awalles
3/8/2017 14:48 EST
I was just noticing on a website that Colombia is starting a rainy season. It the rain heavy enough for an umbrella? How often does it rain? Does it last for an hour or so or does it rain all day. Yada,yada,yada.........
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cccmedia
3/8/2017 15:07 EST
Bring your umbrella to Colombia. Based on my trips to Coffee Zone and to Medellín, the green areas of Colombia get plentiful rain.
If you want more-precise rainfall amounts, google a weather site. For instance, google: medellin weather average rainfall ....
Anyone who would tell you whether it will rain for an hour or most of a day .. is probably just guessing.
If you forget to bring 'el paraguas', not to worry. Inexpensive ones are available all over.
cccmedia in La Zona Cafetera
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canpandave
3/8/2017 15:10 EST
an umbrella is all you need, keeps the sun off if its sunny, keeps the rain off if not....
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geoffbob
3/8/2017 16:02 EST
In Medellin for example, the rains come but are seldom what you'd call torrential or long lasting. I find that carrying one of those ultra compact jobbies doesn't cramp my style but comes in handy on occasion. I don't like to lug things around and the small ones fit into a pocket. Every morning before heading out the door I pull up the forecast to help me decide if I'm even gonna need it.
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joemindwarp
3/8/2017 17:05 EST
It never rains in sunny Medellin
I came back from Panama and the expat on the plane said Panama was off her list because it rained there, true expat style. totally off the charts
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cccmedia
3/8/2017 18:33 EST
Canpan's concept notwithstanding, men do not use umbrellas for shade in macho South America -- at least not in the Andean highlands.
cccmedia in the Andean highlands
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cccmedia
3/8/2017 18:38 EST
City-dwellers seeking an almost rainless metropolis may consider Lima, Peru.
The Peruvian desert-capital by the Pacific Ocean is especially dry in the South American summer months .. with many clouds and fog in some sectors during various winter months.
cccmedia north of Peru
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kmrschneider
3/8/2017 23:49 EST
Geoffbob - you said you pull up the forecast before heading out each day. Is there a particular website or app you find to be helpful? Whenever i check the Medellin weather using the iPhone or Weather channnel apps, the forecast calls for thunderstorms almost 24 hours each day, which i'm prettty certain is not accurate. Maybe its a plot to keep any more ex-pats from moving there?
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regnatarajan
3/9/2017 07:15 EST
I have no data but my observation has been that in the areas around Bogotá, it rains about every other day, but rarely for more than 20 minutes. You always have to be prepared to deal with it but it's rarely really inconvenient. This graph might help a bit.
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geoffbob
3/9/2017 09:07 EST
I use the weather app pre-loaded on Windows 10. It provides the forecast on an hour by hour basis. Any weather site that does this should be an improvement over one that doesn't.
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awalles
3/9/2017 14:25 EST
Sorry about the confusion. I meant to ask about the weather in Medellin. I know what I'm talking about and sometimes I forget that others can't read my mind. Don't ever get old!
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Bobfrozen1
3/10/2017 17:00 EST
Yes it does rain in Medellin and sometimes a lot. Sometimes very heavy. On average I think 4 out of seven days a thunderstorm for an hour or two in the afternoon or evening. Wednesday a strong thunderstorm and really heavy rain for an hour or so. Today rain around 11 until about 3 sometimes heavy.
I always carry my portable umbrella and it comes in handy.
One good thing about the rain is it freshens the air up quite a bit.
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cccmedia
3/11/2017 18:12 EST
The rainiest months in Medellín are the nine months March to November.
Source: weather-and-climate.com
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