Vélez climate — normals and trends
Vélez (Colombia) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.3 °C and it receives 4,535 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 (17.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (16.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Vélez averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 357 rainy days per year.
Vélez has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 28.3 °C (on 18 February 2020) and the coldest 7.8 °C (on 1 January 1975).
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
VélezSantander Department
- coords
- 6.01°, -73.67°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.3°C
Average daily high
21.7°C
Average daily low
13.6°C
Annual rainfall
4,535mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
87%
Average peak wind
6.6km/h
Seasonal range
0.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
357 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
24.3 °C
Average feels-like low
13.9 °C
Average peak gust
26.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · 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
28.3 °C
18 February 2020
Coldest day
7.8 °C
1 January 1975
Wettest day
101 mm
3 May 2013
Windiest day
10.6 km/h
24 July 1992
Strongest gust
36.7 km/h
17 October 2011
Hottest feels-like
31.4 °C
2 June 2024
Coldest feels-like
6.1 °C
30 December 1989
Sunniest day
12.0 h
28 March 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 159 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | 22.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 266 mm | +65 mm |
| Mar | 22.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 336 mm | +26 mm |
| Apr | 21.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 525 mm | +70 mm |
| May | 21.5 °C | -0.6 °C | 660 mm | +110 mm |
| Jun | 21.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 605 mm | +86 mm |
| Jul | 22.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 584 mm | +82 mm |
| Aug | 21.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 503 mm | +36 mm |
| Sep | 21.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 555 mm | +106 mm |
| Oct | 21.0 °C | -0.4 °C | 555 mm | +135 mm |
| Nov | 21.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 410 mm | +110 mm |
| Dec | 21.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 183 mm | -15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vélez?
Vélez has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.3 °C and it receives 4,535 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vélez?
The hottest day measured in Vélez between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 2020, reaching 28.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vélez?
The coldest day measured in Vélez between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1975, at 7.8 °C.
Does it snow in Vélez?
Almost never: Vélez sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Vélez warmed?
Yes: Vélez warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vélez?
The wettest day measured in Vélez between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 2013, with 101 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vélez?
The windiest day measured in Vélez between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1992, with winds reaching 10.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vélez?
The warmest month in Vélez is May (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (16.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Vélez?
Vélez receives on average 4,535 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 357 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vélez?
Vélez gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Vélez?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Vélez.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vélez?
In Vélez, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.4 °C on 2 June 2024, and the lowest was 6.1 °C on 30 December 1989.
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