Climate and average weather in Villanueva

In Villanueva, the weather is sweltering, wet, and partly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near sweltering levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around May.

Best: late November to late January

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Villanueva typically varies from 22°C to 34°C, and is rarely below 21°C or above 36°C. February is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Villanueva for warm-weather activities is from late November to late January.

Hottest
Feb
34°
Coldest
Jul
22°
Wettest
May
362 mm
Driest
Jan
12 mm
Rain / yr
2337 mm
229 wet days
Daylight
11.7–12.3 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
185 m
5.3°N
Clearest
Jan
54% cloud

Villanueva 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 late November to late January.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Villanueva stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is February, with an average high of 34°C and low of 24°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 22°C and high of 29°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 10°C) in January.

20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3324
Feb3424
Mar3324
Apr3123
May3023
Jun2922
Jul2922
Aug3022
Sep3123
Oct3123
Nov3123
Dec3223

How hot and cold Villanueva really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Villanueva feels like about 36°C (around March 30). About 326 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in March.

20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan34332424
Feb35342424
Mar36332424
Apr35312323
May34302323
Jun32292222
Jul32292222
Aug33302222
Sep34312323
Oct35312323
Nov35312323
Dec34322323

Average hourly temperature in Villanueva

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 February afternoons, near 34°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 22°C.

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

Villanueva 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
Jan33° / 24°122.711.74.0
Feb34° / 24°314.711.83.3
Mar33° / 24°9211.1123.1
Apr31° / 23°2772412.12.7
May30° / 23°36227.512.22.8
Jun29° / 22°34427.712.33.0
Jul29° / 22°31727.812.33.2
Aug30° / 22°2812612.23.2
Sep31° / 23°25126.4122.8
Oct31° / 23°20825.311.92.8
Nov31° / 23°12518.811.83.4
Dec32° / 23°376.911.74.3

Chance of rain

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

Villanueva gets about 2337 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 7.5 months, from around Apr 3 to Nov 16, peaking in June at about 94% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 11.

May is the wettest month by volume, with 362 mm over about 28 wet days; January is the driest, with 12 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 8 · 94%Jan 11 · 8%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan103
Feb175
Mar3711
Apr7824
May8928
Jun9228
Jul8928
Aug8526
Sep8826
Oct8225
Nov6119
Dec237

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Villanueva collects about 2337 mm of rain across 229 wet days — roughly 195 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. May is the wettest month with 362 mm, while January is the driest at just 12 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 44% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12319227736234431728125120812537
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan123
Feb315
Mar9211
Apr27724
May36228
Jun34428
Jul31728
Aug28126
Sep25126
Oct20825
Nov12519
Dec377

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Villanueva, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around November 18 and lasts for 4.0 months, ending around March 18. The clearest month is January, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 57% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around March 19 and lasts for 8.0 months, ending around November 17. The cloudiest month is May, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 94% 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 1 · 61%May 12 · 5%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5743
Feb4555
Mar2575
Apr1090
May694
Jun793
Jul1288
Aug1684
Sep1684
Oct1585
Nov2377
Dec4852

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, Villanueva 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)
Jan11.76:055:49
Feb11.86:085:57
Mar12.05:595:56
Apr12.15:455:52
May12.25:375:51
Jun12.35:395:57
Jul12.35:456:02
Aug12.25:475:57
Sep12.05:415:43
Oct11.95:365:29
Nov11.85:405:26
Dec11.75:535:35

Sunny days

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

Villanueva averages about 3 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 11 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.1 months, from around Nov 20 to Mar 23. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 10 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is June, down near 0 sunny days — about 96% fewer than the January peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedJan 311 daysJun 230 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan10Mixed
Feb7Gloomy
Mar3Gloomy
Apr1Gloomy
May0Gloomy
Jun0Gloomy
Jul1Gloomy
Aug1Gloomy
Sep1Gloomy
Oct1Gloomy
Nov3Gloomy
Dec8Gloomy

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 Villanueva, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 9.2 months, from around March 21 to December 24. The muggiest month is April, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around December 25 to March 20, and February is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 19% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 10 · 23%Apr 13 · 0%oppressivemuggyhumidcomfortablecomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan111443870
Feb2173830130
Mar142034392
Apr0039835
May0002944
Jun0003961
Jul0006940
Aug0004960
Sep0001991
Oct0000981
Nov0008911
Dec021247400

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.

Across the year, average wind speed in Villanueva is typically calm, near 7 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 4.2 months, from around Nov 16 to Mar 24. The windiest month is January, averaging about 12 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Mar 25 to Nov 15, with October the calmest month at about 5 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeJan 8 · 12 km/hOct 4 · 5 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan12calm
Feb11calm
Mar8calm
Apr6calm
May6calm
Jun6calm
Jul6calm
Aug6calm
Sep5calm
Oct5calm
Nov7calm
Dec11calm

Hazard calendar for Villanueva

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Villanueva's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Villanueva

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late January, Villanueva 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 Villanueva for general outdoor tourist activities is from late November to late January, with a peak score in the last week of December.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationDec 24 · 4.4

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
Jan4.0fair
Feb3.3poor
Mar3.1poor
Apr2.7poor
May2.8poor
Jun3.0poor
Jul3.2poor
Aug3.2poor
Sep2.8poor
Oct2.8poor
Nov3.4poor
Dec4.3fair

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 Villanueva for hot-weather activities is from late November to mid March, with a peak score in the first week of January.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 6 · 7.3

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 Villanueva, 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.

Villanueva packs about the same all year — highs hold near 34°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, sun protection and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In February, Villanueva sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Villanueva 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 Villanueva peaks around February 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 13UV 13Dec 14UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Very high

Average hourly UV index in Villanueva

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 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 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)
Jan7.56
Feb86
Mar7.55.5
Apr86
May86
Jun86
Jul86
Aug7.55.5
Sep86
Oct86
Nov7.55.5
Dec7.55

Air quality in Villanueva 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 Villanueva is worst in March — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2030 µg/m³Dec 1911 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar31Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec11Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Villanueva 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. Villanueva banks about 6,229 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around February.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan572
Feb536
Mar580
Apr521
May512
Jun470
Jul476
Aug493
Sep495
Oct522
Nov510
Dec543

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.

Villanueva receives about 5.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.2 and 5.8 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 4.6 months, from around Nov 19 to Apr 6. The brightest month is February, averaging about 5.8 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is June, down near 4.3 kWh/m² — roughly 26% less than the February peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseFeb 55.8 kWhJun 204.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.7Bright
Feb5.8Bright
Mar5.6Bright
Apr5.0Bright
May4.5Bright
Jun4.2Bright
Jul4.4Bright
Aug5.1Bright
Sep5.6Bright
Oct5.4Bright
Nov5.2Bright
Dec5.5Bright

Where is Villanueva?

Villanueva sits at 5.3°N, 72.0°W, 185 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Yopal, 48 km away.

SogamosoDuitamaTameTunja

Topography around Villanueva

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Villanueva has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 13 m around an average of 182 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,157 m.

The land around Villanueva is covered by grassland (87%) within 3 km, grassland (72%) within 16 km, and grassland (68%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
13 m
16 km
40 m
80 km
3,157 m
treesgrasslandcroplandwater
Nearby: Yopal 48 km · Aguazul 65 km · Paz de Ariporo 67 km · Tauramena 91 km · Sogamoso 117 km · Duitama 133 km · Tame 133 km · Tunja 157 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 Villanueva (5.2833°, -71.9667°, elevation 185 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).