Climate and average weather in Padua

In Padua, 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 May.

Best: mid December to early March

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Padua typically varies from 11°C to 23°C, and is rarely below 9°C or above 25°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while November is the coldest.

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

Hottest
Aug
23°
Coldest
Nov
12°
Wettest
May
407 mm
Driest
Jan
146 mm
Rain / yr
3480 mm
290 wet days
Daylight
11.7–12.3 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
2,041 m
5.1°N
Clearest
Jan
72% cloud

Padua 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 December to early March.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Padua stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is August, with an average high of 23°C and low of 11°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)
Jan2111
Feb2212
Mar2212
Apr2112
May2212
Jun2212
Jul2211
Aug2311
Sep2211
Oct2112
Nov2112
Dec2112

Average hourly temperature in Padua

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 August afternoons, near 23°C, and coldest before dawn in November, near 12°C.

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

Padua 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
Jan21° / 11°14615.411.75.5
Feb22° / 12°20017.111.85.1
Mar22° / 12°32324124.3
Apr21° / 12°38326.712.13.7
May22° / 12°40729.512.23.4
Jun22° / 12°28426.912.33.7
Jul22° / 11°22125.312.34.1
Aug23° / 11°21123.712.24.4
Sep22° / 11°30425.5124.0
Oct21° / 12°39728.111.93.6
Nov21° / 12°37626.911.83.7
Dec21° / 12°22820.611.74.7

Chance of rain

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

Padua gets about 3480 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 4.1 months, from around Mar 22 to Jul 23, peaking in May at about 96% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 24.

May is the wettest month by volume, with 407 mm over about 30 wet days; January is the driest, with 146 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%110%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMay 8 · 96%Jan 24 · 48%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan5115
Feb6017
Mar7724
Apr8927
May9530
Jun8927
Jul8225
Aug7724
Sep8526
Oct9128
Nov8927
Dec6721

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Padua collects about 3480 mm of rain across 290 wet days — roughly 290 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. May is the wettest month with 407 mm, while January is the driest at just 146 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 34% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400450JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec146200323383407284221211304397376228
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan14615
Feb20017
Mar32324
Apr38327
May40730
Jun28427
Jul22125
Aug21124
Sep30426
Oct39728
Nov37627
Dec22821

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Padua, 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 3.5 months, ending around March 24. The clearest month is January, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 25% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around March 25 and lasts for 4.1 months, ending around July 27. The cloudiest month is May, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 99% 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 3 · 26%May 16 · 0%partly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2575
Feb2179
Mar1189
Apr397
May199
Jun397
Jul793
Aug1090
Sep694
Oct397
Nov496
Dec1684

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, Padua 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)
Jan11.76:186:02
Feb11.86:206:10
Mar12.06:116:09
Apr12.15:576:04
May12.25:506:04
Jun12.35:526:10
Jul12.35:586:14
Aug12.26:006:10
Sep12.05:545:56
Oct11.95:495:42
Nov11.85:535:39
Dec11.76:065:48

Sunny days

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

Padua averages about 1 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 4 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.5 months, from around Dec 9 to Mar 26. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 3 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is April, down near 0 sunny days — about 91% fewer than the January peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyergloomymixedJan 304 daysApr 270 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan3Gloomy
Feb2Gloomy
Mar1Gloomy
Apr0Gloomy
May0Gloomy
Jun0Gloomy
Jul0Gloomy
Aug1Gloomy
Sep1Gloomy
Oct0Gloomy
Nov0Gloomy
Dec2Gloomy

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 Padua, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in January, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 0% 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 (%)
Jan7426
Feb7228
Mar6535
Apr5149
May4555
Jun7228
Jul955
Aug973
Sep919
Oct6535
Nov4654
Dec5941

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

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmAug 3 · 5 km/hNov 8 · 3 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan4calm
Feb4calm
Mar4calm
Apr3calm
May4calm
Jun4calm
Jul5calm
Aug5calm
Sep4calm
Oct3calm
Nov3calm
Dec3calm

Best time to visit Padua

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late February, Padua 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 Padua for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid December to early March, with a peak score in the last week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 26 · 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
Jan5.5fair
Feb5.1fair
Mar4.3fair
Apr3.7fair
May3.4poor
Jun3.7fair
Jul4.1fair
Aug4.4fair
Sep4.0fair
Oct3.6fair
Nov3.7fair
Dec4.7fair

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 Padua for hot-weather activities run from mid July to mid September and again from mid December to mid March, with a peak score in the last week of January.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 29 · 3.7

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 Padua, 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.

Padua packs about the same all year — highs hold near 23°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 August, Padua sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 11°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Padua 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 Padua peaks around February 21 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 12 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 21UV 16Jun 17UV 12
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep15Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Padua

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
Feb8.57
Mar8.56.5
Apr86.5
May8.56.5
Jun86
Jul86
Aug86.5
Sep86.5
Oct86.5
Nov86
Dec7.56

Air quality in Padua 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 Padua is worst in March — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1730 µg/m³Jul 1320 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar31Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec21Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Padua 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. Padua banks about 2,426 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

01,0002,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan194
Feb186
Mar211
Apr202
May210
Jun200
Jul208
Aug216
Sep208
Oct203
Nov192
Dec197

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.

Padua receives about 5.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.4 and 5.8 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightintenseAug 205.8 kWhNov 154.4 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.2Bright
Feb5.4Bright
Mar5.3Bright
Apr4.8Bright
May4.6Bright
Jun5.1Bright
Jul5.5Bright
Aug5.8Bright
Sep5.5Bright
Oct4.8Bright
Nov4.4Bright
Dec4.7Bright

Where is Padua?

Padua sits at 5.1°N, 75.1°W, 2,041 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Fresno, 12 km away.

Topography around Padua

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Padua has very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,403 m around an average of 1,950 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,902 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,107 m.

The land around Padua is covered by trees (78%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (78%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
1,403 m
16 km
2,902 m
80 km
5,107 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
Nearby: Fresno 12 km · Manzanares 13 km · Líbano 25 km · San Sebastián de Mariquita 28 km · Lérida 40 km · Manizales 41 km · Neira 42 km · Villamaría 43 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 Padua (5.1343°, -75.14°, elevation 2,041 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).