Climate and average weather in Piendamo

In Piendamo, 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: early June to mid September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Piendamo typically varies from 13°C to 23°C, and is rarely below 12°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 times of year to visit Piendamo for warm-weather activities are from early June to mid September and late December to early February.

Hottest
Aug
23°
Coldest
Nov
14°
Wettest
Apr
505 mm
Driest
Aug
225 mm
Rain / yr
4570 mm
341 wet days
Daylight
11.8–12.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,868 m
2.6°N
Clearest
Jan
80% cloud

Piendamo 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 June to mid September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Piendamo 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 13°C; the coolest is November, 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)
Jan2213
Feb2214
Mar2214
Apr2214
May2214
Jun2214
Jul2314
Aug2313
Sep2313
Oct2213
Nov2214
Dec2213

Average hourly temperature in Piendamo

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 14°C.

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

Piendamo 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° / 13°34929.311.93.7
Feb22° / 14°36527.111.93.5
Mar22° / 14°47730123.5
Apr22° / 14°50529.412.13.4
May22° / 14°42230.612.13.4
Jun22° / 14°28427.112.13.8
Jul23° / 14°22925.412.14.2
Aug23° / 13°2252512.14.3
Sep23° / 13°35128.5123.6
Oct22° / 13°46530.211.93.4
Nov22° / 14°4672911.93.4
Dec22° / 13°43229.711.93.5

Chance of rain

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

Piendamo gets about 4570 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 5.0 months, from around Jan 10 to Jun 9, peaking in April at about 99% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 3.

April is the wettest month by volume, with 505 mm over about 29 wet days; August is the driest, with 225 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%110%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetApr 23 · 99%Aug 3 · 75%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan9529
Feb9727
Mar9730
Apr9829
May9831
Jun9127
Jul8225
Aug8225
Sep9529
Oct9730
Nov9729
Dec9630

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Piendamo collects about 4570 mm of rain across 341 wet days — roughly 381 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. April is the wettest month with 505 mm, while August is the driest at just 225 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 32% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400450500550600JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec349365477505422284229225351465467432
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan34929
Feb36527
Mar47730
Apr50529
May42231
Jun28427
Jul22925
Aug22525
Sep35129
Oct46530
Nov46729
Dec43230

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Piendamo, 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 June 24 and lasts for 2.8 months, ending around September 15. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 12% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around March 2 and lasts for 3.7 months, ending around June 23. 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 8 · 14%May 6 · 1%partly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1189
Feb991
Mar496
Apr298
May199
Jun496
Jul991
Aug1288
Sep694
Oct199
Nov199
Dec793

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, Piendamo 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)
Jan11.96:206:11
Feb11.96:236:18
Mar12.06:166:15
Apr12.16:056:08
May12.15:596:06
Jun12.16:026:11
Jul12.16:086:16
Aug12.16:086:13
Sep12.06:006:01
Oct11.95:535:49
Nov11.95:555:48
Dec11.96:075:58

Sunny days

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

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

05JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgloomyJan 51 daysMar 140 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan1Gloomy
Feb0Gloomy
Mar0Gloomy
Apr0Gloomy
May0Gloomy
Jun0Gloomy
Jul0Gloomy
Aug1Gloomy
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.

In Piendamo, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.6 months, from around January 12 to June 1. The muggiest month is April, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 16% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around June 2 to November 14, and September is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSep 9 · 100%Apr 5 · 82%humidcomfortabledryhumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan5869
Feb48115
Mar38116
Apr18316
May18811
Jun10873
Jul30691
Aug39601
Sep14850
Oct4924
Nov4898
Dec3917

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

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmAug 6 · 5 km/hApr 13 · 4 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan4calm
Feb4calm
Mar4calm
Apr4calm
May4calm
Jun4calm
Jul4calm
Aug4calm
Sep4calm
Oct4calm
Nov4calm
Dec4calm

Best time to visit Piendamo

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid June, Piendamo is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

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 Piendamo for general outdoor tourist activities run from mid June to mid September and again from late December to early February, with a peak score in the first week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 4 · 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
Jan3.7fair
Feb3.5fair
Mar3.5poor
Apr3.4poor
May3.4poor
Jun3.8fair
Jul4.2fair
Aug4.3fair
Sep3.6fair
Oct3.4poor
Nov3.4poor
Dec3.5fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Piendamo for hot-weather activities is from late June to early September, with a peak score in the first week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 6 · 3.6

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 Piendamo, 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.

Piendamo 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, Piendamo sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Piendamo 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 Piendamo peaks around March 11 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 at about 12 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 11UV 17Nov 22UV 12
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb17Extreme
Mar17Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May15Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep15Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Piendamo

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)
Jan8.56.5
Feb8.57
Mar8.57
Apr86.5
May8.56.5
Jun86
Jul86
Aug86
Sep8.56.5
Oct86.5
Nov86
Dec86

Air quality in Piendamo 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 Piendamo is worst in September — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateSep 1329 µg/m³Nov 1419 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan25Moderate
Feb27Moderate
Mar27Moderate
Apr26Moderate
May24Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug26Moderate
Sep30Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov19Moderate
Dec23Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Piendamo 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. Piendamo banks about 2,887 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan240
Feb221
Mar247
Apr242
May251
Jun242
Jul251
Aug257
Sep240
Oct236
Nov224
Dec236

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.

Piendamo receives about 4.7 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.2 and 5.1 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightAug 295.1 kWhNov 144.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.8Bright
Feb5.0Bright
Mar4.9Bright
Apr4.5Bright
May4.3Bright
Jun4.4Bright
Jul4.7Bright
Aug5.1Bright
Sep5.0Bright
Oct4.6Bright
Nov4.3Bright
Dec4.5Bright

Where is Piendamo?

Piendamo sits at 2.6°N, 76.5°W, 1,868 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Morales, 17 km away.

Topography around Piendamo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Piendamo has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 624 m around an average of 1,875 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,752 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,327 m.

The land around Piendamo is covered by trees (68%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, trees (69%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and trees (74%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
624 m
16 km
1,752 m
80 km
5,327 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
Nearby: Morales 17 km · Popayán 24 km · Villa Rica 38 km · Suárez 40 km · Santander de Quilichao 41 km · Belalcázar 62 km · Corinto 66 km · Puerto Tejada 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 Piendamo (2.6392°, -76.5306°, elevation 1,868 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).