Itagüí climate
Itagüí is warmest in August, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 15 °C. May is the wettest month (331 mm) and January the driest (130 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Itagüí averages 2,780 mm of rain and 196 days above 25 °C.
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Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month August 26 °C
- Coldest month July 15 °C
- Driest month January 130 mm
- Wettest month May 331 mm
- Least cloud January 78 % cloud
- Hottest on record February 31 °C
- Coldest on record August 12 °C
What to expectItagüí through the year
Itagüí changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 26 and 26 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.
Counted across a normal year, 196 days a year reach 25 °C, 1 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C, in February.
Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 331 mm against 130 mm in January — 2.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0 °C | 130 mm | 78 % |
| February | 25.5 °C | 159 mm | 80 % |
| March | 25.6 °C | 247 mm | 87 % |
| April | 25.1 °C | 327 mm | 94 % |
| May | 24.9 °C | 331 mm | 95 % |
| June | 25.2 °C | 213 mm | 93 % |
| July | 25.7 °C | 177 mm | 91 % |
| August | 26.2 °C | 182 mm | 90 % |
| September | 25.5 °C | 239 mm | 92 % |
| October | 24.5 °C | 295 mm | 94 % |
| November | 23.9 °C | 287 mm | 92 % |
| December | 24.5 °C | 193 mm | 85 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0 °C | 15.8 °C | 19.8 °C | 30.5 °C | 12.0 °C | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 25.5 °C | 15.9 °C | 20.0 °C | 31.1 °C | 12.3 °C | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 25.6 °C | 16.1 °C | 20.1 °C | 30.3 °C | 12.3 °C | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 25.1 °C | 16.5 °C | 20.0 °C | 29.8 °C | 13.3 °C | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 24.9 °C | 16.6 °C | 20.0 °C | 29.2 °C | 13.6 °C | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 25.2 °C | 15.8 °C | 19.8 °C | 28.7 °C | 13.1 °C | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 25.7 °C | 15.2 °C | 19.7 °C | 30.0 °C | 12.8 °C | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 26.2 °C | 15.4 °C | 20.0 °C | 30.1 °C | 11.9 °C | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 25.5 °C | 15.8 °C | 19.9 °C | 30.2 °C | 13.0 °C | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 24.5 °C | 16.2 °C | 19.6 °C | 30.0 °C | 12.5 °C | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 23.9 °C | 16.4 °C | 19.4 °C | 27.7 °C | 14.0 °C | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 24.5 °C | 16.2 °C | 19.6 °C | 29.5 °C | 13.0 °C | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 130 mm | 20 | 12 h/day | 78 % | 84 % | 5.6 km/h |
| February | 159 mm | 22 | 12 h/day | 80 % | 84 % | 5.7 km/h |
| March | 247 mm | 27 | 12 h/day | 87 % | 86 % | 5.6 km/h |
| April | 327 mm | 28 | 12 h/day | 94 % | 89 % | 5.3 km/h |
| May | 331 mm | 29 | 12 h/day | 95 % | 89 % | 5.5 km/h |
| June | 213 mm | 26 | 12 h/day | 93 % | 87 % | 6.4 km/h |
| July | 177 mm | 25 | 12 h/day | 91 % | 84 % | 7.4 km/h |
| August | 182 mm | 25 | 12 h/day | 90 % | 83 % | 7.5 km/h |
| September | 239 mm | 27 | 12 h/day | 92 % | 86 % | 6.4 km/h |
| October | 295 mm | 29 | 12 h/day | 94 % | 89 % | 5.5 km/h |
| November | 287 mm | 28 | 12 h/day | 92 % | 90 % | 5.0 km/h |
| December | 193 mm | 24 | 12 h/day | 85 % | 87 % | 5.2 km/h |
How Itagüí 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Itagüí | 26 °C | 15 °C | 2,780 mm | 196 |
| Medellín · Colombia | 27 °C | 16 °C | 2,795 mm | 241 |
| Bello · Colombia | 27 °C | 16 °C | 2,740 mm | 249 |
| Manizales · Colombia | 21 °C | 9.6 °C | 14,397 mm | 5 |
| Pereira · Colombia | 22 °C | 14 °C | 12,420 mm | 18 |
| Armenia · Colombia | 23 °C | 14 °C | 5,718 mm | 15 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Itagüí.
QuestionsCommon questions about Itagüí’s climate
When is the best time to visit Itagüí?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, April, May sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Itagüí get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 1 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 15 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Itagüí?
May, averaging 331 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is January with 130 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,780 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 Itagüí 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
- 6.185°, -75.599° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.