Villavicencio climate
Villavicencio is warmest in February, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 19 °C. May is the wettest month (312 mm) and January the driest (42 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Villavicencio averages 2,125 mm of rain and 347 days above 25 °C.
Colombia · population 321,717 · 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 30 °C
- Coldest month July 19 °C
- Driest month January 42 mm
- Wettest month May 312 mm
- Least cloud January 64 % cloud
- Hottest on record March 37 °C
- Coldest on record January 14 °C
What to expectVillavicencio through the year
Villavicencio changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 27 and 30 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.
Counted across a normal year, 347 days a year reach 25 °C, 60 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in March.
Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 312 mm against 42 mm in January — 7.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4 °C | 42 mm | 64 % |
| February | 30.1 °C | 54 mm | 71 % |
| March | 29.5 °C | 142 mm | 81 % |
| April | 28.1 °C | 279 mm | 89 % |
| May | 27.1 °C | 312 mm | 91 % |
| June | 26.7 °C | 288 mm | 88 % |
| July | 26.6 °C | 283 mm | 84 % |
| August | 27.8 °C | 159 mm | 79 % |
| September | 28.9 °C | 154 mm | 79 % |
| October | 28.6 °C | 180 mm | 83 % |
| November | 27.9 °C | 161 mm | 82 % |
| December | 28.4 °C | 71 mm | 70 % |
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 | 29.4 °C | 19.4 °C | 24.2 °C | 34.2 °C | 13.9 °C | 31 | 10 | 0 |
| February | 30.1 °C | 20.2 °C | 24.9 °C | 35.3 °C | 15.0 °C | 28 | 15 | 0 |
| March | 29.5 °C | 20.3 °C | 24.7 °C | 36.7 °C | 15.5 °C | 31 | 12 | 0 |
| April | 28.1 °C | 20.1 °C | 23.9 °C | 33.8 °C | 16.9 °C | 29 | 4 | 0 |
| May | 27.1 °C | 19.9 °C | 23.4 °C | 32.3 °C | 15.9 °C | 28 | 1 | 0 |
| June | 26.7 °C | 19.5 °C | 22.9 °C | 31.2 °C | 15.5 °C | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 26.6 °C | 19.2 °C | 22.7 °C | 31.7 °C | 15.7 °C | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 27.8 °C | 19.4 °C | 23.5 °C | 32.0 °C | 15.1 °C | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| September | 28.9 °C | 19.5 °C | 24.1 °C | 32.9 °C | 16.1 °C | 30 | 6 | 0 |
| October | 28.6 °C | 19.5 °C | 23.9 °C | 32.3 °C | 16.1 °C | 31 | 5 | 0 |
| November | 27.9 °C | 19.4 °C | 23.5 °C | 32.4 °C | 16.1 °C | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| December | 28.4 °C | 19.3 °C | 23.7 °C | 32.7 °C | 14.8 °C | 31 | 4 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42 mm | 6 | 12 h/day | 64 % | 67 % | 9.2 km/h |
| February | 54 mm | 7 | 12 h/day | 71 % | 64 % | 9.3 km/h |
| March | 142 mm | 15 | 12 h/day | 81 % | 71 % | 8.1 km/h |
| April | 279 mm | 23 | 12 h/day | 89 % | 79 % | 6.7 km/h |
| May | 312 mm | 26 | 12 h/day | 91 % | 82 % | 6.3 km/h |
| June | 288 mm | 25 | 12 h/day | 88 % | 81 % | 6.1 km/h |
| July | 283 mm | 25 | 12 h/day | 84 % | 79 % | 6.1 km/h |
| August | 159 mm | 22 | 12 h/day | 79 % | 74 % | 6.3 km/h |
| September | 154 mm | 22 | 12 h/day | 79 % | 73 % | 6.6 km/h |
| October | 180 mm | 23 | 12 h/day | 83 % | 77 % | 6.6 km/h |
| November | 161 mm | 20 | 12 h/day | 82 % | 81 % | 7.1 km/h |
| December | 71 mm | 12 | 12 h/day | 70 % | 75 % | 8.4 km/h |
How Villavicencio 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villavicencio | 30 °C | 19 °C | 2,125 mm | 347 |
| Bogotá · Colombia | 20 °C | 11 °C | 929 mm | 0 |
| Soacha · Colombia | 20 °C | 10 °C | 2,017 mm | 0 |
| Tunja · Colombia | 18 °C | 7.8 °C | 1,785 mm | 0 |
| Ibagué · Colombia | 26 °C | 17 °C | 1,431 mm | 147 |
| Yopal · Colombia | 31 °C | 20 °C | 1,446 mm | 349 |
| Neiva · Colombia | 32 °C | 21 °C | 1,279 mm | 354 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Villavicencio.
QuestionsCommon questions about Villavicencio’s climate
When is the best time to visit Villavicencio?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, July sit closest to 20 °C on average, February is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Villavicencio get?
In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 60 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 19 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Villavicencio?
May, averaging 312 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is January with 42 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,125 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 Villavicencio 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
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.