Climate and average weather in Guadalajara de Buga

In Guadalajara de Buga, 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 June.

Best: all year

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Guadalajara de Buga typically varies from 15°C to 24°C, and is rarely below 14°C or above 26°C. February is the hottest month of the year, while October is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, Guadalajara de Buga has no single best season — it scores well the whole year round, so any month is a good time to visit for warm-weather activities.

Hottest
Feb
24°
Coldest
Oct
15°
Wettest
Jun
1238 mm
Driest
Jan
797 mm
Rain / yr
11786 mm
360 wet days
Daylight
11.8–12.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
979 m
3.9°N
Clearest
Jan
89% cloud

Guadalajara de Buga 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 holds near its peak the whole year round.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Guadalajara de Buga 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 October, with an average low of 15°C and high of 23°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2415
Feb2415
Mar2416
Apr2416
May2416
Jun2315
Jul2315
Aug2415
Sep2315
Oct2315
Nov2316
Dec2315

Average hourly temperature in Guadalajara de Buga

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 October, near 15°C.

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

Guadalajara de Buga 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° / 15°79730.611.83.5
Feb24° / 15°80627.211.93.6
Mar24° / 16°85830.2123.6
Apr24° / 16°102329.512.13.5
May24° / 16°120530.812.23.4
Jun23° / 15°12383012.23.4
Jul23° / 15°12103112.23.4
Aug24° / 15°11003112.13.4
Sep23° / 15°99130123.4
Oct23° / 15°87830.411.93.5
Nov23° / 16°82529.211.83.5
Dec23° / 15°85630.511.83.5

Chance of rain

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

Guadalajara de Buga gets about 11786 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.

June is the wettest month by volume, with 1238 mm over about 30 wet days; January is the driest, with 797 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%110%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecmostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 2 · 100%Feb 22 · 97%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan9931
Feb9827
Mar9730
Apr9830
May9931
Jun10030
Jul10031
Aug10031
Sep10030
Oct9830
Nov9829
Dec9831

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Guadalajara de Buga collects about 11786 mm of rain across 360 wet days — roughly 982 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. June is the wettest month with 1238 mm, while January is the driest at just 797 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 31% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400450500550600650700750800850900950100010501100115012001250130013501400JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec79780685810231205123812101100991878825856
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan79731
Feb80627
Mar85830
Apr102330
May120531
Jun123830
Jul121031
Aug110031
Sep99130
Oct87830
Nov82529
Dec85631

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Guadalajara de Buga, 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 6 and lasts for 4.0 months, ending around April 6. The clearest month is February, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 3% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around April 7 and lasts for 3.4 months, ending around July 18. 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 17 · 4%Apr 19 · 0%mostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan397
Feb397
Mar199
Apr0100
May0100
Jun0100
Jul199
Aug0100
Sep0100
Oct0100
Nov0100
Dec298

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, Guadalajara de Buga barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 h 12 min of light in every season.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.86:216:08
Feb11.96:246:16
Mar12.06:166:14
Apr12.16:036:08
May12.25:566:07
Jun12.25:596:12
Jul12.26:056:17
Aug12.16:056:13
Sep12.05:596:00
Oct11.95:535:48
Nov11.85:565:45
Dec11.86:085:55

Sunny days

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

Guadalajara de Buga 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 230 daysJan 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.

Guadalajara de Buga 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 May, when it feels muggy, oppressive or miserable about 14% of the time. Even in January, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 3% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecmuggyhumid
Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan3916
Feb28710
Mar28612
Apr18613
May08514
Jun1927
Jul2936
Aug1963
Sep1972
Oct2953
Nov2935
Dec2944

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 Guadalajara de Buga is steady company: average speeds sit near 5 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmAug 14 · 5 km/hNov 5 · 5 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan5calm
Feb5calm
Mar5calm
Apr5calm
May5calm
Jun5calm
Jul5calm
Aug5calm
Sep5calm
Oct5calm
Nov5calm
Dec5calm

Best time to visit Guadalajara de Buga

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. In Guadalajara de Buga 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
Mar3.6fair
Apr3.5poor
May3.4poor
Jun3.4poor
Jul3.4poor
Aug3.4poor
Sep3.4poor
Oct3.5poor
Nov3.5poor
Dec3.5fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. In Guadalajara de Buga it holds close to 3.0 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 Guadalajara de Buga, 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.

Guadalajara de Buga 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, Guadalajara de Buga sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Guadalajara de Buga 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 Guadalajara de Buga peaks around March 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 11 at about 12 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 15UV 16Aug 11UV 12
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar17Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May15Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Guadalajara de Buga

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 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
Feb86.5
Mar8.57
Apr86.5
May8.56.5
Jun86
Jul86
Aug86
Sep86.5
Oct86.5
Nov7.55.5
Dec86

Air quality in Guadalajara de Buga 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 Guadalajara de Buga is worst in March — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (November, 13 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1721 µg/m³Nov 1313 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan18Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar22Moderate
Apr20Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec16Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Guadalajara de Buga 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. Guadalajara de Buga banks about 3,407 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around April.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan286
Feb264
Mar299
Apr291
May298
Jun279
Jul283
Aug282
Sep272
Oct286
Nov280
Dec286

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.

Guadalajara de Buga receives about 4.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 3.5 and 4.5 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightFeb 184.5 kWhNov 133.5 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.3Bright
Feb4.5Bright
Mar4.4Bright
Apr4.0Moderate
May3.8Moderate
Jun4.0Bright
Jul4.3Bright
Aug4.5Bright
Sep4.3Bright
Oct3.8Moderate
Nov3.5Moderate
Dec3.8Moderate

Where is Guadalajara de Buga?

Guadalajara de Buga sits at 3.9°N, 76.3°W, 979 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Guacarí, 16 km away.

Topography around Guadalajara de Buga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Guadalajara de Buga has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 323 m around an average of 999 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,847 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,538 m.

The land around Guadalajara de Buga is covered by trees (41%), grassland (26%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, trees (55%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and trees (69%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
323 m
16 km
1,847 m
80 km
4,538 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Guacarí 16 km · Darien 21 km · Tuluá 23 km · El Cerrito 24 km · Andalucía 33 km · Palmira 40 km · Yumbo 41 km · Pradera 54 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 Guadalajara de Buga (3.9009°, -76.2978°, elevation 979 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).