Puerto Salgar in Spring

In spring (March, April and May), Puerto Salgar sees average daytime highs around 33°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 426 mm of rain over about 54 wet days across the season. It is the 2nd-warmest season and the 2nd-wettest season.

Across spring, daytime highs hold fairly steady around 33°C. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time across spring, and the air most often feels muggy.

Spring is Puerto Salgar's 2nd-best season to visit on our travel score. For the whole year in context, see Puerto Salgar's year-round climate.

Avg daytime high: 33°C; 2nd-warmest season
Avg overnight low: 22°C
Rainfall: 426 mm; 54 wet days
Avg wind: 5 km/h
Travel score: 2.7; 2nd-best season
Months: Mar · Apr · May

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Temperature in Puerto Salgar in Spring

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Across spring, daytime highs hold fairly steady around 33°C.

A typical spring day in Puerto Salgar reaches about 33°C and drops to 22°C overnight. The warmest of the three months is March, the coolest April.

How spring really feels in Puerto Salgar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, spring brings about 92 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in spring is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Puerto Salgar weather by month

How the three spring months (March, April and May) compare with the rest of the year — the season's months are highlighted.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 21°	67	12.4	11.7	3.5
Feb	34° / 22°	80	13	11.8	2.8
Mar	33° / 22°	156	18.9	12	2.6
Apr	33° / 22°	151	19.1	12.1	2.7
May	33° / 22°	119	16.4	12.2	2.9
Jun	34° / 22°	35	7.9	12.3	3.0
Jul	35° / 22°	31	6	12.3	2.7
Aug	35° / 22°	48	8	12.2	2.4
Sep	34° / 22°	110	15.3	12	2.3
Oct	32° / 22°	211	22.2	11.9	2.6
Nov	31° / 21°	225	23.6	11.8	2.9
Dec	31° / 21°	116	17.1	11.7	3.5

Cloud cover in Spring

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time across spring.

Chance of precipitation in Spring

Any precipitation

Puerto Salgar gets around 426 mm of rain over 54 wet days across spring. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Humidity in Spring

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of spring feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

Wind in Spring

Winds average 5 km/h across spring.

Sunrise & sunset in Spring

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min in early March to 12 h 18 min by late May. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Solar energy in Spring

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day across spring, about 5.3 kWh/m².

Planning a trip in spring

Is spring a good time to visit Puerto Salgar?

Our two travel scores rate spring for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal), averaged across the three months.

2.7

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

4.8

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

spring is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Puerto Salgar.

What to pack for Puerto Salgar in Spring

From spring's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In spring, Puerto Salgar sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 54 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Puerto Salgar in Spring

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Clear-sky midday UV across spring averages around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Puerto Salgar peaks around February 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 11 (extreme).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	14	14	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	10	Extreme

Air quality in Puerto Salgar in Spring

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Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where spring falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Puerto Salgar 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	22	26	31	27	23	21	20	23	24	21	20	21
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	22	Moderate
Feb	26	Moderate
Mar	31	Moderate
Apr	27	Moderate
May	23	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	23	Moderate
Sep	24	Moderate
Oct	21	Moderate
Nov	20	Moderate
Dec	21	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Puerto Salgar?

Puerto Salgar sits at 5.5°N, 74.7°W, 177 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is La Dorada, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Puerto Salgar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Puerto Salgar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m around an average of 186 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,210 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,683 m.

The land around Puerto Salgar is covered by grassland (40%) and trees (36%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and grassland (45%) within 16 km, and trees (72%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

103 m

grassland 40%

16 km

1,210 m

trees 52%

80 km

3,683 m

trees 72%

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Spring weather nearby: La Dorada 2.0 km · Honda 30 km · San Sebastián de Mariquita 39 km · Guaduas 45 km · Puerto Triunfo 46 km · Villeta 54 km · Fresno 55 km · Puerto Boyacá 58 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

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 Puerto Salgar (5.463°, -74.6544°, elevation 177 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.