Palmira climate

Name: Palmira
Address: CO

Palmira is warmest in March, with average highs of 23 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 16 °C. September is the wettest month (721 mm) and January the driest (477 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Palmira averages 7,494 mm of rain and 10 days above 25 °C.

Colombia · population 312,519 · 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 23 °C
Coldest month August 16 °C
Driest month January 477 mm
Wettest month September 721 mm
Least cloud January 84 % cloud
Hottest on record March 28 °C
Coldest on record February 7.9 °C

What to expectPalmira through the year

Palmira changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 23 and 23 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 10 days a year reach 25 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 28 °C, in March.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 477 mm in January to 721 mm in September. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	22.1 °C	477 mm	84 %
February	22.5 °C	548 mm	87 %
March	22.5 °C	669 mm	91 %
April	22.4 °C	685 mm	94 %
May	22.3 °C	610 mm	95 %
June	22.3 °C	576 mm	93 %
July	22.3 °C	592 mm	91 %
August	22.5 °C	664 mm	91 %
September	22.1 °C	721 mm	92 %
October	21.8 °C	701 mm	94 %
November	21.6 °C	658 mm	93 %
December	21.8 °C	593 mm	87 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	22.1 °C	15.8 °C	19.1 °C	27.1 °C	8.3 °C	1
February	22.5 °C	16.3 °C	19.4 °C	27.3 °C	7.9 °C	2
March	22.5 °C	16.9 °C	19.5 °C	28.0 °C	10.1 °C	1
April	22.4 °C	17.5 °C	19.7 °C	26.8 °C	10.7 °C	1
May	22.3 °C	17.5 °C	19.7 °C	25.7 °C	10.1 °C	0
June	22.3 °C	16.9 °C	19.6 °C	26.2 °C	9.3 °C	0
July	22.3 °C	16.0 °C	19.3 °C	27.8 °C	9.5 °C	1
August	22.5 °C	15.6 °C	19.3 °C	27.5 °C	9.5 °C	1
September	22.1 °C	16.1 °C	19.2 °C	27.4 °C	9.6 °C	1
October	21.8 °C	16.7 °C	19.1 °C	27.1 °C	9.8 °C	1
November	21.6 °C	16.8 °C	19.0 °C	26.9 °C	10.2 °C	1
December	21.8 °C	16.3 °C	19.0 °C	26.6 °C	9.9 °C	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	477 mm	29	12 h/day	84 %	84 %	8.3 km/h
February	548 mm	27	12 h/day	87 %	84 %	8.4 km/h
March	669 mm	29	12 h/day	91 %	84 %	8.2 km/h
April	685 mm	28	12 h/day	94 %	84 %	7.9 km/h
May	610 mm	29	12 h/day	95 %	83 %	8.1 km/h
June	576 mm	29	12 h/day	93 %	82 %	8.5 km/h
July	592 mm	29	12 h/day	91 %	81 %	8.8 km/h
August	664 mm	30	12 h/day	91 %	81 %	9.0 km/h
September	721 mm	29	12 h/day	92 %	83 %	8.9 km/h
October	701 mm	30	12 h/day	94 %	85 %	8.3 km/h
November	658 mm	29	12 h/day	93 %	86 %	7.9 km/h
December	593 mm	29	12 h/day	87 %	85 %	8.1 km/h

How Palmira 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
Palmira	23 °C	16 °C	7,494 mm	10
Cali · Colombia	25 °C	17 °C	3,225 mm	146
Tuluá · Colombia	24 °C	16 °C	10,796 mm	64
Buenaventura · Colombia	27 °C	22 °C	27,443 mm	266
Buenaventura · Colombia	27 °C	22 °C	10,797 mm	279
Popayán · Colombia	22 °C	13 °C	6,366 mm	2
Armenia · Colombia	23 °C	14 °C	5,718 mm	15

Where Palmira ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in South America in November	36th of 50	22 °C
The coolest places in South America in March	37th of 50	23 °C
The coolest places in South America in December	40th of 50	22 °C
The coolest places in South America in February	41st of 50	22 °C
The coolest places in South America in January	42nd of 50	22 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Palmira’s climate

When is the best time to visit Palmira?

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

How hot does Palmira get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 23 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 28 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 16 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Palmira?

September, averaging 721 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is January with 477 mm. The year as a whole averages 7,494 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 Palmira 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: 3.539°, -76.304° (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.