °C	2,295 mm	340
1968	35.2 °C5 March 1968	20.7 °C10 January 1968	26.9 °C	2,413 mm	339
1967	36.0 °C9 March 1967	21.6 °C24 November 1967	26.9 °C	2,328 mm	325
1966	35.7 °C24 February 1966	20.9 °C16 November 1966	27.0 °C	2,418 mm	334
1965	34.3 °C23 March 1965	21.0 °C28 February 1965	26.8 °C	2,260 mm	328
1964	36.5 °C7 March 1964	20.8 °C23 December 1964	26.6 °C	2,254 mm	307
1963	36.4 °C29 January 1963	21.7 °C16 January 1963	26.6 °C	2,265 mm	322
1962	36.7 °C24 February 1962	21.0 °C12 January 1962	26.6 °C	2,133 mm	315
1961	36.3 °C19 February 1961	21.6 °C2 December 1961	26.8 °C	1,937 mm	318
1960	35.0 °C29 February 1960	21.5 °C19 December 1960	26.4 °C	2,182 mm	299
1959	36.2 °C11 February 1959	21.2 °C8 January 1959	26.7 °C	2,320 mm	309
1958	36.0 °C13 March 1958	22.1 °C8 November 1958	27.5 °C	2,348 mm	349
1957	34.0 °C1 August 1957	20.7 °C13 January 1957	26.8 °C	2,017 mm	308
1956	31.8 °C19 August 1956	19.9 °C11 January 1956	25.3 °C	2,786 mm	103
1955	32.2 °C5 March 1955	20.7 °C23 January 1955	25.4 °C	2,382 mm	124
1954	33.0 °C5 March 1954	20.7 °C31 January 1954	25.6 °C	2,338 mm	149
1953	34.0 °C8 March 1953	21.2 °C28 December 1953	26.2 °C	2,102 mm	229
1952	35.8 °C23 March 1952	21.4 °C14 January 1952	26.1 °C	2,348 mm	194
1951	32.7 °C5 August 1951	19.8 °C9 January 1951	25.9 °C	2,442 mm	214
1950	31.9 °C27 January 1950	19.8 °C9 January 1950	25.3 °C	2,852 mm	111
1949	35.7 °C1 April 1949	19.3 °C18 December 1949	26.0 °C	2,305 mm	186
1948	33.2 °C16 February 1948	20.6 °C21 April 1948	25.6 °C	2,515 mm	112
1947	31.3 °C2 October 1947	20.5 °C3 January 1947	25.4 °C	2,524 mm	61
1946	33.4 °C9 February 1946	20.4 °C10 January 1946	25.5 °C	2,685 mm	116
1945	32.8 °C2 March 1945	20.2 °C14 January 1945	25.4 °C	2,615 mm	96
1944	33.4 °C22 February 1944	21.4 °C29 December 1944	25.9 °C	2,490 mm	159
1943	31.7 °C27 May 1943	20.2 °C26 January 1943	25.3 °C	2,633 mm	84
1942	32.4 °C16 March 1942	20.7 °C7 January 1942	25.5 °C	2,366 mm	145
1941	36.8 °C19 April 1941	19.9 °C11 January 1941	26.3 °C	1,820 mm	233
1940	33.8 °C13 March 1940	20.7 °C7 March 1940	25.5 °C	2,190 mm	119

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

31.9 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

330 d/yr

+42

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1955 mm

-199 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.2 °C	+1.3 °C	14 mm	-23 mm
Feb	33.3 °C	+0.2 °C	46 mm	+2 mm
Mar	33.0 °C	-0.1 °C	78 mm	+3 mm
Apr	31.4 °C	-0.6 °C	220 mm	+34 mm
May	31.6 °C	+0.4 °C	265 mm	-21 mm
Jun	31.5 °C	+0.4 °C	222 mm	-48 mm
Jul	32.4 °C	+1.1 °C	201 mm	-67 mm
Aug	31.8 °C	+0.6 °C	223 mm	-34 mm
Sep	31.5 °C	+0.6 °C	180 mm	-55 mm
Oct	30.8 °C	+0.2 °C	224 mm	-12 mm
Nov	31.1 °C	+0.5 °C	205 mm	+29 mm
Dec	31.2 °C	+0.3 °C	78 mm	-8 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.2 °C

31 Jan 2025

Coldest day

23.0 °C

10 Jan 2025

Wettest day

36.4 mm

10 Jul 2025

Windiest day

18.0 km/h

27 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

38.2 km/h

27 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.5 °C

24 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

27.1 °C

10 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

7 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of San Carlos?

San Carlos has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 2,154 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in San Carlos?

The hottest day measured in San Carlos between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 2021, reaching 40.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in San Carlos?

The coldest day measured in San Carlos between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1949, at 19.3 °C.

Does it snow in San Carlos?

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

Has the climate of San Carlos warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in San Carlos?

The wettest day measured in San Carlos between 1940 and 2025 was 29 April 1984, with 114 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in San Carlos?

The windiest day measured in San Carlos between 1940 and 2025 was 1 October 2016, with winds reaching 26.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in San Carlos?

The warmest month in San Carlos is March (27.9 °C on average); the coldest is October (26.3 °C).

How much does it rain in San Carlos?

San Carlos receives on average 2,154 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 282 rainy days.

Is it sunny in San Carlos?

San Carlos gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in San Carlos?

Yes: San Carlos 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 Carlos?

In San Carlos, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.2 °C on 25 March 2016, and the lowest was 21.5 °C on 18 December 1949.

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