Valle del Cauca Department · Colombia
Candelaria travel guide
Candelaria is a city in Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia, home to about 95,000 people.
- Best months
- July and August
- Nearest airport
- CLO16 km · Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International Airport
- Currency
- COPColombian peso
- Time zone
- America/Bogota
- Language
- Spanish
When to go
The best time to visit Candelaria
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Candelaria are July and August. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; November is the wettest, with about 212 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Candelaria: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International Airport (CLO), about 16 km from the city centre in a straight line; Gerardo Tobar López Airport (BUN, 85 km) and Guillermo León Valencia Airport (PPN, 109 km) are also within reach.
CLO · Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International Airport
BUN · Gerardo Tobar López Airport
PPN · Guillermo León Valencia Airport
Questions
Candelaria: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Candelaria?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Candelaria are July and August. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; November is the wettest, with about 212 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Candelaria?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International Airport (CLO), about 16 km from the city centre in a straight line; Gerardo Tobar López Airport (BUN, 85 km) and Guillermo León Valencia Airport (PPN, 109 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Candelaria?
Colombian peso (COP).
Nearby
Destinations near Candelaria
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.