Climate averages 1991–2020

Caldas weather
in July.

A warm, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 23.4°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 12.4°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 198 mm 24 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Caldas · average highYear overview

July is a warm month in Caldas: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 198 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Medellín (19 km away). In July its highs average 25.0°C, 1.6°C warmer than Caldas, with 172 mm of rain.

Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Caldas ranks 34th of 46 for the warmest July highs and 33rd of 46 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 46 cities is 26.0°C; Caldas is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 198 mm to 197 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Caldas climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Caldas, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 22.6°C13.0°C13.0°C11118.011.812 h
February 23.2°C13.2°C13.2°C13819.511.912 h
March 23.3°C13.5°C13.5°C21425.612.112 h
April 22.6°C13.8°C13.8°C29027.912.312 h
May 22.3°C13.8°C13.8°C34728.812.412 h
June 22.8°C13.0°C13.0°C23926.212.512 h
July, selected 23.4°C12.4°C12.4°C19824.412.412 h
August 24.0°C12.5°C12.5°C19723.612.312 h
September 23.2°C13.0°C13.0°C25326.412.212 h
October 22.0°C13.5°C13.5°C30228.412.012 h
November 21.2°C13.7°C13.7°C27527.611.812 h
December 22.0°C13.4°C13.4°C16921.911.812 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

July in nearby cities

Distance from Caldas

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Caldas) is explained once on the Caldas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.