Santa Rosa de Cabal climate — normals and trends
Santa Rosa de Cabal (Colombia) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.5 °C and it receives 12,628 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 May (13.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (13.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Santa Rosa de Cabal averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 361 rainy days per year.
Santa Rosa de Cabal 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 23.1 °C (on 18 May 2023) and the coldest 5.0 °C (on 4 January 1968).
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 Rosa de CabalRisaralda Department
- coords
- 4.87°, -75.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.5°C
Average daily high
17.9°C
Average daily low
10.0°C
Annual rainfall
12,628mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
88%
Average peak wind
6.0km/h
Seasonal range
0.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
361 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
19.6 °C
Average feels-like low
9.2 °C
Average peak gust
32.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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
23.1 °C
18 May 2023
Coldest day
5.0 °C
4 January 1968
Wettest day
131 mm
29 June 2015
Windiest day
15.4 km/h
18 August 2017
Strongest gust
81.0 km/h
24 March 1980
Hottest feels-like
27.3 °C
5 March 1970
Coldest feels-like
2.6 °C
4 January 1968
Snowiest day
0.5 cm
1 March 1965
Sunniest day
12.0 h
8 May 1940
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 | 18.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 1099 mm | +441 mm |
| Feb | 18.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 1099 mm | +370 mm |
| Mar | 18.0 °C | -0.2 °C | 1347 mm | +381 mm |
| Apr | 18.0 °C | -0.2 °C | 1072 mm | +23 mm |
| May | 17.9 °C | -0.3 °C | 1535 mm | +365 mm |
| Jun | 17.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 2137 mm | +718 mm |
| Jul | 18.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 1788 mm | +217 mm |
| Aug | 17.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 1564 mm | +87 mm |
| Sep | 17.5 °C | -0.3 °C | 1421 mm | +211 mm |
| Oct | 17.1 °C | -0.8 °C | 1134 mm | +212 mm |
| Nov | 17.3 °C | -0.7 °C | 1084 mm | +318 mm |
| Dec | 17.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 385 mm | -306 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Santa Rosa de Cabal?
Santa Rosa de Cabal has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.5 °C and it receives 12,628 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Rosa de Cabal?
The hottest day measured in Santa Rosa de Cabal between 1940 and 2025 was 18 May 2023, reaching 23.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Santa Rosa de Cabal?
The coldest day measured in Santa Rosa de Cabal between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1968, at 5.0 °C.
Does it snow in Santa Rosa de Cabal?
Almost never: Santa Rosa de Cabal sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Santa Rosa de Cabal warmed?
Yes: Santa Rosa de Cabal warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Santa Rosa de Cabal?
The wettest day measured in Santa Rosa de Cabal between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2015, with 131 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Santa Rosa de Cabal?
The windiest day measured in Santa Rosa de Cabal between 1940 and 2025 was 18 August 2017, with winds reaching 15.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Santa Rosa de Cabal?
The warmest month in Santa Rosa de Cabal is May (13.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (13.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Santa Rosa de Cabal?
Santa Rosa de Cabal receives on average 12,628 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 361 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Santa Rosa de Cabal?
Santa Rosa de Cabal gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Santa Rosa de Cabal?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Santa Rosa de Cabal between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1965, with 0.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Santa Rosa de Cabal?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Santa Rosa de Cabal.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa Rosa de Cabal?
In Santa Rosa de Cabal, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 27.3 °C on 5 March 1970, and the lowest was 2.6 °C on 4 January 1968.
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