Region · Colombia

Where to stay in Huila Department

This guide covers 5 destinations in Huila Department, a first-level administrative division of Colombia, with 15 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Palermo, Neiva and Pitalito. Across its destinations, August and September are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Benito Salas Airport (NVA).

Destinations in this guide
5
Places to stay
15
Comfortable in the most places
August and September
Main airport
NVABenito Salas Airport
Currency
COPColombian peso
Time zone
America/Bogota

Destinations

Destinations in Huila Department

Every destination in this guide in Huila Department, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.

DestinationPopulationPlaces to stayBest monthsNearest airport
Neiva380,0198July to SeptemberNVA · 3 km
Pitalito133,2055FLA · 62 km
Garzón69,8232August and SeptemberFLA · 68 km
Palermo800,000July to SeptemberNVA · 17 km
La Plata67,220August and SeptemberPPN · 80 km

Where to stay

Hotels in Huila Department

15 hotels in Huila Department recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.

HotelWhereTypeOpenedWebsite
Ayenda Mar Azul NeivaNeivahotel
Capilla del Sol Hotel Boutique low CostGarzónhotel
Casa ConstantinoNeivahotel
Ecohotel BordonesPitalitohotel
Hostal Música y ArtePitalitohotel
Hotel Campestre El TriunfoPitalitohotel
Hotel Casa PabloNeivahotel
Hotel Casa TarzanPitalitohotel
Hotel ChicalaNeivahotel
Hotel Grand Premium PlazaPitalitohotel
Hotel MetropolitanoNeivahotel
Hotel Neiva PlazaNeivahotel
Hoteles CasablancaGarzónhotel
La Cabrera Hotel BoutiqueNeivahotel
Onix HotelNeivahotel

When to go

Best time to visit Huila Department

From the climate of 5 destinations in Huila Department with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: August and September.

MonthComfortable destinationsTypical highTypical rainfall
January0 of 527 °C88 mm
February0 of 527 °C106 mm
March0 of 527 °C158 mm
April0 of 527 °C161 mm
May0 of 527 °C135 mm
June0 of 527 °C103 mm
July2 of 526 °C100 mm
August4 of 527 °C63 mm
September4 of 527 °C80 mm
October0 of 527 °C145 mm
November0 of 526 °C188 mm
December0 of 526 °C145 mm

Typical = the median across the destinations. 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

Airports serving Huila Department

The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Huila Department name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.

medium airport · Neiva

NVA · Benito Salas Airport

Nearest for 2 destinationsNamed by 4 destinations2.6 km from the closest
medium airport · Florencia

FLA · Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport

Nearest for 2 destinationsNamed by 3 destinations62 km from the closest
medium airport · Popayán

PPN · Guillermo León Valencia Airport

Nearest for 1 destinationNamed by 2 destinations80 km from the closest
medium airport · San Vicente Del Caguán

SVI · Eduardo Falla Solano Airport

Named by 4 destinations96 km from the closest
large airport · Cali

CLO · Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International Airport

Named by 2 destinations128 km from the closest

Good to know

Public holidays in Huila Department, 2026

Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).

Nationwide in Colombia

1 Jan · New Year's Day12 Jan · Epiphany (observed)23 Mar · Saint Joseph's Day (observed)2 Apr · Maundy Thursday3 Apr · Good Friday1 May · Labor Day18 May · Ascension Day (observed)8 Jun · Corpus Christi (observed)15 Jun · Sacred Heart (observed)29 Jun · Saint Peter and Saint Paul's Day13 Jul · Day of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá (observed)20 Jul · Independence Day7 Aug · Battle of Boyacá17 Aug · Assumption Day (observed)12 Oct · Columbus Day2 Nov · All Saints' Day (observed)16 Nov · Independence of Cartagena (observed)8 Dec · Immaculate Conception25 Dec · Christmas Day

Nearby

Regions near Huila Department

Other regions of Colombia with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.

Colombia travel guide · All regions of Colombia

Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.