Climate averages 1991–2020
Barrancabermeja weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Barrancabermeja: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aguachica (141 km away). In January its highs average 31.0°C, 1.1°C warmer than Barrancabermeja, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Barrancabermeja ranks joint 13th of 46 for the warmest January highs and joint 33rd of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Barrancabermeja is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 115 mm to 138 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
Barrancabermeja climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 115 | 16.6 | 11.812 h |
| February | 31.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 138 | 15.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 260 | 23.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 357 | 26.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 390 | 28.7 | 12.412 h |
| June | 30.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 341 | 26.5 | 12.513 h |
| July | 30.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 304 | 24.9 | 12.512 h |
| August | 30.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 329 | 25.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 393 | 27.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 406 | 29.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 394 | 28.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 245 | 23.7 | 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
- Aguachica in JanuaryColombia · 141 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Ocaña in JanuaryColombia · 141 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Duitama in JanuaryColombia · 165 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Cúcuta in JanuaryColombia · 176 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Rubio in JanuaryVenezuela · 180 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Sogamoso in JanuaryColombia · 181 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Rionegro in JanuaryColombia · 196 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 12.9°C · 141 mm rain
- Táriba in JanuaryVenezuela · 199 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 42 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 Barrancabermeja) is explained once on the Barrancabermeja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.