Climate and average weather in Gigante

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

Best: late November to late February

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Gigante typically varies from 14°C to 24°C, and is rarely below 12°C or above 26°C. February is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Gigante for warm-weather activities are from mid August to early October and late November to late February.

Hottest
Feb
24°
Coldest
Jul
14°
Wettest
Apr
418 mm
Driest
Jan
179 mm
Rain / yr
3330 mm
290 wet days
Daylight
11.9–12.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
808 m
2.4°N
Clearest
Jan
73% cloud

Gigante 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 late November to late February.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Gigante stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is February, with an average high of 24°C and low of 15°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 14°C and high of 22°C.

Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2414
Feb2415
Mar2415
Apr2315
May2315
Jun2214
Jul2214
Aug2314
Sep2414
Oct2415
Nov2415
Dec2415

Average hourly temperature in Gigante

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 February afternoons, near 24°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 14°C.

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

Gigante 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
Jan24° / 14°17917.411.95.5
Feb24° / 15°23219.311.95.0
Mar24° / 15°39226.1124.2
Apr23° / 15°41827.912.13.7
May23° / 15°33528.412.13.7
Jun22° / 14°25026.412.13.8
Jul22° / 14°23326.412.14.0
Aug23° / 14°18823.112.14.5
Sep24° / 14°21422.5124.7
Oct24° / 15°32625.111.94.3
Nov24° / 15°33825.911.94.1
Dec24° / 15°22621.211.95.0

Chance of rain

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

Gigante gets about 3330 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.1 months, from around Mar 3 to Aug 4, peaking in April at about 95% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 2.

April is the wettest month by volume, with 418 mm over about 28 wet days; January is the driest, with 179 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%110%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetApr 18 · 95%Jan 2 · 56%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan5817
Feb6819
Mar8426
Apr9328
May9228
Jun8826
Jul8426
Aug7623
Sep7423
Oct8225
Nov8626
Dec6821

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Gigante collects about 3330 mm of rain across 290 wet days — roughly 277 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. April is the wettest month with 418 mm, while January is the driest at just 179 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 34% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400450500JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec179232392418335250233188214326338226
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan17917
Feb23219
Mar39226
Apr41828
May33528
Jun25026
Jul23326
Aug18823
Sep21423
Oct32625
Nov33826
Dec22621

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

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

The clearer part of the year begins around December 7 and lasts for 2.7 months, ending around February 25. The clearest month is January, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 23% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around February 26 and lasts for 4.8 months, ending around July 22. The cloudiest month is May, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 98% 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 2 · 28%May 8 · 1%partly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2377
Feb1684
Mar892
Apr397
May298
Jun595
Jul1189
Aug1783
Sep1486
Oct793
Nov694
Dec1783

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. Close to the equator, Gigante barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 h 06 min of light in every season.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.96:156:08
Feb11.96:196:14
Mar12.06:126:11
Apr12.16:016:04
May12.15:556:02
Jun12.15:586:07
Jul12.16:046:12
Aug12.16:046:09
Sep12.05:565:57
Oct11.95:495:46
Nov11.95:515:44
Dec11.96:025:54

Sunny days

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

Gigante gets about 1 sunny days a month gloomy — and it barely shifts through the year, holding between 0 and 2 days every month. Clear skies here are a flat line, not a season.

05JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgloomyJan 22 daysApr 200 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan2Gloomy
Feb1Gloomy
Mar0Gloomy
Apr0Gloomy
May0Gloomy
Jun0Gloomy
Jul1Gloomy
Aug1Gloomy
Sep1Gloomy
Oct0Gloomy
Nov0Gloomy
Dec1Gloomy

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.

In Gigante, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.6 months, from around February 9 to May 29. The muggiest month is April, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 56% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around May 30 to October 16, and July is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 98% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 31 · 99%Apr 13 · 41%humidcomfortabledryhumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan126424
Feb105832
Mar34948
Apr04456
May05743
Jun28711
Jul8912
Aug18812
Sep14833
Oct66728
Nov04555
Dec45542

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 Gigante is steady company: average speeds sit near 4 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmAug 10 · 5 km/hFeb 4 · 3 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan3calm
Feb3calm
Mar4calm
Apr4calm
May4calm
Jun5calm
Jul5calm
Aug5calm
Sep5calm
Oct4calm
Nov3calm
Dec3calm

Best time to visit Gigante

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late February, Gigante 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. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Gigante for general outdoor tourist activities run from mid August to early October and again from early December to late February, with a peak score in the first week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 3 · 5.6

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
Jan5.5good
Feb5.0fair
Mar4.2fair
Apr3.7fair
May3.7fair
Jun3.8fair
Jul4.0fair
Aug4.5fair
Sep4.7fair
Oct4.3fair
Nov4.1fair
Dec5.0fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Gigante for hot-weather activities run from late August to early October and again from early December to late February, with a peak score in the last week of January.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 28 · 4.6

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 Gigante, 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.

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

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In February, Gigante sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Gigante 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 Gigante peaks around February 16 at about 16 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 16UV 16Dec 14UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Gigante

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 February the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7 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)
Jan86.5
Feb8.57
Mar86.5
Apr86
May8.56.5
Jun86.5
Jul86
Aug86
Sep86.5
Oct86.5
Nov86
Dec7.55.5

Air quality in Gigante 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 Gigante is worst in March — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (July, 10 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateMar 1222 µg/m³Jul 1210 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb21Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May12Moderate
Jun10Good
Jul10Good
Aug12Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Gigante 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. Gigante banks about 3,196 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around February.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan278
Feb259
Mar286
Apr272
May272
Jun244
Jul239
Aug248
Sep262
Oct283
Nov276
Dec279

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.

Gigante receives about 4.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.1 and 5.4 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightSep 175.4 kWhJun 224.1 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.2Bright
Feb5.2Bright
Mar4.9Bright
Apr4.5Bright
May4.2Bright
Jun4.1Bright
Jul4.2Bright
Aug4.9Bright
Sep5.4Bright
Oct5.0Bright
Nov4.7Bright
Dec4.9Bright

Where is Gigante?

Gigante sits at 2.4°N, 75.5°W, 808 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Garzón, 23 km away.

Topography around Gigante

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gigante has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 486 m around an average of 887 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,700 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,116 m.

The land around Gigante is covered by grassland (63%) and trees (29%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and grassland (44%) within 16 km, and trees (70%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
486 m
16 km
2,700 m
80 km
5,116 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Garzón 23 km · La Plata 38 km · Campoalegre 41 km · Tarqui 43 km · Guadalupe 46 km · Rivera 54 km · Belalcázar 55 km · Neiva 67 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 Gigante (2.3868°, -75.5474°, elevation 808 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).