Pereira climate

Name: Pereira
Address: CO

Pereira is warmest in August, with average highs of 22 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 14 °C. July is the wettest month (1,377 mm) and January the driest (727 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Pereira averages 12,420 mm of rain and 18 days above 25 °C.

Colombia · population 467,269 · 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 22 °C
Coldest month August 14 °C
Driest month January 727 mm
Wettest month July 1,377 mm
Least cloud January 85 % cloud
Hottest on record August 31 °C
Coldest on record November 9.8 °C

What to expectPereira through the year

Pereira changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 22 and 22 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 18 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 727 mm in January to 1,377 mm in July. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	21.7 °C	727 mm	85 %
February	22.0 °C	803 mm	87 %
March	22.0 °C	952 mm	91 %
April	21.7 °C	1,076 mm	95 %
May	21.7 °C	1,095 mm	96 %
June	21.9 °C	1,285 mm	96 %
July	22.1 °C	1,377 mm	95 %
August	22.5 °C	1,326 mm	93 %
September	22.0 °C	1,088 mm	94 %
October	21.3 °C	918 mm	95 %
November	20.9 °C	902 mm	94 %
December	21.2 °C	871 mm	89 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	21.7 °C	14.1 °C	17.3 °C	29.3 °C	10.6 °C	1
February	22.0 °C	14.3 °C	17.5 °C	30.2 °C	10.9 °C	1
March	22.0 °C	14.5 °C	17.6 °C	30.3 °C	11.6 °C	2
April	21.7 °C	14.9 °C	17.6 °C	30.0 °C	11.0 °C	1
May	21.7 °C	14.9 °C	17.7 °C	28.7 °C	12.3 °C	1
June	21.9 °C	14.5 °C	17.5 °C	28.9 °C	11.4 °C	2
July	22.1 °C	14.1 °C	17.3 °C	29.2 °C	11.7 °C	2
August	22.5 °C	14.0 °C	17.4 °C	30.9 °C	11.7 °C	3
September	22.0 °C	14.1 °C	17.3 °C	29.9 °C	10.4 °C	2
October	21.3 °C	14.4 °C	17.3 °C	29.2 °C	11.3 °C	1
November	20.9 °C	14.6 °C	17.2 °C	29.9 °C	9.8 °C	0
December	21.2 °C	14.4 °C	17.2 °C	28.2 °C	10.2 °C	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	727 mm	29	12 h/day	85 %	90 %	6.2 km/h
February	803 mm	27	12 h/day	87 %	90 %	6.2 km/h
March	952 mm	30	12 h/day	91 %	91 %	6.2 km/h
April	1,076 mm	29	12 h/day	95 %	92 %	6.1 km/h
May	1,095 mm	30	12 h/day	96 %	92 %	6.0 km/h
June	1,285 mm	29	12 h/day	96 %	91 %	6.1 km/h
July	1,377 mm	30	12 h/day	95 %	91 %	6.2 km/h
August	1,326 mm	29	12 h/day	93 %	90 %	6.6 km/h
September	1,088 mm	29	12 h/day	94 %	91 %	6.7 km/h
October	918 mm	30	12 h/day	95 %	91 %	6.4 km/h
November	902 mm	29	12 h/day	94 %	92 %	6.2 km/h
December	871 mm	30	12 h/day	89 %	92 %	6.1 km/h

How Pereira 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
Pereira	22 °C	14 °C	12,420 mm	18
Armenia · Colombia	23 °C	14 °C	5,718 mm	15
Manizales · Colombia	21 °C	9.6 °C	14,397 mm	5
Ibagué · Colombia	26 °C	17 °C	1,431 mm	147
Tuluá · Colombia	24 °C	16 °C	10,796 mm	64

Where Pereira ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in South America in November	29thof 50	21 °C
The coolest places in South America in March	32ndof 50	22 °C
The coolest places in South America in December	33rdof 50	21 °C
The coolest places in South America in February	34thof 50	22 °C
The coolest places in South America in January	40thof 50	22 °C
The coolest places in South America in April	47thof 50	22 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Pereira’s climate

When is the best time to visit Pereira?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, 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 Pereira get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 22 °C. About 0 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 14 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Pereira?

July, averaging 1,377 mm over 30 days with rain. The driest month is January with 727 mm. The year as a whole averages 12,420 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 Pereira 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.