Climate and average weather in Yarumal

In Yarumal, 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 May.

Best: early January to early April

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Yarumal typically varies from 14°C to 23°C, and is rarely below 12°C or above 25°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Yarumal for warm-weather activities are from early January to early April and mid July to late August.

Hottest
Aug
23°
Coldest
Jan
14°
Wettest
May
439 mm
Driest
Jan
131 mm
Rain / yr
3446 mm
348 wet days
Daylight
11.6–12.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
2,276 m
7.0°N
Clearest
Jan
75% cloud

Yarumal 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 early April.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Yarumal 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 14°C; the coolest is January, with an average low of 14°C and high of 22°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2214
Feb2214
Mar2214
Apr2315
May2315
Jun2315
Jul2314
Aug2314
Sep2314
Oct2214
Nov2214
Dec2214

Average hourly temperature in Yarumal

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 January, near 14°C.

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

Yarumal 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° / 14°13125.411.64.2
Feb22° / 14°16724.811.83.9
Mar22° / 14°27429.8123.5
Apr23° / 15°34929.612.13.4
May23° / 15°43930.812.33.4
Jun23° / 15°29929.912.43.4
Jul23° / 14°26230.512.43.5
Aug23° / 14°27230.412.23.5
Sep23° / 14°36129.7123.4
Oct22° / 14°39830.911.83.3
Nov22° / 14°31429.311.73.4
Dec22° / 14°18027.311.63.9

Chance of rain

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

Yarumal gets about 3446 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 8.6 months, from around Mar 10 to Nov 25, peaking in June at about 100% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 2.

May is the wettest month by volume, with 439 mm over about 31 wet days; January is the driest, with 131 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%110%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 12 · 100%Jan 2 · 81%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan8225
Feb8925
Mar9630
Apr9930
May9931
Jun10030
Jul9931
Aug9830
Sep9930
Oct9931
Nov9829
Dec8827

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Yarumal collects about 3446 mm of rain across 348 wet days — roughly 287 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. May is the wettest month with 439 mm, while January is the driest at just 131 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 35% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400450500JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec131167274349439299262272361398314180
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan13125
Feb16725
Mar27430
Apr34930
May43931
Jun29930
Jul26231
Aug27230
Sep36130
Oct39831
Nov31429
Dec18027

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Yarumal, 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 4 and lasts for 3.7 months, ending around March 25. The clearest month is January, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 19% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around March 26 and lasts for 8.3 months, ending around December 3. The cloudiest month is May, 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 30 · 21%Apr 20 · 0%partly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1981
Feb1684
Mar793
Apr199
May0100
Jun298
Jul397
Aug397
Sep298
Oct199
Nov298
Dec1189

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. The longest day, around May 25, brings about 12 h 24 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 h 36 min — a swing of roughly 0 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.66:226:00
Feb11.86:236:09
Mar12.06:136:10
Apr12.15:576:06
May12.35:486:07
Jun12.45:506:14
Jul12.45:566:18
Aug12.25:596:13
Sep12.05:555:57
Oct11.85:515:42
Nov11.75:575:37
Dec11.66:105:46

Sunny days

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

Yarumal gets about 0 sunny days a month gloomy — and it barely shifts through the year, holding between 0 and 2 days every month. Clear skies here are a flat line, not a season.

05JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgloomyJan 32 daysApr 100 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan1Gloomy
Feb1Gloomy
Mar1Gloomy
Apr0Gloomy
May0Gloomy
Jun0Gloomy
Jul0Gloomy
Aug0Gloomy
Sep0Gloomy
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 Yarumal, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.4 months, from around March 12 to June 22. The muggiest month is May, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 82% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around June 23 to September 26, and July is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 72% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 29 · 78%May 10 · 15%humidcomfortablehumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan26930
Feb06138
Mar04753
Apr02674
May01882
Jun04357
Jul07228
Aug17029
Sep05742
Oct04159
Nov03763
Dec15644

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

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmJul 27 · 4 km/hNov 5 · 3 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan4calm
Feb4calm
Mar4calm
Apr4calm
May4calm
Jun4calm
Jul4calm
Aug4calm
Sep4calm
Oct4calm
Nov3calm
Dec4calm

Best time to visit Yarumal

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late March, Yarumal 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. In Yarumal it holds close to 4.3 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
Jan4.2fair
Feb3.9fair
Mar3.5fair
Apr3.4poor
May3.4poor
Jun3.4poor
Jul3.5poor
Aug3.5poor
Sep3.4poor
Oct3.3poor
Nov3.4poor
Dec3.9fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. In Yarumal it holds close to 3.1 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 Yarumal, 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.

Yarumal 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, Yarumal sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 30 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Yarumal 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 Yarumal peaks around February 22 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 12 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 22UV 16Dec 12UV 12
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May15Extreme
Jun14Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Yarumal

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
Feb8.56.5
Mar8.56.5
Apr86.5
May8.56.5
Jun8.56.5
Jul86.5
Aug86.5
Sep86.5
Oct86
Nov7.56
Dec7.55.5

Air quality in Yarumal 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 Yarumal is worst in March — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (October, 12 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateMar 1525 µg/m³Oct 2112 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov12Good
Dec13Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Yarumal 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. Yarumal banks about 3,072 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around May.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan241
Feb223
Mar254
Apr257
May276
Jun265
Jul271
Aug274
Sep256
Oct258
Nov247
Dec250

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.

Yarumal receives about 4.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.2 and 5.5 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightintenseAug 45.5 kWhNov 154.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.9Bright
Feb5.1Bright
Mar5.0Bright
Apr4.7Bright
May4.5Bright
Jun5.0Bright
Jul5.3Bright
Aug5.4Bright
Sep5.1Bright
Oct4.5Bright
Nov4.2Bright
Dec4.5Bright

Where is Yarumal?

Yarumal sits at 7.0°N, 75.4°W, 2,276 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Santa Rosa de Osos, 35 km away.

Topography around Yarumal

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yarumal has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 933 m around an average of 2,273 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,079 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,635 m.

The land around Yarumal is covered by grassland (52%) and trees (42%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and grassland (48%) within 16 km, and trees (69%) and grassland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
933 m
16 km
2,079 m
80 km
3,635 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Santa Rosa de Osos 35 km · Ituango 45 km · Barbosa 59 km · Santa Fe de Antioquia 64 km · Copacabana 69 km · Bello 71 km · San Vicente 76 km · Segovia 80 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 Yarumal (6.9632°, -75.4174°, elevation 2,276 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).