Climate averages 1991–2020
Arauca weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Arauca: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Socopó (128 km away). In January its highs average 29.4°C, 2.5°C cooler than Arauca, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Arauca ranks joint 1st of 46 for the warmest January highs and 9th of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Arauca is 5.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 33.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 21 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Arauca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 31.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 15 | 2.7 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 21 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 55 | 7.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 181 | 19.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 324 | 26.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 375 | 28.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 346 | 27.9 | 12.512 h |
| August | 29.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 293 | 27.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 244 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 211 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 145 | 20.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 30.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 51 | 9.5 | 11.712 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Socopó in JanuaryVenezuela · 128 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Ejido (approximate) in JanuaryVenezuela · 171 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 108 mm rain
- Mérida, Venezuela in JanuaryVenezuela · 172 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 108 mm rain
- Táriba in JanuaryVenezuela · 181 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Rubio in JanuaryVenezuela · 189 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Cúcuta in JanuaryColombia · 213 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Guanare in JanuaryVenezuela · 245 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 12 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in JanuaryVenezuela · 249 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 97 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Arauca) is explained once on the Arauca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.