Climate averages 1991–2020

Chía weather
in January.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 19.2°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 10.4°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 60 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a mild month in Chía: daytime highs average 19.2°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Zipaquirá (19 km away). In January its highs average 19.7°C, 0.5°C warmer than Chía, with 65 mm of rain.

Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Chía ranks 42nd of 46 for the warmest January highs and 21st of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Chía is 7.3°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 84 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Chía climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Chía, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	19.2°C10.4°C	10.4°C	60	14.1	11.912 h
February	19.5°C10.8°C	10.8°C	84	15.4	12.012 h
March	19.3°C11.2°C	11.2°C	140	18.8	12.112 h
April	18.7°C11.4°C	11.4°C	148	19.7	12.212 h
May	18.4°C11.3°C	11.3°C	96	16.3	12.312 h
June	18.4°C11.1°C	11.1°C	39	10.2	12.412 h
July	18.5°C10.8°C	10.8°C	33	9.4	12.412 h
August	19.4°C10.8°C	10.8°C	24	7.3	12.312 h
September	19.6°C10.6°C	10.6°C	34	10.4	12.112 h
October	18.9°C10.6°C	10.6°C	100	17.9	12.012 h
November	18.5°C10.7°C	10.7°C	129	20.6	11.912 h
December	18.7°C10.5°C	10.5°C	77	15.8	11.812 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

Distance from Chía

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chía) is explained once on the Chía year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.