Santander de Quilichao climate — normals and trends
Santander de Quilichao (Colombia) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.3 °C and it receives 5,276 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 (19.6 °C on average) and the coldest is November (18.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Santander de Quilichao averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 345 rainy days per year.
Santander de Quilichao has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.7 °C (on 6 September 2024) and the coldest 7.7 °C (on 23 January 2017).
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
Santander de QuilichaoCauca Department
- coords
- 3.01°, -76.48°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
19.3°C
Average daily high
23.9°C
Average daily low
15.6°C
Annual rainfall
5,276mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
85%
Average peak wind
7.6km/h
Seasonal range
0.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
345 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
27.2 °C
Average feels-like low
16.5 °C
Average peak gust
24.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.78 · 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
31.7 °C
6 September 2024
Coldest day
7.7 °C
23 January 2017
Wettest day
173 mm
11 April 1998
Windiest day
13.6 km/h
26 August 1942
Strongest gust
38.9 km/h
7 April 1994
Hottest feels-like
36.2 °C
16 February 1998
Coldest feels-like
6.1 °C
23 January 2017
Sunniest day
12.0 h
23 April 1941
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 | 25.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 392 mm | +24 mm |
| Feb | 23.7 °C | -0.1 °C | 601 mm | +227 mm |
| Mar | 24.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 461 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 24.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 553 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 24.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 586 mm | +7 mm |
| Jun | 24.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 533 mm | +53 mm |
| Jul | 26.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 292 mm | -107 mm |
| Aug | 25.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 510 mm | +123 mm |
| Sep | 24.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 498 mm | +102 mm |
| Oct | 23.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 582 mm | +128 mm |
| Nov | 23.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 566 mm | +145 mm |
| Dec | 23.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 366 mm | -20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Santander de Quilichao?
Santander de Quilichao has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.3 °C and it receives 5,276 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santander de Quilichao?
The hottest day measured in Santander de Quilichao between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 2024, reaching 31.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Santander de Quilichao?
The coldest day measured in Santander de Quilichao between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 2017, at 7.7 °C.
Does it snow in Santander de Quilichao?
Almost never: Santander de Quilichao sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Santander de Quilichao warmed?
Yes: Santander de Quilichao warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Santander de Quilichao?
The wettest day measured in Santander de Quilichao between 1940 and 2025 was 11 April 1998, with 173 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Santander de Quilichao?
The windiest day measured in Santander de Quilichao between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 1942, with winds reaching 13.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Santander de Quilichao?
The warmest month in Santander de Quilichao is May (19.6 °C on average); the coldest is November (18.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Santander de Quilichao?
Santander de Quilichao receives on average 5,276 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 345 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Santander de Quilichao?
Santander de Quilichao gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Santander de Quilichao?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Santander de Quilichao.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santander de Quilichao?
In Santander de Quilichao, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.2 °C on 16 February 1998, and the lowest was 6.1 °C on 23 January 2017.
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