Villa Rica climate — normals and trends
Villa Rica (Colombia) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.5 °C and it receives 6,732 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 April (17.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (17.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Villa Rica averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 357 rainy days per year.
Villa Rica 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 28.4 °C (on 29 July 2024) and the coldest 7.9 °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
Villa RicaCauca Department
- coords
- 2.51°, -76.85°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.5°C
Average daily high
21.9°C
Average daily low
14.2°C
Annual rainfall
6,732mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
89%
Average peak wind
7.0km/h
Seasonal range
0.4°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
24.5 °C
Average feels-like low
14.9 °C
Average peak gust
26.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.77 · 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
28.4 °C
29 July 2024
Coldest day
7.9 °C
23 January 2017
Wettest day
210 mm
14 March 2024
Windiest day
13.7 km/h
26 August 1942
Strongest gust
41.4 km/h
17 June 2019
Hottest feels-like
32.7 °C
17 February 1998
Coldest feels-like
6.2 °C
17 August 1978
Sunniest day
12.0 h
9 June 1944
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 | 22.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 532 mm | +170 mm |
| Feb | 21.6 °C | -0.3 °C | 515 mm | +142 mm |
| Mar | 22.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 554 mm | +49 mm |
| Apr | 22.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 656 mm | +55 mm |
| May | 22.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 910 mm | +194 mm |
| Jun | 22.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 1109 mm | +330 mm |
| Jul | 23.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 1023 mm | +232 mm |
| Aug | 22.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 944 mm | +201 mm |
| Sep | 22.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 875 mm | +232 mm |
| Oct | 21.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 633 mm | +140 mm |
| Nov | 21.3 °C | -0.2 °C | 408 mm | +41 mm |
| Dec | 21.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 203 mm | -155 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Villa Rica?
Villa Rica has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.5 °C and it receives 6,732 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Villa Rica?
The hottest day measured in Villa Rica between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2024, reaching 28.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Villa Rica?
The coldest day measured in Villa Rica between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 2017, at 7.9 °C.
Does it snow in Villa Rica?
Almost never: Villa Rica sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Villa Rica warmed?
Yes: Villa Rica warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Villa Rica?
The wettest day measured in Villa Rica between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 2024, with 210 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Villa Rica?
The windiest day measured in Villa Rica between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 1942, with winds reaching 13.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Villa Rica?
The warmest month in Villa Rica is April (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (17.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Villa Rica?
Villa Rica receives on average 6,732 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 357 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Villa Rica?
Villa Rica gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Villa Rica?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Villa Rica.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Villa Rica?
In Villa Rica, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.7 °C on 17 February 1998, and the lowest was 6.2 °C on 17 August 1978.
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