Buenaventura climate

Name: Buenaventura
Address: CO

Buenaventura is warmest in March, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in November, when nights average 22 °C. July is the wettest month (2,972 mm) and February the driest (1,245 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Buenaventura averages 27,443 mm of rain and 266 days above 25 °C.

Colombia · 7 m elevation · population 432,385 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month March 27 °C
Coldest month November 22 °C
Driest month February 1,245 mm
Wettest month July 2,972 mm
Least cloud February 92 % cloud
Hottest on record February 30 °C
Coldest on record October 20 °C

What to expectBuenaventura through the year

Buenaventura changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 25 and 27 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 266 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 30 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 2,972 mm against 1,245 mm in February — 2.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.9 °C	1,736 mm	93 %
February	26.4 °C	1,245 mm	92 %
March	26.6 °C	1,466 mm	94 %
April	26.5 °C	2,002 mm	96 %
May	26.3 °C	2,746 mm	97 %
June	25.9 °C	2,899 mm	98 %
July	25.7 °C	2,972 mm	97 %
August	25.6 °C	2,929 mm	98 %
September	25.6 °C	2,855 mm	98 %
October	25.6 °C	2,589 mm	98 %
November	25.4 °C	2,142 mm	97 %
December	25.6 °C	1,863 mm	95 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	25.9 °C	22.5 °C	23.9 °C	29.8 °C	19.7 °C	23
February	26.4 °C	22.7 °C	24.2 °C	30.4 °C	20.4 °C	25
March	26.6 °C	22.8 °C	24.4 °C	30.2 °C	21.0 °C	28
April	26.5 °C	22.9 °C	24.4 °C	30.3 °C	21.0 °C	27
May	26.3 °C	22.9 °C	24.3 °C	29.7 °C	20.7 °C	26
June	25.9 °C	22.6 °C	24.0 °C	29.5 °C	20.4 °C	22
July	25.7 °C	22.4 °C	23.8 °C	29.6 °C	20.1 °C	20
August	25.6 °C	22.5 °C	23.8 °C	29.6 °C	20.8 °C	20
September	25.6 °C	22.5 °C	23.7 °C	29.0 °C	20.5 °C	20
October	25.6 °C	22.4 °C	23.7 °C	29.5 °C	19.5 °C	20
November	25.4 °C	22.3 °C	23.6 °C	29.7 °C	20.2 °C	17
December	25.6 °C	22.4 °C	23.7 °C	29.1 °C	20.3 °C	20

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	1,736 mm	31	12 h/day	93 %	92 %	8.9 km/h
February	1,245 mm	28	12 h/day	92 %	91 %	8.8 km/h
March	1,466 mm	31	12 h/day	94 %	91 %	8.8 km/h
April	2,002 mm	30	12 h/day	96 %	92 %	8.6 km/h
May	2,746 mm	31	12 h/day	97 %	92 %	8.4 km/h
June	2,899 mm	30	12 h/day	98 %	93 %	8.3 km/h
July	2,972 mm	31	12 h/day	97 %	93 %	8.4 km/h
August	2,929 mm	31	12 h/day	98 %	93 %	8.6 km/h
September	2,855 mm	30	12 h/day	98 %	93 %	8.6 km/h
October	2,589 mm	31	12 h/day	98 %	93 %	8.6 km/h
November	2,142 mm	30	12 h/day	97 %	93 %	8.6 km/h
December	1,863 mm	31	12 h/day	95 %	93 %	8.8 km/h

How Buenaventura compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Buenaventura	27 °C	22 °C	27,443 mm	266
Buenaventura · Colombia	27 °C	22 °C	10,797 mm	279
Cali · Colombia	25 °C	17 °C	3,225 mm	146
Palmira · Colombia	23 °C	16 °C	7,494 mm	10
Tuluá · Colombia	24 °C	16 °C	10,796 mm	64
Popayán · Colombia	22 °C	13 °C	6,366 mm	2
Armenia · Colombia	23 °C	14 °C	5,718 mm	15

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Buenaventura.

QuestionsCommon questions about Buenaventura’s climate

When is the best time to visit Buenaventura?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. October, November, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, March is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Buenaventura get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 30 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 22 °C in November, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Buenaventura?

July, averaging 2,972 mm over 31 days with rain. The driest month is February with 1,245 mm. The year as a whole averages 27,443 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Buenaventura rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 3.583°, -77.000° , 7 m above sea level (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.