Maicao climate

Name: Maicao
Address: CO

Maicao is warmest in August, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 24 °C. October is the wettest month (186 mm) and February the driest (7.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Maicao averages 903 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Colombia · population 166,603 · 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 August 33 °C
Coldest month January 24 °C
Driest month February 8 mm
Wettest month October 186 mm
Least cloud January 36 % cloud
Hottest on record August 38 °C
Coldest on record December 20 °C

What to expectMaicao through the year

Maicao changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 30 and 33 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 263 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 186 mm against 8 mm in February — 24 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.0 °C	13 mm	36 %
February	30.7 °C	8 mm	38 %
March	31.6 °C	14 mm	52 %
April	31.8 °C	43 mm	77 %
May	31.4 °C	109 mm	83 %
June	31.8 °C	66 mm	74 %
July	32.5 °C	41 mm	69 %
August	32.6 °C	93 mm	72 %
September	31.5 °C	152 mm	79 %
October	30.2 °C	186 mm	79 %
November	29.4 °C	134 mm	71 %
December	29.4 °C	44 mm	52 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.0 °C	23.6 °C	26.3 °C	34.6 °C	20.0 °C	31	15
February	30.7 °C	23.7 °C	26.6 °C	36.4 °C	19.9 °C	28	20
March	31.6 °C	24.1 °C	27.1 °C	36.0 °C	21.1 °C	31	27
April	31.8 °C	24.8 °C	27.7 °C	37.9 °C	21.5 °C	30	26
May	31.4 °C	25.2 °C	27.7 °C	36.9 °C	22.5 °C	31	26
June	31.8 °C	25.7 °C	28.2 °C	35.6 °C	22.8 °C	30	28
July	32.5 °C	25.7 °C	28.5 °C	36.4 °C	22.4 °C	31	30
August	32.6 °C	25.6 °C	28.5 °C	38.3 °C	22.5 °C	31	30
September	31.5 °C	24.8 °C	27.6 °C	36.3 °C	21.2 °C	30	26
October	30.2 °C	24.2 °C	26.7 °C	34.3 °C	21.8 °C	31	18
November	29.4 °C	24.0 °C	26.3 °C	32.6 °C	21.2 °C	30	8
December	29.4 °C	23.9 °C	26.2 °C	35.4 °C	19.5 °C	31	10

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	13 mm	4	12 h/day	36 %	74 %	23 km/h
February	8 mm	2	12 h/day	38 %	71 %	25 km/h
March	14 mm	3	12 h/day	52 %	70 %	24 km/h
April	43 mm	7	12 h/day	77 %	73 %	22 km/h
May	109 mm	14	13 h/day	83 %	78 %	20 km/h
June	66 mm	10	13 h/day	74 %	75 %	23 km/h
July	41 mm	7	13 h/day	69 %	72 %	25 km/h
August	93 mm	13	13 h/day	72 %	75 %	21 km/h
September	152 mm	20	12 h/day	79 %	81 %	16 km/h
October	186 mm	25	12 h/day	79 %	85 %	15 km/h
November	134 mm	20	12 h/day	71 %	85 %	16 km/h
December	44 mm	10	11 h/day	52 %	79 %	21 km/h

How Maicao 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
Maicao	33 °C	24 °C	903 mm	365
Riohacha · Colombia	33 °C	24 °C	972 mm	365
Maracaibo · Venezuela	33 °C	24 °C	1,069 mm	365
Cabimas · Venezuela	32 °C	24 °C	1,842 mm	365
Valledupar · Colombia	29 °C	20 °C	1,987 mm	346
Ciudad Ojeda · Venezuela	32 °C	24 °C	1,857 mm	365
Santa Marta · Colombia	29 °C	24 °C	2,149 mm	365

Where Maicao ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in South America in April	23rdof 50	32 °C
The warmest places in South America in March	26thof 50	32 °C
The warmest places in South America in July	27thof 50	33 °C
The warmest places in South America in June	27thof 50	32 °C
The warmest places in South America in May	31stof 50	31 °C
The driest places in South America in February	32ndof 50	7.8 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Maicao’s climate

When is the best time to visit Maicao?

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, August is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Maicao get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 263 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 24 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Maicao?

October, averaging 186 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is February with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 903 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 Maicao 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.