Climate averages 1991–2020
Arauca weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Arauca: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 346 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Socopó (128 km away). In July its highs average 27.5°C, 0.9°C cooler than Arauca, with 271 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Arauca ranks 21st of 46 for the warmest July highs and 44th of 46 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 46 cities is 26.0°C; Arauca is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 346 mm to 293 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Socopó in JulyVenezuela · 128 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 271 mm rain
- Ejido (approximate) in JulyVenezuela · 171 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 147 mm rain
- Mérida, Venezuela in JulyVenezuela · 172 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 16.0°C · 147 mm rain
- Táriba in JulyVenezuela · 181 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Rubio in JulyVenezuela · 189 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Cúcuta in JulyColombia · 213 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Guanare in JulyVenezuela · 245 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 258 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in JulyVenezuela · 249 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 306 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.