Your winter vs Medellín’s
Type your town and see how many December-to-March days were actually pleasant, counted one by one from five years of weather-station records. Then put Medellín next to Florida, Arizona and the Mexican towns snowbirds usually consider.
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Change what counts as a good dayMonth by month
Share of days in each month that fit your settings. Darker means more of them. Faded months are outside the season you picked.
What knocks days out
Share of days that miss each setting. A day can miss more than one, so these don’t add up to 100.
See the numbers
Where winter is pleasant
Every dot is a city, shaded by how many winter days fit your settings. Tap a dot to compare it with your town.
Best places for your settings
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Medellín against the places you’re actually considering
Florida, Arizona, Mexico and a few others, ranked on your settings. Tap any of them to compare it with your town.
Best for each definition
Your settings
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Questions about the weather check
What counts as a pleasant winter day?
Out of the box, a December-to-March day with a high between 65°F and 87°F and a night above 45°F. That’s the Snowbird preset. If you feel the cold, raise the night setting. If you dislike humidity, turn on the dew point setting. The counts change as you go.
How does Medellín compare with Florida and Arizona?
On the Snowbird settings, across –, Medellín averaged – pleasant days out of 121, Miami –, Sarasota – and Phoenix –. Pick any of them in the “Compared with” box to see the month-by-month picture.
Is it ever too hot or too cold in Medellín in winter?
Afternoons are warm and nights are mild. The “What knocks days out” panel shows exactly how many winter days ran too hot, too cool or too cold at night, for Medellín and for your town side by side.
Where does the data come from?
Daily highs, lows and dew points come from NOAA’s Global Summary of the Day station records. Cloud cover and rainfall come from NASA’s POWER project. We count every day from –.
Can I send this to my family?
Yes. “Copy link” keeps your town and settings, and “Download image” saves a picture you can text or email.
Real days, counted one by one
Temperature and dew point
Daily high, low and average dew point from the nearest weather station with solid records, usually the airport, via NOAA’s Global Summary of the Day. Each result names its station and distance.
Clouds and rain
Daily cloud cover and rainfall from NASA POWER (NASA Langley Research Center), which blends satellite data and models on a grid. A “rainy day” is 0.1 in (2.5 mm) or more.
The count
Every day from 2021–2025 is checked against all your settings at once. Missing days are skipped and the result is scaled to the full season, so a patchy station doesn’t look worse than it is.
Thinking about a winter here?
The 180-day calendar works out how long you can stay, and the rentals page shows what a month costs.