Best time to visit Medellín

Colombia · Latin America

All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Medellín

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Go in Jan, Feb, Jul or Aug — these months score within a whisker of each other; 26C max, 13 rainy days. Dec is the next best.

No dry season: more than 6 rainy days in every month.

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Things to do in Medellín

Botero Plaza Park in Medellín, Colombia
Museo El Castillo Museum in El Poblado, Medellín, Colombia
Arví Park Park in Medellín, Colombia
Biblioteca España Library park in the Santo Domingo Savio, Medellín, Colombia
Monumento a la Raza Monument in Medellín, Colombia
Museo de Antioquia A collection of contemporary art including many pieces…
Metropolitan Cathedral of Medellín Cathedral in Medelln, Colombia

Tours and tickets in Medellín

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Medellín), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.

Month by month

No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.

Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	25°	10d	81%	10.1h	sweet spot	25C max, 10 rainy days
Feb	26°	13d	81%	9.8h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Mar	26°	18d	83%	9.2h	avoid	monsoon: 18 rainy days, 184mm
Apr	25°	21d	85%	8.6h	avoid	monsoon: 21 rainy days, 245mm
May	25°	25d	86%	8.5h	avoid	monsoon: 25 rainy days, 271mm
Jun	25°	21d	85%	9.4h	avoid	monsoon: 21 rainy days, 261mm
Jul	26°	13d*	82%	10.3h	sweet spot	26C max, 13 rainy days
Aug	26°	11d*	82%	10.2h	sweet spot	26C max, 11 rainy days
Sep	26°	20d	83%	9.9h	avoid	monsoon: 20 rainy days, 196mm
Oct	24°	25d	87%	8.8h	avoid	monsoon: 25 rainy days, 263mm
Nov	24°	23d	88%	8.9h	avoid	monsoon: 23 rainy days, 250mm
Dec	25°	13d	84%	9.9h	ok	25C max, 13 rainy days

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at the centre, 20 km from the airport (MDE): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.* Rainy days in July and August are as the weather station at Medellin (Olaya Herrera airport) (1 km away) counts them, where it and the model disagree on a wet month (WMO 80110, 2017–2026).

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest in February and November.

Then and now

No month in Medellín is clearly warmer than in 1981–1990: the differences are inside the ordinary spread between one year and the next.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	24.8°	25.0°	25.3°	25.0°	24.9°	25.2°	25.7°	26.1°	25.7°	24.3°	24.2°	24.5°
2017–26	25.4°	25.7°	25.5°	24.9°	24.9°	24.7°	25.6°	25.8°	25.7°	24.0°	23.8°	24.8°
Change	+0.6°	+0.7°	+0.2°	-0.0°	+0.0°	-0.5°	-0.1°	-0.3°	-0.0°	-0.2°	-0.4°	+0.2°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

How far Medellín is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Type A and B plugs at 110 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Colombian peso. UK Foreign Office: avoid all but essential travel to parts. Everything for Colombia: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

Being there

On arrival

Paying — Cards work in most hotels, restaurants and malls in big cities; carry small notes for markets, small shops and the countryside. Locals also pay by phone with Nequi or Daviplata.
UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
Tipping — Better restaurants usually add a 10% service charge; if not, add about 10%. Taxi drivers are not usually tipped; round up if you like.

Getting around Medellín

Apps — Rides: Cabify, DiDi, inDrive, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.

Uber and Cabify serve the city. Rideshare apps are officially illegal in the country but appear to be widely used. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Medellín, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Help

Emergency — police and ambulance 123 · fire 119.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 3 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Medellín in pictures

Comuna 13, Medellín 05 — i

Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Comuna 13, Medellín 02 — i

Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Medellín, San Javier, 2023 07 CN 06 — i

Steffen Schmitz (more photos), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Medellín, San Javier, 2023 07 CN 05 — i

Steffen Schmitz (more photos), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Panorámica aérea de la ciudad de Medellín — i

Michael David Cote Torres, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Medellín is like

Medellín is the second largest city in Colombia. It has 2.62 million residents (2024) and is the capital of the department of Antioquia. It's set in a valley running south to north and just a one-hour flight from Bogotá. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: Pueblito Paisa is a reconstruction of a typical but tiny Antioquia village. It's located on top of el Cerro Nutibara and has a pleasant view over the city. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: Metrocables. There are two cable car extensions of the Metro: For the line K take a metro train to Acevedo station and from there take the Metrocable up to Santo Domingo for a nice view over the city. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: José María Córdova International Airport (MDE IATA) (also called Rionegro International Airport as the city Rionegro is nearby). More on Wikivoyage
Staying safe: Medellín is generally a safe city for tourism, depending on the part of town you visit and the hours and is much safer than in previous years. More on Wikivoyage
Staying healthy: The water in Medellín is potable, although bottled water is always available everywhere for the extra-cautious. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Medellín, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

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Medellín is in Colombia, Latin America. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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