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Colombia · 6.25°N 75.56°W · monthly climate normals, judged against the Tropical preset (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon)

No month in Medellín fits the Tropical preset (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon) — it is too cold. The table below shows which holiday types do fit.

The rainy season runs February to December, and August to November and April to June is a true monsoon — 208–312 mm8.2–12 in a month, peaking in October at 312 mm12 in. The mean temperature barely moves through the year, 18 °C64 °F, warmest in February.

Figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 6.25, -75.56 — a climate guide, not a forecast.

Medellín weather by month

Pick the weather you like and every month is judged against it — temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon

No month fits a Tropical holiday here.

Open Medellín on the interactive map ↗ the same verdict for every place on Earth, any month

▲ Temperature mean , coldest to warmest month
18°64°JAN1044.118°64°FEB1124.418°64°MAR1526.018°64°APR2489.818°64°MAY2961218°64°JUN2088.218°64°JUL1686.618°64°AUG2088.218°64°SEP2409.418°64°OCT3121218°64°NOV2409.418°64°DEC1526.0
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold is good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour names the reason it doesn't — the temperature bar can be too cold or too hot, the rain bar too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar is a half that fits while the other half fails; a gold month name means both fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the monthly mean, judged against the preset's band (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F for Tropical). Rain is judged by each month's class within Medellín's own year rather than raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month the preset doesn't allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season — 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate whose wettest month is at least three times its driest — so every monsoon month is rainy season too; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain Mean SeasonTropical verdict
January1044.11864showerstoo cold
February1124.41864rainytoo cold
March1526.01864rainytoo cold
April2489.81864monsoontoo cold
May296121864monsoontoo cold
June2088.21864monsoontoo cold
July1686.61864rainytoo cold
August2088.21864monsoontoo cold
September2409.41864monsoontoo cold
October312121864monsoontoo cold
November2409.41864monsoontoo cold
December1526.01864rainytoo cold

When to go to Medellín, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmmean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showersJanuary
Tropicalmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoonno month
Beachmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showersno month
Coolmean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoonno month
Snowmean below 0 °C32 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in Medellín?

Yes. The rainy season runs February to December, and August to November and April to June is a true monsoon — 208–312 mm8.2–12 in a month, peaking in October at 312 mm12 in. Outside it, rain eases but never stops.

The mean temperature barely moves through the year, 18 °C64 °F, warmest in February. Annual rainfall totals about 2,440 mm96 in.

Where to go instead when Medellín doesn't fit

The nearest destinations that do fit the Tropical preset in the months Medellín doesn't:

Nearby destinations

distances in — tap a unit to switch.

The interactive map colours the whole world by how it fits your picks in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.