Cúcuta climate

Name: Cúcuta
Address: CO

Cúcuta is warmest in September, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 20 °C. November is the wettest month (190 mm) and July the driest (22 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Cúcuta averages 1,177 mm of rain and 355 days above 25 °C.

Colombia · population 777,106 · 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 September 32 °C
Coldest month January 20 °C
Driest month July 22 mm
Wettest month November 190 mm
Least cloud January 56 % cloud
Hottest on record September 37 °C
Coldest on record January 15 °C

What to expectCúcuta through the year

Cúcuta changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 29 and 32 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 355 days a year reach 25 °C, 218 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 190 mm against 22 mm in July — 8.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.2 °C	82 mm	56 %
February	29.7 °C	94 mm	61 %
March	29.7 °C	149 mm	75 %
April	29.6 °C	164 mm	89 %
May	30.3 °C	98 mm	92 %
June	30.9 °C	33 mm	90 %
July	31.5 °C	22 mm	89 %
August	32.3 °C	35 mm	88 %
September	32.4 °C	61 mm	88 %
October	31.0 °C	135 mm	89 %
November	28.9 °C	190 mm	84 %
December	28.9 °C	114 mm	68 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.2 °C	20.1 °C	24.1 °C	35.7 °C	14.9 °C	29	13
February	29.7 °C	20.7 °C	24.6 °C	36.8 °C	15.5 °C	27	13
March	29.7 °C	21.2 °C	24.8 °C	35.6 °C	16.5 °C	29	15
April	29.6 °C	21.8 °C	25.1 °C	34.7 °C	16.2 °C	29	13
May	30.3 °C	22.3 °C	25.8 °C	37.0 °C	17.2 °C	31	18
June	30.9 °C	22.2 °C	26.2 °C	35.2 °C	18.6 °C	30	23
July	31.5 °C	22.1 °C	26.4 °C	35.5 °C	18.5 °C	31	27
August	32.3 °C	22.4 °C	26.9 °C	35.7 °C	19.2 °C	31	29
September	32.4 °C	22.4 °C	26.8 °C	37.1 °C	19.0 °C	30	27
October	31.0 °C	21.9 °C	25.8 °C	37.0 °C	17.5 °C	31	21
November	28.9 °C	21.3 °C	24.4 °C	35.0 °C	17.1 °C	28	10
December	28.9 °C	20.6 °C	24.2 °C	34.4 °C	15.2 °C	29	11

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	82 mm	14	12 h/day	56 %	69 %	8.6 km/h
February	94 mm	14	12 h/day	61 %	69 %	8.7 km/h
March	149 mm	19	12 h/day	75 %	71 %	8.5 km/h
April	164 mm	18	12 h/day	89 %	74 %	7.6 km/h
May	98 mm	12	12 h/day	92 %	70 %	8.6 km/h
June	33 mm	6	13 h/day	90 %	62 %	10 km/h
July	22 mm	4	13 h/day	89 %	58 %	11 km/h
August	35 mm	6	12 h/day	88 %	57 %	11 km/h
September	61 mm	10	12 h/day	88 %	60 %	10 km/h
October	135 mm	17	12 h/day	89 %	69 %	8.4 km/h
November	190 mm	20	12 h/day	84 %	77 %	7.4 km/h
December	114 mm	16	12 h/day	68 %	73 %	8.2 km/h

How Cúcuta 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
Cúcuta	32 °C	20 °C	1,177 mm	355
San Cristóbal · Venezuela	28 °C	18 °C	1,031 mm	298
Bucaramanga · Colombia	25 °C	18 °C	8,974 mm	105
Floridablanca · Colombia	25 °C	18 °C	5,162 mm	178
Piedecuesta · Colombia	25 °C	17 °C	4,988 mm	170
El Vigía · Venezuela	29 °C	20 °C	4,813 mm	350
Mérida · Venezuela	24 °C	15 °C	1,997 mm	51

Where Cúcuta ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in South America in June	32ndof 50	31 °C
The warmest places in South America in July	33rdof 50	32 °C
The warmest places in South America in August	36thof 50	32 °C
The warmest places in South America in September	36thof 50	32 °C
The warmest places in South America in May	44thof 50	30 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Cúcuta’s climate

When is the best time to visit Cúcuta?

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

How hot does Cúcuta get?

In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 218 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 20 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Cúcuta?

November, averaging 190 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is July with 22 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,177 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 Cúcuta 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
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.