Ayapel weather in July

In July, Ayapel sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 308 mm of rain across 29.1 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in July, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of July to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Ayapel's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ayapel's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
5th warmest
Overnight low
25°
6th coldest
Rainfall
308 mm
29.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:53 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover
90%
8th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.01 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.2
out of 10

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical July day in Ayapel reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Ayapel

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Ayapel weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 25°4711.711.63.6
Feb34° / 25°489.211.73.0
Mar34° / 25°12018.711.92.4
Apr33° / 25°25627.712.22.1
May32° / 25°3513012.42.1
Jun32° / 25°30328.412.52.2
Jul32° / 25°30829.112.42.2
Aug32° / 24°30629.212.32.2
Sep31° / 24°29829.1122.2
Oct31° / 24°30630.511.82.2
Nov31° / 24°24628.711.62.4
Dec32° / 24°13322.911.52.9

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 95%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1595
2595
3595
4595
5595
6595
7595
8595
9595
10595
11595
12595
13595
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15595
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30595
31496

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Ayapel gets around 308 mm of rain over 29.1 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 94% and peaks near 95% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
193
293
393
493
594
694
794
894
995
1095
1195
1295
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1494
1594
1694
1794
1894
1994
2094
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2794
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3095
3195

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the miserable band about 92% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1694
2694
3793
4793
5793
6793
7793
8793
9892
10892
11892
12892
13892
14892
15892
16892
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20892
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28991
29991
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31991

Wind in July

Winds average 4 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
24calm
34calm
44calm
54calm
64calm
74calm
84calm
94calm
104calm
114calm
124calm
134calm
144calm
155calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of July to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:50 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 6:18 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:506:18
212.55:506:18
312.55:506:19
412.55:506:19
512.55:506:19
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.01 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.37 kWh/m² to a high of 5.58 kWh/m² in March across the year — July's 5.01 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
24.9Bright
34.9Bright
44.9Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
75.0Bright
85.0Bright
95.0Bright
105.0Bright
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275.0Bright
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305.0Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Ayapel?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.2
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
3.5
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ayapel.

What to pack for Ayapel in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Ayapel sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 29 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ayapel in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ayapel peaks around June 13 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highJun 13UV 12Dec 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Ayapel in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Ayapel is worst in March — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.2× the cleanest month (November, 12 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateGoodMar 1836 µg/m³Nov 2312 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb22Moderate
Mar37Poor
Apr26Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct12Moderate
Nov12Good
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ayapel?

Ayapel sits at 8.3°N, 75.1°W, 25 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Caucasia, 37 km away.

Topography around Ayapel

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ayapel.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ayapel has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 25 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 999 m.

The land around Ayapel is covered by grassland (37%) and water (35%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) and wetland (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (58%) and trees (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
21 m
16 km
82 m
80 km
999 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
July weather nearby: Caucasia 37 km · San Marcos 38 km · Nechí 47 km · Montelíbano 48 km · Planeta Rica 50 km · San Benito Abad 70 km · Sucre 72 km · Sahagún 78 km

Colombia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 / 240 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 38% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$8,562
2025
Happiness
6.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
74%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
24.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
15.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 480
Religion
Roman Catholic 64%Protestant 17%none 14%atheist 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Ayapel (8.3137°, -75.1398°, elevation 25 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).