Climate and average weather in Frontino

In Frontino, the weather is humid, warm, wet, and mostly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near warm levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around May.

Best: early January to late December

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Frontino typically varies from 16°C to 24°C, and is rarely below 15°C or above 25°C. April is the hottest month of the year, while November is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Frontino for warm-weather activities is from early January to late December.

Hottest
Apr
24°
Coldest
Nov
16°
Wettest
May
495 mm
Driest
Jan
235 mm
Rain / yr
4626 mm
363 wet days
Daylight
11.6–12.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,389 m
6.8°N
Clearest
Jan
83% cloud

Frontino weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early January to late December.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Frontino, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Frontino stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is April, with an average high of 24°C and low of 17°C; the coolest is November, with an average low of 16°C and high of 23°C.

Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2316
Feb2316
Mar2317
Apr2417
May2417
Jun2317
Jul2316
Aug2316
Sep2316
Oct2316
Nov2316
Dec2316

Average hourly temperature in Frontino

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on April afternoons, near 24°C, and coldest before dawn in November, near 16°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Frontino weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 16°23530.811.73.6
Feb23° / 16°25527.711.83.5
Mar23° / 17°34630.7123.5
Apr24° / 17°4013012.13.4
May24° / 17°4953112.33.4
Jun23° / 17°4013012.43.4
Jul23° / 16°4023112.43.4
Aug23° / 16°4113112.23.4
Sep23° / 16°43930123.3
Oct23° / 16°48930.811.83.4
Nov23° / 16°44829.711.73.4
Dec23° / 16°30530.611.63.5

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Frontino gets about 4626 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, and that barely changes with the seasons — rain is spread fairly evenly through the year.

May is the wettest month by volume, with 495 mm over about 31 wet days; January is the driest, with 235 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%110%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecmostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMar 31 · 100%Dec 27 · 98%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan9931
Feb9928
Mar9931
Apr10030
May10031
Jun10030
Jul10031
Aug10031
Sep10030
Oct9931
Nov9930
Dec9931

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Frontino collects about 4626 mm of rain across 363 wet days — roughly 386 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. May is the wettest month with 495 mm, while January is the driest at just 235 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 31% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400450500550JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec235255346401495401402411439489448305
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan23531
Feb25528
Mar34631
Apr40130
May49531
Jun40130
Jul40231
Aug41131
Sep43930
Oct48931
Nov44830
Dec30531

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Frontino, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows mild seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around December 15 and lasts for 3.4 months, ending around March 26. The clearest month is February, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 8% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around March 27 and lasts for 8.6 months, ending around December 14. The cloudiest month is May, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 100% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 5 · 9%Apr 15 · 0%mostly cloudyovercastclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan793
Feb892
Mar397
Apr0100
May0100
Jun0100
Jul0100
Aug0100
Sep0100
Oct0100
Nov0100
Dec397

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around May 28, brings about 12 h 24 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 h 36 min — a swing of roughly 0 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.76:246:03
Feb11.86:266:12
Mar12.06:166:13
Apr12.16:006:09
May12.35:526:10
Jun12.45:536:16
Jul12.45:596:21
Aug12.26:026:15
Sep12.05:586:00
Oct11.85:545:45
Nov11.75:595:40
Dec11.66:125:49

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Frontino gets about 0 sunny days a month gloomy — and it barely shifts through the year, holding between 0 and 0 days every month. Clear skies here are a flat line, not a season.

05JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgloomyFeb 100 daysMar 10 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan0Gloomy
Feb0Gloomy
Mar0Gloomy
Apr0Gloomy
May0Gloomy
Jun0Gloomy
Jul0Gloomy
Aug0Gloomy
Sep0Gloomy
Oct0Gloomy
Nov0Gloomy
Dec0Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

Frontino is humid all year round — on a typical day the air feels at least humid, and there is no real dry season to wait for.

The stickiest month is March, when it feels muggy, oppressive or miserable about 31% of the time. Even in January, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 1% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecmuggyhumid
Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan18118
Feb17425
Mar16831
Apr06238
May06040
Jun06931
Jul07525
Aug07921
Sep08218
Oct18514
Nov18514
Dec18514

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Frontino is steady company: average speeds sit near 3 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmAug 9 · 4 km/hApr 6 · 3 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan3calm
Feb3calm
Mar3calm
Apr3calm
May3calm
Jun3calm
Jul3calm
Aug3calm
Sep4calm
Oct4calm
Nov3calm
Dec3calm

Best time to visit Frontino

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Frontino throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late December, Frontino is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. In Frontino it holds close to 3.6 all year, so any month is about as good as another for general outdoor tourist activities.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDectravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitation

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan3.5fair
Feb3.6fair
Mar3.5poor
Apr3.4poor
May3.4poor
Jun3.4poor
Jul3.4poor
Aug3.4poor
Sep3.3poor
Oct3.4poor
Nov3.4poor
Dec3.5poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. In Frontino it holds close to 2.9 all year, so any month is about as good as another for hot-weather activities.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitation

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Frontino, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

Frontino packs about the same all year — highs hold near 24°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In April, Frontino sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 30 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Frontino by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Frontino peaks around March 13 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 13UV 14Dec 14UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun14Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Frontino

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan86
Feb86.5
Mar8.56.5
Apr86
May8.56.5
Jun8.56.5
Jul86
Aug86
Sep86.5
Oct86
Nov7.55.5
Dec7.55.5

Air quality in Frontino by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Frontino is worst in March — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.9× the cleanest month (November, 8 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodMar 1522 µg/m³Nov 98 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May11Good
Jun9Good
Jul9Good
Aug9Good
Sep8Good
Oct8Good
Nov8Good
Dec10Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Frontino is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Frontino banks about 3,580 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around May.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan299
Feb274
Mar309
Apr304
May316
Jun299
Jul302
Aug301
Sep289
Oct299
Nov288
Dec300

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Frontino receives about 4.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 3.6 and 4.6 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightMar 104.6 kWhNov 163.6 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.3Bright
Feb4.5Bright
Mar4.6Bright
Apr4.2Bright
May3.8Moderate
Jun3.9Moderate
Jul4.1Bright
Aug4.3Bright
Sep4.2Bright
Oct3.9Moderate
Nov3.6Moderate
Dec3.8Moderate

Where is Frontino?

Frontino sits at 6.8°N, 76.1°W, 1,389 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Dabeiba, 30 km away.

Topography around Frontino

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Frontino has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 571 m around an average of 1,448 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,811 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,913 m.

The land around Frontino is covered by trees (52%) and grassland (46%) within 3 km, trees (71%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and trees (83%) within 80 km.

3 km
571 m
16 km
2,811 m
80 km
3,913 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Dabeiba 30 km · Santa Fe de Antioquia 41 km · Urrao 51 km · Ituango 60 km · Betulia 75 km · Santa Rosa de Osos 76 km · Bello 80 km · Yarumal 82 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 Frontino (6.7713°, -76.1332°, elevation 1,389 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).