Climate of Colombia

There are four main climate zones in Colombia. The tropical rainforests, the savannas, the deserts and the mountain climate. This last one can be also divided into five sub-zones. The hot land, the temperate land, the cold land, the páramo and the glacial land.

The tropical rainforests:

They are very humid with heavy rainfalls. The temperature is mostly between 25 and 30°C (77 and 86°F).

The savannas:

They are semi humid and have a rainy and a dry season. The temperature here doesn't vary much, it is always between 24 and 27°C (75 and 80°F).

The deserts:

There are 2 famous deserts in Colombia. The Tatacoa and the Guajira desert. Both are like everywhere in the world, very dry and very hot. The temperature during theday goes between 30 and 40°C (86 and 104°F)

Mountain climate

The mountain climate zone gets divided into 5 sub-zones:

Hot land

Located between the sea level and 1000m (3300 ft.). The temperature is always over 24°C (75.2°F).

Temperate Land

Located between 1000 and 2000m (3300 and 6500 ft.). The temperature varies between 17 and 24°C (50 to 62.6°F). On the left you can see Medellín, am important city that is located on this climate zone.

Cold land

Between 2000 and 3000m (6500 and 9800 ft.). The temperature is always between 10 and 17°C (50 and 62°F). The image on the left is Bogotá, the colombian capital. It is located at 2600m above sea level. This means it isn't really warm there.

Páramo

It is maybe the most important climate zone, because 70% of the countries water gets produced here. It is located between 3000 and 4000m (9800 and 13100 ft.) and the temperature is always below 15°C.

Glacial Land

Over 4000m (13100ft.) it is already glacial zone. It is the coldest one with temperatures below 10°C. Because of this extreme conditions nothing lives there.








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