Zipaquirá climate — normals and trends
Zipaquirá (Colombia) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.4 °C and it receives 1,493 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 February (13.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (12.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Zipaquirá averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 280 rainy days per year.
Zipaquirá has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 26.0 °C (on 5 February 2010) and the coldest 1.8 °C (on 17 August 1978).
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
ZipaquiráCundinamarca
- coords
- 5.02°, -74.00°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.4°C
Average daily high
18.8°C
Average daily low
9.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,493mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
9.5km/h
Seasonal range
1.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
280 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
18.2 °C
Average feels-like low
8.0 °C
Average peak gust
35.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · 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
26.0 °C
5 February 2010
Coldest day
1.8 °C
17 August 1978
Wettest day
154 mm
2 March 1942
Windiest day
26.8 km/h
30 July 1972
Strongest gust
68.8 km/h
30 July 1972
Hottest feels-like
26.9 °C
5 February 2010
Coldest feels-like
-1.5 °C
17 August 1978
Sunniest day
12.0 h
27 March 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 | 19.3 °C | -0.2 °C | 54 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 19.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 118 mm | +7 mm |
| Mar | 18.1 °C | -1.2 °C | 216 mm | +27 mm |
| Apr | 18.1 °C | -0.6 °C | 295 mm | +61 mm |
| May | 17.3 °C | -1.0 °C | 173 mm | +4 mm |
| Jun | 16.8 °C | -1.0 °C | 155 mm | +68 mm |
| Jul | 16.8 °C | -0.9 °C | 96 mm | +32 mm |
| Aug | 16.7 °C | -1.7 °C | 116 mm | +53 mm |
| Sep | 17.1 °C | -2.1 °C | 135 mm | +54 mm |
| Oct | 17.2 °C | -1.8 °C | 192 mm | +32 mm |
| Nov | 18.1 °C | -0.6 °C | 179 mm | +12 mm |
| Dec | 17.8 °C | -1.2 °C | 104 mm | +12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zipaquirá?
Zipaquirá has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.4 °C and it receives 1,493 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zipaquirá?
The hottest day measured in Zipaquirá between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 2010, reaching 26.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zipaquirá?
The coldest day measured in Zipaquirá between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 1978, at 1.8 °C.
Does it snow in Zipaquirá?
Almost never: Zipaquirá sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Zipaquirá warmed?
Yes: Zipaquirá warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zipaquirá?
The wettest day measured in Zipaquirá between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1942, with 154 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zipaquirá?
The windiest day measured in Zipaquirá between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 1972, with winds reaching 26.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zipaquirá?
The warmest month in Zipaquirá is February (13.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (12.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Zipaquirá?
Zipaquirá receives on average 1,493 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 280 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zipaquirá?
Zipaquirá gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Zipaquirá?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zipaquirá.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zipaquirá?
In Zipaquirá, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 26.9 °C on 5 February 2010, and the lowest was -1.5 °C on 17 August 1978.
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