Seasonal guide · MDE → LBA

Best Time to Fly: MedellinLeeds

CapitalLondon
Population68,265,209
CurrencyGBP ยฃ British pound
LanguageEnglish
Time ZoneUTC+01:00 BST
AirportLBA
Distance8,393 km
Flight Time10h 22m
Visitors/yr~9,255,114

The honest answer to when you should fly Medellin to Leeds is mostly about weather and demand at the far end. On three years of daily observations at the arrival airport, May-Aug gives the most comfortable combination of temperature and rainfall in Leeds.

Weather in Leeds, month by month

Averages below come from three full years of daily readings at Leeds’s main airport, not from a seasonal generalisation. The warmest month is July (average high 20°C), the coolest is January (average low 1°C), and the wettest is December (124 mm).

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainfallWet daysMedellin high
January5°C1°C117 mm1322°C
February7°C3°C83 mm1722°C
March10°C3°C65 mm1323°C
April13°C4°C49 mm1222°C
May good16°C8°C78 mm1223°C
June good19°C11°C71 mm1722°C
July good20°C12°C58 mm1223°C
August good20°C12°C48 mm1223°C
September17°C10°C109 mm1624°C
October13°C8°C106 mm1622°C
November9°C4°C86 mm1322°C
December8°C4°C124 mm1622°C

Climate data: Open-Meteo reanalysis archive.

Packing for the gap: in July, Leeds averages 20°C against 23°C in Medellin — about 3°C cooler, so pack a layer more than you would at home.

Time difference and jet lag

Leeds runs 6 hours ahead of Medellin. Travelling east is the harder direction to adjust to, so if the trip is short, an early departure that lands in daylight is worth more than a marginally cheaper overnight.

When fares move on this route

We publish observed fares for this route when we have them, and say nothing when we do not — there is no estimate on this page. What holds regardless of the route:

  • The travel date matters more than the booking date. Midweek departures are consistently cheaper than Friday and Sunday, because that is when demand actually sits.
  • Comfortable weather and low fares rarely coincide. May-Aug is the pleasant window in Leeds, which is also when more people want to go. The shoulder weeks either side of it are usually the better value.
  • School holidays and local events override everything. A festival or a public holiday at either end will outweigh any general booking rule.
  • Set an alert rather than watching manually. Fares move at hours you are not looking, and the useful booking window is weeks wide, not days.

Which day to fly

Midweek departures are consistently cheaper than Friday and Sunday on most routes, because that is where demand sits rather than because of any pricing trick. Where we have observed fares for Medellin–Leeds, the weekday breakdown appears further down this page; where we do not, we leave it out rather than estimate it.

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