Climate and average weather in Neira

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

Best: early December to late March

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Neira typically varies from 11°C to 22°C, and is rarely below 10°C or above 24°C. February is the hottest month of the year, while November is the coldest.

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

Hottest
Feb
22°
Coldest
Nov
12°
Wettest
May
765 mm
Driest
Jan
277 mm
Rain / yr
6377 mm
339 wet days
Daylight
11.7–12.3 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,953 m
5.2°N
Clearest
Jan
78% cloud

Neira 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 December to late March.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Neira stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is February, with an average high of 22°C and low of 12°C; the coolest is November, with an average low of 12°C and high of 21°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2211
Feb2212
Mar2212
Apr2212
May2112
Jun2111
Jul2211
Aug2211
Sep2211
Oct2112
Nov2112
Dec2212

Average hourly temperature in Neira

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 22°C, and coldest before dawn in November, near 12°C.

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

Neira 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
Jan22° / 11°27724.211.74.3
Feb22° / 12°36923.211.84.1
Mar22° / 12°51128.1123.7
Apr22° / 12°64229.112.13.3
May21° / 12°76530.612.23.2
Jun21° / 11°64129.412.33.3
Jul22° / 11°53530.112.33.4
Aug22° / 11°50729.412.23.5
Sep22° / 11°59929123.4
Oct21° / 12°60030.211.93.3
Nov21° / 12°54329.211.83.3
Dec22° / 12°38926.211.73.9

Chance of rain

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

Neira gets about 6377 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 8.3 months, from around Mar 30 to Dec 7, peaking in April at about 99% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Dec 30.

May is the wettest month by volume, with 765 mm over about 31 wet days; January is the driest, with 277 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%110%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetApr 25 · 99%Dec 30 · 75%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan7824
Feb8223
Mar9028
Apr9729
May9931
Jun9829
Jul9730
Aug9529
Sep9629
Oct9730
Nov9729
Dec8526

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Neira collects about 6377 mm of rain across 339 wet days — roughly 531 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. May is the wettest month with 765 mm, while January is the driest at just 277 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 32% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400450500550600650700750800850900JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec277369511642765641535507599600543389
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan27724
Feb36923
Mar51128
Apr64229
May76531
Jun64129
Jul53530
Aug50729
Sep59929
Oct60030
Nov54329
Dec38926

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Neira, 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 3.6 months, ending around March 27. The clearest month is January, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 17% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around March 28 and lasts for 8.3 months, ending around December 6. 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 29 · 19%May 1 · 0%partly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1783
Feb1387
Mar793
Apr199
May0100
Jun199
Jul298
Aug496
Sep397
Oct199
Nov298
Dec1090

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, Neira barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 h 18 min of light in every season.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.76:196:03
Feb11.86:226:12
Mar12.06:136:11
Apr12.15:596:06
May12.25:516:05
Jun12.35:536:11
Jul12.36:006:16
Aug12.26:016:11
Sep12.05:565:57
Oct11.95:515:44
Nov11.85:555:40
Dec11.76:075:49

Sunny days

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

Neira 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.

05JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgloomyJan 312 daysApr 130 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan2Gloomy
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.

In Neira, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in March, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 2% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccomfortabledry
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan49500
Feb41581
Mar28702
Apr14841
May7912
Jun13870
Jul30700
Aug42580
Sep40600
Oct28720
Nov21781
Dec33661

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

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmJun 23 · 4 km/hDec 10 · 3 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan3calm
Feb3calm
Mar3calm
Apr3calm
May3calm
Jun4calm
Jul4calm
Aug4calm
Sep4calm
Oct3calm
Nov3calm
Dec3calm

Best time to visit Neira

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late March, Neira 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 time of year to visit Neira for general outdoor tourist activities is from early December to late March, with a peak score in the last week of December.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationDec 31 · 4.5

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
Feb4.1fair
Mar3.7fair
Apr3.3poor
May3.2poor
Jun3.3poor
Jul3.4poor
Aug3.5poor
Sep3.4poor
Oct3.3poor
Nov3.3poor
Dec3.9fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. In Neira 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 Neira, 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.

Neira packs about the same all year — highs hold near 22°C. Across the year the things worth having are rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In February, Neira sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 12°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Neira 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 Neira peaks around February 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 12 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 17UV 15Dec 15UV 12
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Neira

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 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
May86.5
Jun86
Jul86
Aug86
Sep86.5
Oct86.5
Nov86
Dec7.55.5

Air quality in Neira 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 Neira is worst in March — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1526 µg/m³Nov 1317 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb25Moderate
Mar26Moderate
Apr24Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec20Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Neira 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. Neira banks about 2,375 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around March.

01,0002,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan200
Feb188
Mar211
Apr202
May207
Jun192
Jul193
Aug196
Sep189
Oct197
Nov196
Dec203

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.

Neira receives about 4.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.2 and 5.5 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightintenseAug 245.5 kWhNov 154.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.9Bright
Feb5.2Bright
Mar5.1Bright
Apr4.6Bright
May4.4Bright
Jun4.8Bright
Jul5.1Bright
Aug5.5Bright
Sep5.2Bright
Oct4.6Bright
Nov4.2Bright
Dec4.5Bright

Where is Neira?

Neira sits at 5.2°N, 75.5°W, 1,953 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Manizales, 11 km away.

Topography around Neira

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Neira has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 795 m around an average of 1,846 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,785 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,045 m.

The land around Neira is covered by trees (66%) and grassland (32%) within 3 km, trees (64%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and trees (69%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
795 m
16 km
2,785 m
80 km
5,045 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
Nearby: Manizales 11 km · Villamaría 13 km · Chinchiná 22 km · Salamina 27 km · Quinchía 30 km · Riosucio 35 km · Supía 35 km · Santa Rosa de Cabal 35 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 Neira (5.1665°, -75.52°, elevation 1,953 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).