Santa Lucía climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Santa Lucía?

Santa Lucía has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 1,461 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Lucía?

The hottest day measured in Santa Lucía between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 1998, reaching 41.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Santa Lucía?

The coldest day measured in Santa Lucía between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1956, at 19.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Santa Lucía?

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

Q: Has the climate of Santa Lucía warmed?

Yes: Santa Lucía warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Santa Lucía?

The wettest day measured in Santa Lucía between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 2015, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Santa Lucía?

The windiest day measured in Santa Lucía between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1968, with winds reaching 27.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Santa Lucía?

The warmest month in Santa Lucía is March (28.3 °C on average); the coldest is October (26.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Santa Lucía?

Santa Lucía receives on average 1,461 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 236 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Santa Lucía?

Santa Lucía gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Santa Lucía (Colombia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 1,461 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 (28.3 °C on average) and the coldest is October (26.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Santa Lucía averages 0 frost days, 299 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 236 rainy days per year.

Santa Lucía has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.0 °C (on 17 February 1998) and the coldest 19.5 °C (on 12 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

Santa LucíaAtlántico

coords: 10.32°, -74.96°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthOctoberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.5°C

Average daily high

32.0°C

Average daily low

24.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,461mm

Sunshine / day

9.7h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

11.1km/h

Seasonal range

1.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

299 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

236 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

38.1 °C

Average feels-like low

29.5 °C

Average peak gust

24.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · 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

41.0 °C

17 February 1998

Coldest day

19.5 °C

12 January 1956

Wettest day

69 mm

18 November 2015

Windiest day

27.6 km/h

9 February 1968

Strongest gust

53.3 km/h

19 February 2005

Hottest feels-like

46.0 °C

18 May 2010

Coldest feels-like

21.7 °C

12 January 1956

Sunniest day

12.0 h

20 July 2023

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.8 °C25 March 2025	22.8 °C7 February 2025	28.8 °C	1,301 mm	349
2024	40.3 °C10 April 2024	23.5 °C10 December 2024	29.2 °C	1,430 mm	347
2023	39.9 °C20 July 2023	22.5 °C30 January 2023	29.2 °C	1,199 mm	357
2022	37.7 °C23 March 2022	21.9 °C9 December 2022	28.1 °C	1,598 mm	346
2021	38.7 °C7 February 2021	22.5 °C4 March 2021	28.4 °C	1,307 mm	339
2020	38.9 °C10 April 2020	23.1 °C8 February 2020	28.7 °C	1,169 mm	339
2019	38.6 °C2 May 2019	22.6 °C3 January 2019	29.0 °C	1,027 mm	354
2018	39.5 °C11 March 2018	23.2 °C2 March 2018	28.6 °C	1,142 mm	354
2017	40.2 °C16 April 2017	22.1 °C25 January 2017	28.7 °C	1,249 mm	356
2016	39.7 °C26 March 2016	23.2 °C16 November 2016	28.9 °C	1,201 mm	348
2015	39.5 °C4 July 2015	23.6 °C7 January 2015	29.2 °C	1,126 mm	357
2014	38.2 °C29 March 2014	22.6 °C11 January 2014	28.8 °C	1,089 mm	357
2013	38.6 °C1 April 2013	23.0 °C26 December 2013	28.5 °C	1,321 mm	353
2012	38.4 °C3 March 2012	22.6 °C17 February 2012	28.4 °C	1,269 mm	355
2011	36.2 °C28 March 2011	22.1 °C21 October 2011	27.6 °C	2,046 mm	330
2010	39.7 °C2 February 2010	22.8 °C21 December 2010	28.3 °C	2,058 mm	323
2009	37.7 °C22 February 2009	22.8 °C7 February 2009	28.4 °C	1,324 mm	354
2008	36.8 °C5 February 2008	22.6 °C2 January 2008	27.6 °C	1,598 mm	316
2007	40.3 °C28 February 2007	22.8 °C21 January 2007	27.9 °C	1,491 mm	330
2006	38.0 °C1 March 2006	22.7 °C3 January 2006	28.1 °C	1,390 mm	346
2005	37.9 °C25 February 2005	21.8 °C16 December 2005	28.1 °C	1,531 mm	342
2004	38.8 °C3 March 2004	22.4 °C1 January 2004	28.1 °C	1,302 mm	346
2003	39.2 °C8 March 2003	22.8 °C29 December 2003	28.2 °C	1,423 mm	344
2002	38.7 °C9 March 2002	23.1 °C27 September 2002	28.4 °C	1,086 mm	355
2001	37.1 °C26 June 2001	22.1 °C3 February 2001	27.6 °C	1,137 mm	337
2000	35.4 °C11 April 2000	21.5 °C10 January 2000	27.2 °C	1,174 mm	328
1999	37.6 °C13 March 1999	21.9 °C26 November 1999	27.0 °C	1,423 mm	274
1998	41.0 °C17 February 1998	23.0 °C10 December 1998	28.1 °C	1,467 mm	325
1997	39.8 °C24 July 1997	22.3 °C23 March 1997	28.4 °C	1,014 mm	347
1996	37.3 °C27 February 1996	21.5 °C29 January 1996	27.3 °C	1,417 mm	303
1995	38.4 °C12 February 1995	22.5 °C12 January 1995	27.5 °C	1,432 mm	297
1994	36.4 °C10 February 1994	21.5 °C24 January 1994	27.5 °C	1,296 mm	323
1993	39.4 °C12 March 1993	21.8 °C10 January 1993	27.4 °C	1,478 mm	318
1992	38.5 °C10 April 1992	22.0 °C10 January 1992	27.4 °C	1,330 mm	310
1991	38.1 °C24 February 1991	22.3 °C22 January 1991	27.6 °C	1,263 mm	315
1990	38.0 °C10 April 1990	22.1 °C14 February 1990	27.5 °C	1,404 mm	308
1989	37.0 °C28 February 1989	21.4 °C9 January 1989	27.0 °C	1,498 mm	287
1988	39.5 °C19 March 1988	22.5 °C25 December 1988	27.3 °C	1,721 mm	281
1987	37.9 °C19 April 1987	20.7 °C8 January 1987	27.8 °C	1,487 mm	321
1986	35.8 °C1 August 1986	22.3 °C9 January 1986	27.2 °C	1,376 mm	304
1985	36.9 °C7 February 1985	21.1 °C2 February 1985	26.8 °C	1,433 mm	266
1984	35.3 °C15 March 1984	21.1 °C7 January 1984	26.7 °C	1,486 mm	256
1983	36.7 °C24 March 1983	22.5 °C17 October 1983	27.8 °C	1,214 mm	306
1982	36.0 °C22 March 1982	21.9 °C23 January 1982	27.5 °C	1,203 mm	321
1981	37.8 °C28 March 1981	22.5 °C2 September 1981	27.5 °C	1,682 mm	315
1980	36.3 °C26 January 1980	22.4 °C12 January 1980	27.9 °C	1,108 mm	343
1979	37.4 °C1 April 1979	20.7 °C22 December 1979	27.5 °C	1,577 mm	315
1978	37.7 °C2 February 1978	21.8 °C24 December 1978	27.6 °C	1,688 mm	324
1977	36.3 °C29 July 1977	21.7 °C15 January 1977	27.9 °C	1,490 mm	340
1976	36.4 °C30 July 1976	20.7 °C31 January 1976	27.6 °C	1,068 mm	336
1975	34.8 °C29 March 1975	20.7 °C25 December 1975	26.9 °C	1,948 mm	265
1974	35.9 °C7 July 1974	20.8 °C29 December 1974	27.0 °C	1,811 mm	288
1973	38.2 °C2 February 1973	21.8 °C13 December 1973	27.7 °C	1,939 mm	306
1972	39.3 °C31 July 1972	22.5 °C13 March 1972	28.1 °C	1,419 mm	347
1971	35.8 °C8 March 1971	21.3 °C10 December 1971	27.0 °C	1,822 mm	301
1970	39.6 °C12 February 1970	22.7 °C23 January 1970	27.5 °C	1,977 mm	309
1969	38.1 °C17 March 1969	21.3 °C2 February 1969	28.0 °C	1,801 mm	325
1968	38.2 °C31 March 1968	20.9 °C10 January 1968	27.7 °C	1,485 mm	332
1967	36.4 °C13 April 1967	22.0 °C22 April 1967	27.5 °C	1,328 mm	334
1966	37.2 °C26 January 1966	21.4 °C11 March 1966	27.5 °C	1,601 mm	304
1965	36.0 °C5 February 1965	22.0 °C31 January 1965	27.5 °C	1,503 mm	331
1964	35.4 °C4 February 1964	21.6 °C22 December 1964	27.1 °C	1,490 mm	302
1963	36.1 °C26 July 1963	21.9 °C26 January 1963	27.5 °C	1,512 mm	323
1962	37.5 °C20 February 1962	22.5 °C28 December 1962	27.5 °C	1,283 mm	340
1961	35.2 °C15 August 1961	21.9 °C15 November 1961	27.3 °C	1,223 mm	316
1960	36.5 °C23 February 1960	22.1 °C25 December 1960	26.9 °C	1,638 mm	285
1959	35.7 °C6 July 1959	21.8 °C4 February 1959	27.2 °C	1,338 mm	322
1958	38.3 °C13 March 1958	22.7 °C19 November 1958	27.9 °C	1,572 mm	344
1957	35.5 °C17 September 1957	21.5 °C15 January 1957	27.4 °C	1,189 mm	314
1956	33.6 °C30 March 1956	19.5 °C12 January 1956	26.1 °C	1,604 mm	142
1955	33.8 °C10 April 1955	21.2 °C1 January 1955	26.1 °C	1,684 mm	166
1954	34.5 °C6 March 1954	21.9 °C30 December 1954	26.4 °C	1,654 mm	194
1953	34.8 °C9 March 1953	21.9 °C28 December 1953	26.8 °C	1,375 mm	263
1952	36.3 °C5 April 1952	21.0 °C15 January 1952	26.7 °C	1,558 mm	230
1951	36.2 °C19 March 1951	20.5 °C8 January 1951	26.6 °C	1,442 mm	248
1950	33.2 °C13 March 1950	21.1 °C10 January 1950	26.0 °C	2,013 mm	178
1949	37.0 °C19 March 1949	20.5 °C16 December 1949	26.6 °C	1,494 mm	228
1948	35.3 °C27 March 1948	21.9 °C22 April 1948	26.4 °C	1,853 mm	164
1947	33.6 °C15 March 1947	21.0 °C4 January 1947	26.1 °C	1,762 mm	124
1946	35.1 °C26 March 1946	20.8 °C12 January 1946	26.3 °C	1,452 mm	181
1945	34.2 °C28 February 1945	21.6 °C13 January 1945	26.1 °C	1,718 mm	155
1944	35.7 °C9 April 1944	21.2 °C2 January 1944	26.8 °C	1,710 mm	225
1943	32.7 °C20 July 1943	21.1 °C10 February 1943	26.1 °C	1,464 mm	182
1942	34.5 °C26 January 1942	21.7 °C9 January 1942	26.3 °C	2,080 mm	189
1941	38.9 °C19 April 1941	22.1 °C12 January 1941	27.5 °C	1,034 mm	313
1940	35.7 °C13 March 1940	21.4 °C18 January 1940	26.3 °C	1,359 mm	184

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

33.1 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

349 d/yr

+50

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1301 mm

-160 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.8 °C	+0.8 °C	27 mm	+10 mm
Feb	34.3 °C	+0.3 °C	23 mm	+1 mm
Mar	34.6 °C	+0.6 °C	38 mm	-10 mm
Apr	33.8 °C	+1.1 °C	104 mm	-24 mm
May	32.4 °C	+0.9 °C	189 mm	-15 mm
Jun	33.0 °C	+1.5 °C	155 mm	-11 mm
Jul	34.5 °C	+2.4 °C	85 mm	-32 mm
Aug	33.6 °C	+1.7 °C	135 mm	-17 mm
Sep	31.9 °C	+0.7 °C	163 mm	-18 mm
Oct	31.1 °C	+0.6 °C	182 mm	-37 mm
Nov	32.0 °C	+1.4 °C	149 mm	-1 mm
Dec	32.2 °C	+0.7 °C	50 mm	-7 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.8 °C

25 Mar 2025

Coldest day

22.8 °C

7 Feb 2025

Wettest day

31.6 mm

29 Nov 2025

Windiest day

20.4 km/h

5 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

41.8 km/h

5 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.4 °C

10 Sep 2025

Coldest feels-like

27.0 °C

23 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

1 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Santa Lucía?

Santa Lucía has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 1,461 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Lucía?

The hottest day measured in Santa Lucía between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 1998, reaching 41.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Santa Lucía?

The coldest day measured in Santa Lucía between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1956, at 19.5 °C.

Does it snow in Santa Lucía?

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

Has the climate of Santa Lucía warmed?

Yes: Santa Lucía warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Santa Lucía?

The wettest day measured in Santa Lucía between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 2015, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Santa Lucía?

The windiest day measured in Santa Lucía between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1968, with winds reaching 27.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Santa Lucía?

The warmest month in Santa Lucía is March (28.3 °C on average); the coldest is October (26.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Santa Lucía?

Santa Lucía receives on average 1,461 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 236 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Santa Lucía?

Santa Lucía gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Santa Lucía?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa Lucía?

In Santa Lucía, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.0 °C on 18 May 2010, and the lowest was 21.7 °C on 12 January 1956.

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