Buenaventura climate

Name: Buenaventura
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Buenaventura is warmest in March, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in November, when nights average 22 °C. October is the wettest month (1,222 mm) and February the driest (453 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Buenaventura averages 10,797 mm of rain and 279 days above 25 °C.

Colombia · population 240,387 · 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 453 mm
Wettest month October 1,222 mm
Least cloud January 87 % cloud
Hottest on record March 33 °C
Coldest on record October 19 °C

What to expectBuenaventura through the year

Buenaventura changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 26 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, 279 days a year reach 25 °C, 7 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 1,222 mm against 453 mm in February — 2.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.3 °C	704 mm	87 %
February	27.0 °C	453 mm	88 %
March	27.3 °C	578 mm	91 %
April	27.1 °C	815 mm	94 %
May	26.8 °C	1,098 mm	96 %
June	26.4 °C	972 mm	96 %
July	26.1 °C	945 mm	95 %
August	26.1 °C	934 mm	95 %
September	26.1 °C	1,159 mm	96 %
October	26.0 °C	1,222 mm	96 %
November	25.8 °C	1,072 mm	95 %
December	26.0 °C	845 mm	91 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.3 °C	22.2 °C	23.8 °C	31.9 °C	19.3 °C	24	0
February	27.0 °C	22.4 °C	24.2 °C	31.3 °C	19.3 °C	25	1
March	27.3 °C	22.5 °C	24.4 °C	32.6 °C	20.2 °C	28	1
April	27.1 °C	22.6 °C	24.4 °C	32.2 °C	19.7 °C	26	1
May	26.8 °C	22.6 °C	24.2 °C	31.5 °C	19.7 °C	26	1
June	26.4 °C	22.4 °C	23.9 °C	31.6 °C	19.4 °C	23	0
July	26.1 °C	22.2 °C	23.7 °C	31.9 °C	19.2 °C	22	0
August	26.1 °C	22.2 °C	23.7 °C	31.5 °C	19.9 °C	22	0
September	26.1 °C	22.2 °C	23.6 °C	30.8 °C	19.7 °C	21	0
October	26.0 °C	22.1 °C	23.6 °C	31.8 °C	18.8 °C	21	0
November	25.8 °C	22.0 °C	23.5 °C	31.2 °C	19.3 °C	19	0
December	26.0 °C	22.1 °C	23.6 °C	30.1 °C	19.2 °C	21	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	704 mm	30	12 h/day	87 %	92 %	7.6 km/h
February	453 mm	27	12 h/day	88 %	91 %	7.1 km/h
March	578 mm	30	12 h/day	91 %	91 %	7.1 km/h
April	815 mm	30	12 h/day	94 %	92 %	7.2 km/h
May	1,098 mm	31	12 h/day	96 %	93 %	6.9 km/h
June	972 mm	29	12 h/day	96 %	93 %	6.9 km/h
July	945 mm	30	12 h/day	95 %	93 %	7.2 km/h
August	934 mm	31	12 h/day	95 %	93 %	7.2 km/h
September	1,159 mm	30	12 h/day	96 %	93 %	7.3 km/h
October	1,222 mm	31	12 h/day	96 %	93 %	7.2 km/h
November	1,072 mm	30	12 h/day	95 %	93 %	7.4 km/h
December	845 mm	31	12 h/day	91 %	93 %	8.0 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	10,797 mm	279
Buenaventura · Colombia	27 °C	22 °C	27,443 mm	266
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 7 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °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?

October, averaging 1,222 mm over 31 days with rain. The driest month is February with 453 mm. The year as a whole averages 10,797 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: 3.880°, -77.031° (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.