Yopal climate

Name: Yopal
Address: CO

Yopal is warmest in February, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 20 °C. June is the wettest month (239 mm) and January the driest (10.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Yopal averages 1,446 mm of rain and 349 days above 25 °C.

Colombia · population 168,433 · 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 31 °C
Coldest month July 20 °C
Driest month January 10 mm
Wettest month June 239 mm
Least cloud January 57 % cloud
Hottest on record February 39 °C
Coldest on record July 18 °C

What to expectYopal through the year

Yopal has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in July to 31 °C in February, a swing of 3.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 349 days a year reach 25 °C, 87 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 239 mm against 10 mm in January — 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	30.5 °C	10 mm	57 %
February	31.4 °C	17 mm	64 %
March	30.7 °C	59 mm	77 %
April	28.6 °C	174 mm	87 %
May	27.3 °C	235 mm	90 %
June	26.5 °C	239 mm	89 %
July	26.3 °C	209 mm	84 %
August	27.3 °C	139 mm	81 %
September	28.1 °C	110 mm	80 %
October	28.2 °C	122 mm	83 %
November	28.1 °C	103 mm	79 %
December	29.2 °C	29 mm	64 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.5 °C	21.4 °C	25.8 °C	37.4 °C	17.7 °C	31	18
February	31.4 °C	22.4 °C	26.7 °C	38.7 °C	18.6 °C	28	20
March	30.7 °C	22.5 °C	26.4 °C	38.3 °C	19.8 °C	31	19
April	28.6 °C	21.8 °C	24.9 °C	36.4 °C	19.2 °C	29	7
May	27.3 °C	21.3 °C	24.0 °C	33.6 °C	19.1 °C	29	2
June	26.5 °C	20.8 °C	23.3 °C	31.6 °C	18.2 °C	25	1
July	26.3 °C	20.4 °C	23.1 °C	31.7 °C	17.5 °C	26	0
August	27.3 °C	20.5 °C	23.6 °C	31.8 °C	18.5 °C	29	2
September	28.1 °C	20.6 °C	24.2 °C	32.5 °C	18.4 °C	30	3
October	28.2 °C	20.9 °C	24.3 °C	33.1 °C	18.7 °C	31	3
November	28.1 °C	21.1 °C	24.4 °C	33.2 °C	18.7 °C	29	4
December	29.2 °C	21.1 °C	25.0 °C	35.0 °C	18.0 °C	31	9

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	10 mm	2	12 h/day	57 %	62 %	13 km/h
February	17 mm	3	12 h/day	64 %	58 %	13 km/h
March	59 mm	9	12 h/day	77 %	65 %	11 km/h
April	174 mm	20	12 h/day	87 %	79 %	8.4 km/h
May	235 mm	26	12 h/day	90 %	85 %	8.1 km/h
June	239 mm	26	12 h/day	89 %	86 %	7.9 km/h
July	209 mm	26	12 h/day	84 %	85 %	8.0 km/h
August	139 mm	22	12 h/day	81 %	83 %	8.4 km/h
September	110 mm	22	12 h/day	80 %	82 %	8.1 km/h
October	122 mm	21	12 h/day	83 %	82 %	7.7 km/h
November	103 mm	17	12 h/day	79 %	80 %	9.1 km/h
December	29 mm	6	12 h/day	64 %	71 %	12 km/h

How Yopal 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
Yopal	31 °C	20 °C	1,446 mm	349
Tunja · Colombia	18 °C	7.8 °C	1,785 mm	0
Villavicencio · Colombia	30 °C	19 °C	2,125 mm	347
Piedecuesta · Colombia	25 °C	17 °C	4,988 mm	170
Bogotá · Colombia	20 °C	11 °C	929 mm	0
Floridablanca · Colombia	25 °C	18 °C	5,162 mm	178
Bucaramanga · Colombia	25 °C	18 °C	8,974 mm	105

Where Yopal ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in South America in February	27th of 50	31 °C
The driest places in South America in January	33rd of 50	10.0 mm
The warmest places in South America in March	36th of 50	31 °C
The warmest places in South America in January	44th of 50	31 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Yopal’s climate

When is the best time to visit Yopal?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August 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 Yopal get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 87 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 20 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Yopal?

June, averaging 239 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is January with 10 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,446 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 Yopal 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: 5.336°, -72.394° (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.