Climate and average weather in Ituango

In Ituango, 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: mid November to early April

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Ituango typically varies from 16°C to 25°C, and is rarely below 14°C or above 27°C. May is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Ituango for warm-weather activities is from mid November to early April.

Hottest
May
25°
Coldest
Jan
16°
Wettest
May
524 mm
Driest
Jan
140 mm
Rain / yr
4143 mm
351 wet days
Daylight
11.6–12.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,623 m
7.2°N
Clearest
Jan
74% cloud

Ituango 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 mid November to early April.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Ituango stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is May, with an average high of 25°C and low of 17°C; the coolest is January, with an average low of 16°C and high of 24°C.

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

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2416
Feb2416
Mar2417
Apr2417
May2517
Jun2517
Jul2517
Aug2517
Sep2417
Oct2417
Nov2417
Dec2416

Average hourly temperature in Ituango

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 May afternoons, near 25°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 16°C.

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

Ituango 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° / 16°14026.211.64.4
Feb24° / 16°14524.211.84.2
Mar24° / 17°24629.6123.7
Apr24° / 17°35229.812.23.4
May25° / 17°52430.912.33.4
Jun25° / 17°4353012.43.4
Jul25° / 17°4013112.43.4
Aug25° / 17°40530.912.23.4
Sep24° / 17°45030123.4
Oct24° / 17°46530.911.83.4
Nov24° / 17°36629.411.73.6
Dec24° / 16°2152811.64.0

Chance of rain

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

Ituango gets about 4143 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 8.2 months, from around Mar 22 to Nov 25, peaking in April at about 100% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 12.

May is the wettest month by volume, with 524 mm over about 31 wet days; January is the driest, with 140 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%110%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetApr 19 · 100%Jan 12 · 84%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan8426
Feb8724
Mar9530
Apr9930
May10031
Jun10030
Jul10031
Aug10031
Sep10030
Oct10031
Nov9829
Dec9028

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Ituango collects about 4143 mm of rain across 351 wet days — roughly 345 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. May is the wettest month with 524 mm, while January is the driest at just 140 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 35% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400450500550600JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec140145246352524435401405450465366215
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan14026
Feb14524
Mar24630
Apr35230
May52431
Jun43530
Jul40131
Aug40531
Sep45030
Oct46531
Nov36629
Dec21528

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Ituango, 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 2 and lasts for 3.9 months, ending around March 30. The clearest month is January, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 22% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around March 31 and lasts for 8.1 months, ending around December 1. 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 31 · 23%Apr 27 · 0%partly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2278
Feb2080
Mar1090
Apr298
May0100
Jun0100
Jul199
Aug199
Sep199
Oct0100
Nov397
Dec1288

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 22, 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)
Jan11.66:246:01
Feb11.86:256:11
Mar12.06:146:11
Apr12.25:596:08
May12.35:506:09
Jun12.45:516:16
Jul12.45:576:20
Aug12.26:006:14
Sep12.05:565:59
Oct11.85:535:43
Nov11.75:585:38
Dec11.66:125:47

Sunny days

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

Ituango gets about 0 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.

05JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgloomyFeb 152 daysApr 150 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan1Gloomy
Feb1Gloomy
Mar0Gloomy
Apr0Gloomy
May0Gloomy
Jun0Gloomy
Jul0Gloomy
Aug0Gloomy
Sep0Gloomy
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.

Ituango 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 April, when it feels muggy, oppressive or miserable about 44% of the time. Even in January, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 4% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecmuggyhumid
Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan47719
Feb37621
Mar17029
Apr05644
May04357
Jun05050
Jul05941
Aug06337
Sep06832
Oct07228
Nov07327
Dec17524

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

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmJan 15 · 4 km/hApr 27 · 3 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan4calm
Feb4calm
Mar3calm
Apr3calm
May3calm
Jun3calm
Jul3calm
Aug3calm
Sep3calm
Oct3calm
Nov3calm
Dec3calm

Best time to visit Ituango

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late March, Ituango 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 Ituango it holds close to 4.4 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
Jan4.4fair
Feb4.2fair
Mar3.7fair
Apr3.4poor
May3.4poor
Jun3.4poor
Jul3.4poor
Aug3.4poor
Sep3.4poor
Oct3.4poor
Nov3.6fair
Dec4.0fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. In Ituango it holds close to 3.7 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 Ituango, 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.

Ituango packs about the same all year — highs hold near 25°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 May, Ituango sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 31 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Ituango 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 Ituango peaks around March 11 at about 15 (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 11UV 15Dec 14UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Ituango

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 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
Mar86.5
Apr86
May8.56.5
Jun8.56.5
Jul86
Aug86
Sep86.5
Oct86
Nov7.55.5
Dec7.55.5

Air quality in Ituango 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 Ituango is worst in March — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.5× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodMar 1630 µg/m³Nov 139 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb21Moderate
Mar32Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun12Good
Jul11Good
Aug11Good
Sep10Good
Oct9Good
Nov9Good
Dec10Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Ituango 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. Ituango banks about 3,810 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around May.

01,0002,0003,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan308
Feb284
Mar322
Apr320
May337
Jun323
Jul328
Aug327
Sep313
Oct322
Nov309
Dec316

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.

Ituango receives about 4.5 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.0 and 4.9 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightFeb 234.9 kWhNov 154.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.7Bright
Feb4.9Bright
Mar4.8Bright
Apr4.4Bright
May4.2Bright
Jun4.5Bright
Jul4.8Bright
Aug4.9Bright
Sep4.7Bright
Oct4.3Bright
Nov4.0Bright
Dec4.3Bright

Where is Ituango?

Ituango sits at 7.2°N, 75.8°W, 1,623 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Yarumal, 45 km away.

Topography around Ituango

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ituango has very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,295 m around an average of 1,474 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,962 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,666 m.

The land around Ituango is covered by trees (74%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, trees (74%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (78%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
1,295 m
16 km
2,962 m
80 km
3,666 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Yarumal 45 km · Dabeiba 59 km · Frontino 60 km · Santa Rosa de Osos 67 km · Santa Fe de Antioquia 69 km · Barbosa 94 km · Bello 95 km · Copacabana 96 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 Ituango (7.1712°, -75.764°, elevation 1,623 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).