Climate and average weather in Providencia

In Providencia, 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 October.

Best: early January to late December

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Providencia typically varies from 15°C to 24°C, and is rarely below 14°C or above 26°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 Providencia for warm-weather activities is from early January to late December.

Hottest
Aug
24°
Coldest
Nov
16°
Wettest
Oct
509 mm
Driest
Jul
367 mm
Rain / yr
5188 mm
363 wet days
Daylight
11.9–12.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
0 m
1.6°N
Clearest
Jul
83% cloud

Providencia 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 January to late December.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Providencia stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is August, with an average high of 24°C and low of 16°C; the coolest is November, with an average low of 16°C and high of 22°C.

Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2216
Feb2316
Mar2316
Apr2316
May2316
Jun2316
Jul2316
Aug2416
Sep2315
Oct2316
Nov2216
Dec2216

Average hourly temperature in Providencia

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 24°C, and coldest before dawn in November, near 16°C.

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

Providencia 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° / 16°38330.911.93.4
Feb23° / 16°37127.811.93.4
Mar23° / 16°44330.8123.4
Apr23° / 16°50230123.4
May23° / 16°47230.912.13.4
Jun23° / 16°38429.812.13.5
Jul23° / 16°36730.912.13.5
Aug24° / 16°41230.912.13.5
Sep23° / 15°45530123.5
Oct23° / 16°50930.9123.4
Nov22° / 16°44429.711.93.3
Dec22° / 16°44730.811.93.4

Chance of rain

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

Providencia gets about 5188 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.

October is the wettest month by volume, with 509 mm over about 31 wet days; July is the driest, with 367 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%110%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecmostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJan 1 · 100%Nov 20 · 98%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan10031
Feb9928
Mar9931
Apr10030
May10031
Jun9930
Jul10031
Aug10031
Sep10030
Oct10031
Nov9930
Dec9931

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Providencia collects about 5188 mm of rain across 363 wet days — roughly 432 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. October is the wettest month with 509 mm, while July is the driest at just 367 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 29% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400450500550600JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec383371443502472384367412455509444447
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan38331
Feb37128
Mar44331
Apr50230
May47231
Jun38430
Jul36731
Aug41231
Sep45530
Oct50931
Nov44430
Dec44731

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Providencia, 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 June 6 and lasts for 3.4 months, ending around September 15. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 13% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around February 18 and lasts for 3.5 months, ending around June 5. The cloudiest month is April, 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 4 · 16%Apr 5 · 0%partly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan694
Feb595
Mar199
Apr0100
May298
Jun892
Jul1387
Aug1288
Sep595
Oct199
Nov199
Dec496

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, Providencia barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 h 06 min of light in every season.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.96:226:17
Feb11.96:266:23
Mar12.06:206:19
Apr12.06:096:11
May12.16:046:08
Jun12.16:076:13
Jul12.16:136:18
Aug12.16:126:16
Sep12.06:046:04
Oct12.05:565:54
Nov11.95:575:53
Dec11.96:096:03

Sunny days

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

Providencia 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.

05JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgloomyJun 301 daysMar 30 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan0Gloomy
Feb0Gloomy
Mar0Gloomy
Apr0Gloomy
May0Gloomy
Jun0Gloomy
Jul1Gloomy
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.

In Providencia, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 8.2 months, from around September 30 to June 6. The muggiest month is May, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 92% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around June 7 to September 29, and August is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 66% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 6 · 72%May 4 · 4%humidcomfortabledryhumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan018811
Feb014833
Mar010873
Apr06913
May08902
Jun134650
Jul458380
Aug759340
Sep236630
Oct017830
Nov010890
Dec011880

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

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmSep 7 · 4 km/hMay 7 · 3 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan4calm
Feb4calm
Mar4calm
Apr3calm
May3calm
Jun3calm
Jul3calm
Aug4calm
Sep4calm
Oct4calm
Nov4calm
Dec4calm

Best time to visit Providencia

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid January, Providencia 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. In Providencia 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
Jan3.4poor
Feb3.4poor
Mar3.4poor
Apr3.4poor
May3.4poor
Jun3.5poor
Jul3.5fair
Aug3.5fair
Sep3.5poor
Oct3.4poor
Nov3.3poor
Dec3.4poor

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

Providencia 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 August, Providencia sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 16°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 31 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Providencia 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 Providencia peaks around February 19 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 24 at about 12 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 19UV 16Jul 24UV 12
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Providencia

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 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)
Jan86.5
Feb8.56.5
Mar8.56.5
Apr86.5
May86.5
Jun86
Jul86
Aug86
Sep86.5
Oct86
Nov86
Dec86

Air quality in Providencia 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 Providencia is worst in March — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (July, 11 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateMar 1218 µg/m³Jul 1111 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun11Good
Jul11Good
Aug14Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Providencia 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. Providencia banks about 3,366 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)
Jan278
Feb256
Mar287
Apr281
May293
Jun281
Jul293
Aug298
Sep280
Oct280
Nov264
Dec276

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.

Providencia receives about 4.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.1 and 5.1 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightAug 315.1 kWhNov 194.1 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.5Bright
Feb4.8Bright
Mar4.8Bright
Apr4.6Bright
May4.5Bright
Jun4.6Bright
Jul4.8Bright
Aug5.1Bright
Sep5.1Bright
Oct4.6Bright
Nov4.1Bright
Dec4.3Bright

Where is Providencia?

Providencia sits at 1.6°N, 77.5°W, 0 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is San Lorenzo, 29 km away.

Topography around Providencia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Providencia has very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,217 m around an average of 933 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,307 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,178 m.

The land around Providencia is covered by grassland (70%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and grassland (45%) within 16 km, and trees (76%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
1,217 m
16 km
3,307 m
80 km
4,178 m
treesshrubsgrasslandwater
Nearby: San Lorenzo 29 km · Samaniego 30 km · La Unión 37 km · Buesaco 40 km · Pasto 45 km · Túquerres 56 km · Balboa 59 km · Patía 72 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 Providencia (1.5698°, -77.464°, elevation 0 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).