Montería
City in Colombia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Montería is a city in Colombia, in Córdoba. About 490,935 people live in the city proper, making it the 11th largest city of Colombia in our atlas.
It lies at 8.75° N, 75.88° W, about 29 m (95 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Bogota time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Montería. Green dots: other major cities of Colombia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Montería has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 36°C (96°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 22°C (71°F). Around 1,327 mm (52 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jul.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in ColombiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Cartagena · 188 km
- Barranquilla · 274 km
- Medellín · 280 km
- Santa Marta · 332 km
- Valledupar · 345 km
- Bucaramanga · 352 km
- Cúcuta · 382 km
- Ibagué · 485 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3674453 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q23686742 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.