Climate averages 1991–2020
Popayán weather
in November.
A mild, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in Popayán: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 331 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes November a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pitalito (90 km away). In November its highs average 23.4°C, 2.0°C warmer than Popayán, with 218 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Popayán ranks 35th of 46 for the warmest November highs and 41st of 46 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 46 cities is 25.3°C; Popayán is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 331 mm to 292 mm.
The annual picture
November in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages 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
| 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Pitalito in NovemberColombia · 90 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.2°C · 218 mm rain
- Cali in NovemberColombia · 111 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 463 mm rain
- Yumbo in NovemberColombia · 128 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 18.6°C · 463 mm rain
- Florencia in NovemberColombia · 145 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 202 mm rain
- Pasto in NovemberColombia · 155 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 10.8°C · 244 mm rain
- Neiva in NovemberColombia · 158 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 173 mm rain
- Ipiales in NovemberColombia · 213 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 9.6°C · 290 mm rain
- Tulcán in NovemberEcuador · 218 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 9.9°C · 290 mm rain
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 limitsHow 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.