Ipiales weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇴 Colombia · highland town · highland climate
Ipiales is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is September (Score 44/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,075
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 44/100
- Rain / year
- 1,037 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 78k
- Elevation
- 2,971 m
When is the best time to visit Ipiales?
Ipiales never gets truly sunny weather: September is as good as it gets at 44/100, and June is the low point (35/100). If sunshine is the point of the trip, the nearby alternatives below do better.
How sunny is Ipiales?
Ipiales isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,075 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 9 Sunshine Score points separate September from June. It ranks #49 of 49 destinations in Colombia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,819 hours. The year's 1,037 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 82 mm | 9 |
| February | 40 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 82 mm | 8 |
| March | 38 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 105 mm | 8 |
| April | 36 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 122 mm | 9 |
| May | 39 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 99 mm | 8 |
| June | 35 | 14° / 57°F | 6° / 43°F | 75 mm | 7 |
| July | 38 | 14° / 57°F | 5° / 41°F | 51 mm | 7 |
| August | 39 | 14° / 57°F | 5° / 41°F | 37 mm | 8 |
| September | 44 | 15° / 59°F | 6° / 43°F | 48 mm | 9 |
| October | 38 | 15° / 59°F | 6° / 43°F | 102 mm | 10 |
| November | 35 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 129 mm | 9 |
| December | 38 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 105 mm | 9 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Pasto Colombia · 73 km · best in Aug · 1,367 h sun/yr
- Quito Ecuador · 133 km · best in Sep · 1,338 h sun/yr
- Cali Colombia · 331 km · best in Jul · 1,520 h sun/yr
- Neiva Colombia · 352 km · best in Aug · 1,540 h sun/yr
- Guayaquil Ecuador · 416 km · best in May · 1,184 h sun/yr
- Armenia Colombia · 452 km · best in Jan · 1,819 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Tulcán Ecuador · 7 km · 1,075 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Puerto Asís Colombia · 136 km · 1,571 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Tumaco Colombia · 160 km · 1,242 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Coca Ecuador · 166 km · 1,549 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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