Climate and average weather in Tarqui

In Tarqui, 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 March.

Best: early November to late March

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Tarqui typically varies from 14°C to 25°C, and is rarely below 12°C or above 27°C. November is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Tarqui for warm-weather activities are from mid July to late October and early November to late March.

Hottest
Nov
25°
Coldest
Jul
14°
Wettest
Mar
319 mm
Driest
Aug
156 mm
Rain / yr
2863 mm
324 wet days
Daylight
11.9–12.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
827 m
2.1°N
Clearest
Jan
76% cloud

Tarqui 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 November to late March.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Tarqui stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is November, with an average high of 25°C and low of 15°C; the coolest is July, 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)
Jan2414
Feb2415
Mar2415
Apr2415
May2315
Jun2214
Jul2214
Aug2214
Sep2414
Oct2414
Nov2515
Dec2415

Average hourly temperature in Tarqui

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 November afternoons, near 25°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 14°C.

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

Tarqui 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
Jan24° / 14°19123.311.94.7
Feb24° / 15°22322.411.94.4
Mar24° / 15°31929123.8
Apr24° / 15°31328.9123.6
May23° / 15°25429.512.13.6
Jun22° / 14°21128.112.13.6
Jul22° / 14°19527.712.13.8
Aug22° / 14°15625.412.14.2
Sep24° / 14°19026.4124.1
Oct24° / 14°26828.8123.8
Nov25° / 15°28327.811.93.8
Dec24° / 15°26126.811.94.2

Chance of rain

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

Tarqui gets about 2863 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 4.6 months, from around Mar 2 to Jul 19, peaking in April at about 96% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 21.

March is the wettest month by volume, with 319 mm over about 29 wet days; August is the driest, with 156 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%110%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetApr 26 · 96%Jan 21 · 75%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan7623
Feb8022
Mar9329
Apr9629
May9530
Jun9428
Jul8928
Aug8325
Sep8826
Oct9329
Nov9328
Dec8627

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Tarqui collects about 2863 mm of rain across 324 wet days — roughly 239 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. March is the wettest month with 319 mm, while August is the driest at just 156 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 32% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec191223319313254211195156190268283261
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan19123
Feb22322
Mar31929
Apr31329
May25430
Jun21128
Jul19528
Aug15625
Sep19026
Oct26829
Nov28328
Dec26127

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Tarqui, 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 10 and lasts for 2.6 months, ending around February 25. The clearest month is January, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 18% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around February 26 and lasts for 4.6 months, ending around July 16. The cloudiest month is May, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 98% 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 · 22%May 13 · 1%partly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1882
Feb1387
Mar595
Apr397
May298
Jun496
Jul991
Aug1585
Sep1288
Oct694
Nov496
Dec1387

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, Tarqui 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)
Jan11.96:166:09
Feb11.96:206:16
Mar12.06:136:13
Apr12.06:026:05
May12.15:576:02
Jun12.16:006:07
Jul12.16:066:12
Aug12.16:056:09
Sep12.05:575:58
Oct12.05:505:47
Nov11.95:515:46
Dec11.96:035:56

Sunny days

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

Tarqui 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 21 daysMar 90 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan1Gloomy
Feb1Gloomy
Mar0Gloomy
Apr0Gloomy
May0Gloomy
Jun0Gloomy
Jul1Gloomy
Aug1Gloomy
Sep1Gloomy
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 Tarqui, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 2.6 months, from around October 11 to December 28. The muggiest month is November, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 95% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around June 12 to October 10, and August is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 65% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 10 · 66%Nov 12 · 4%humidcomfortablehumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan228700
Feb421732
Mar08901
Apr05931
May09910
Jun028720
Jul054460
Aug065350
Sep049510
Oct021790
Nov05941
Dec014860

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

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmJul 18 · 4 km/hMar 19 · 3 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan3calm
Feb3calm
Mar3calm
Apr4calm
May4calm
Jun4calm
Jul4calm
Aug4calm
Sep4calm
Oct3calm
Nov3calm
Dec3calm

Best time to visit Tarqui

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid March, Tarqui 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 times of year to visit Tarqui for general outdoor tourist activities run from mid July to late October and again from mid November to mid March, with a peak score in the first week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 5 · 4.7

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
Jan4.7fair
Feb4.4fair
Mar3.8fair
Apr3.6fair
May3.6fair
Jun3.6fair
Jul3.8fair
Aug4.2fair
Sep4.1fair
Oct3.8fair
Nov3.8fair
Dec4.2fair

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 Tarqui for hot-weather activities is from early September to mid March, with a peak score in the last week of January.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 22 · 4.1

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 Tarqui, 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.

Tarqui packs about the same all year — highs hold near 25°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 November, Tarqui sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Tarqui 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 Tarqui peaks around February 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 12 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 16UV 16Dec 13UV 12
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May15Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Tarqui

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)
Jan86.5
Feb8.57
Mar8.56.5
Apr86.5
May8.56.5
Jun86.5
Jul86
Aug86
Sep86.5
Oct86.5
Nov86
Dec86

Air quality in Tarqui 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 Tarqui is worst in March — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (July, 10 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateMar 1222 µg/m³Jul 1210 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb21Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May12Moderate
Jun10Good
Jul10Good
Aug12Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Tarqui 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. Tarqui banks about 3,271 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around November.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan291
Feb268
Mar294
Apr281
May277
Jun245
Jul238
Aug245
Sep257
Oct288
Nov292
Dec294

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.

Tarqui receives about 4.7 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.8 and 5.4 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 7.6 months, from around Aug 15 to Apr 2. The brightest month is September, averaging about 5.4 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is June, down near 3.9 kWh/m² — roughly 28% less than the September peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseSep 225.4 kWhJun 253.8 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.2Bright
Feb5.2Bright
Mar5.0Bright
Apr4.5Bright
May4.1Bright
Jun3.9Moderate
Jul3.9Moderate
Aug4.8Bright
Sep5.4Bright
Oct5.2Bright
Nov4.8Bright
Dec4.9Bright

Where is Tarqui?

Tarqui sits at 2.1°N, 75.8°W, 827 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Guadalupe, 12 km away.

Topography around Tarqui

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tarqui has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 391 m around an average of 888 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,887 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,380 m.

The land around Tarqui is covered by grassland (75%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, grassland (60%) and trees (39%) within 16 km, and trees (72%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
391 m
16 km
1,887 m
80 km
4,380 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Guadalupe 12 km · Garzón 24 km · La Plata 32 km · Pitalito 38 km · Gigante 43 km · Isnos 50 km · San Agustin 56 km · Florencia 60 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 Tarqui (2.1125°, -75.8242°, elevation 827 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).