Montería climate

Name: Montería
Address: CO

Montería is warmest in February, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in November, when nights average 23 °C. May is the wettest month (288 mm) and February the driest (37 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Montería averages 2,155 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Colombia · population 490,935 · 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 February 33 °C
Coldest month November 23 °C
Driest month February 37 mm
Wettest month May 288 mm
Least cloud January 50 % cloud
Hottest on record February 39 °C
Coldest on record December 20 °C

What to expectMontería through the year

Montería 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, 242 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 288 mm against 37 mm in February — 7.9 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	31.4 °C	40 mm	50 %
February	33.2 °C	37 mm	54 %
March	33.2 °C	72 mm	66 %
April	31.6 °C	181 mm	86 %
May	30.4 °C	288 mm	93 %
June	30.4 °C	255 mm	92 %
July	30.4 °C	256 mm	92 %
August	30.4 °C	244 mm	93 %
September	30.2 °C	245 mm	93 %
October	29.9 °C	246 mm	90 %
November	29.6 °C	187 mm	83 %
December	30.1 °C	105 mm	66 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	31.4 °C	23.6 °C	26.8 °C	36.3 °C	20.8 °C	31	25
February	33.2 °C	24.4 °C	27.8 °C	38.8 °C	21.7 °C	28	27
March	33.2 °C	24.7 °C	27.9 °C	38.5 °C	20.5 °C	31	30
April	31.6 °C	24.3 °C	27.2 °C	37.1 °C	22.3 °C	30	26
May	30.4 °C	23.9 °C	26.5 °C	35.1 °C	22.0 °C	31	20
June	30.4 °C	23.7 °C	26.4 °C	34.4 °C	21.9 °C	30	19
July	30.4 °C	23.6 °C	26.4 °C	34.9 °C	21.7 °C	31	19
August	30.4 °C	23.6 °C	26.4 °C	33.7 °C	21.9 °C	31	20
September	30.2 °C	23.5 °C	26.1 °C	32.6 °C	21.9 °C	30	17
October	29.9 °C	23.3 °C	25.9 °C	33.3 °C	20.5 °C	31	14
November	29.6 °C	23.1 °C	25.8 °C	33.6 °C	20.7 °C	30	10
December	30.1 °C	23.2 °C	26.1 °C	34.0 °C	20.3 °C	31	16

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	40 mm	11	12 h/day	50 %	81 %	12 km/h
February	37 mm	8	12 h/day	54 %	76 %	15 km/h
March	72 mm	15	12 h/day	66 %	76 %	15 km/h
April	181 mm	26	12 h/day	86 %	83 %	12 km/h
May	288 mm	30	13 h/day	93 %	88 %	10.0 km/h
June	255 mm	28	13 h/day	92 %	88 %	9.8 km/h
July	256 mm	29	13 h/day	92 %	87 %	10 km/h
August	244 mm	29	12 h/day	93 %	88 %	10 km/h
September	245 mm	29	12 h/day	93 %	88 %	10 km/h
October	246 mm	29	12 h/day	90 %	88 %	10 km/h
November	187 mm	27	12 h/day	83 %	88 %	10 km/h
December	105 mm	21	12 h/day	66 %	87 %	9.9 km/h

Where Montería ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in South America in February	4thof 50	33 °C
The warmest places in South America in March	9thof 50	33 °C
The warmest places in South America in January	25thof 50	31 °C
The warmest places in South America in April	31stof 50	32 °C
The warmest places in South America in July	38thof 50	30 °C
The warmest places in South America in June	39thof 50	30 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Montería’s climate

When is the best time to visit Montería?

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

How hot does Montería get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 242 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 23 °C in November, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Montería?

May, averaging 288 mm over 30 days with rain. The driest month is February with 37 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,155 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 Montería 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.