Pasto weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇴 Colombia · highland city · highland climate
The best time to visit Pasto is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 81/100), with July and September close behind. Pasto averages about 1,367 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 30 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,367
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 81/100
- Rain / year
- 979 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 393k
- Elevation
- 1,791 m
When is the best time to visit Pasto?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Pasto is August, then July and September. The dullest month is November (63/100, 129 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Pasto?
Pasto isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,367 hours of sunshine a year. August (81/100) is noticeably better than November (63). It ranks #44 of 49 destinations in Colombia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,819 hours. The year's 979 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 | 72 | 22° / 72°F | 13° / 55°F | 77 mm | 9 |
| February | 73 | 22° / 72°F | 14° / 57°F | 74 mm | 9 |
| March | 68 | 22° / 72°F | 14° / 57°F | 99 mm | 9 |
| April | 64 | 23° / 73°F | 14° / 57°F | 120 mm | 9 |
| May | 69 | 23° / 73°F | 13° / 55°F | 93 mm | 8 |
| June | 74 | 23° / 73°F | 12° / 54°F | 66 mm | 8 |
| July | 79 | 24° / 75°F | 12° / 54°F | 41 mm | 8 |
| August | 81 | 24° / 75°F | 12° / 54°F | 30 mm | 8 |
| September | 78 | 24° / 75°F | 12° / 54°F | 44 mm | 9 |
| October | 67 | 23° / 73°F | 13° / 55°F | 106 mm | 9 |
| November | 63 | 22° / 72°F | 13° / 55°F | 129 mm | 9 |
| December | 68 | 22° / 72°F | 13° / 55°F | 100 mm | 8 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Quito Ecuador · 206 km · best in Sep · 1,338 h sun/yr
- Cali Colombia · 259 km · best in Jul · 1,520 h sun/yr
- Neiva Colombia · 281 km · best in Aug · 1,540 h sun/yr
- Armenia Colombia · 380 km · best in Jan · 1,819 h sun/yr
- Pereira Colombia · 417 km · best in Jan · 1,819 h sun/yr
- Quibdó Colombia · 483 km · best in Jan · 1,326 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ipiales Colombia · 73 km · 1,075 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Tulcán Ecuador · 80 km · 1,075 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Puerto Asís Colombia · 132 km · 1,571 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Popayán Colombia · 140 km · 1,410 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Guapi Colombia · 147 km · 1,294 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Pasto compares month by month: Pasto vs Quito · Pasto vs Cali · Pasto vs Neiva · all comparisons
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