Climate averages 1991–2020

Popayán weather
in February.

A warm, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.

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

Average high 22.4°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 14.7°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 233 mm 22 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a warm month in Popayán: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 233 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes February a very wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Pitalito (90 km away). In February its highs average 23.5°C, 1.2°C warmer than Popayán, with 237 mm of rain.

Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Popayán ranks 36th of 46 for the warmest February highs and 40th of 46 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 46 cities is 27.2°C; Popayán is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 233 mm to 299 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Popayán climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Popayán, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	22.0°C14.5°C	14.5°C	233	21.9	12.012 h
February, selected	22.4°C14.7°C	14.7°C	233	21.5	12.012 h
March	22.3°C14.8°C	14.8°C	299	25.4	12.112 h
April	22.3°C14.8°C	14.8°C	289	24.2	12.212 h
May	22.3°C14.7°C	14.7°C	197	21.7	12.212 h
June	22.3°C14.2°C	14.2°C	93	13.9	12.312 h
July	22.4°C13.9°C	13.9°C	64	10.0	12.212 h
August	23.0°C13.8°C	13.8°C	64	9.9	12.212 h
September	23.2°C14.1°C	14.1°C	145	18.0	12.112 h
October	22.2°C14.5°C	14.5°C	268	26.4	12.112 h
November	21.4°C14.7°C	14.7°C	331	28.0	12.012 h
December	21.6°C14.6°C	14.6°C	292	25.3	12.012 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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Popayán

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 Popayán) is explained once on the Popayán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.