Climate averages 1991–2020
Chigorodó weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Chigorodó: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes January a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Apartadó (25 km away). In January its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Chigorodó, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Chigorodó ranks joint 17th of 46 for the warmest January highs and 29th of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Chigorodó is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 101 mm to 81 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
Chigorodó climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 101 | 21.5 | 11.712 h |
| February | 30.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 81 | 15.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 141 | 19.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 284 | 26.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 444 | 30.1 | 12.512 h |
| June | 28.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 424 | 29.5 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 491 | 30.5 | 12.513 h |
| August | 29.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 445 | 30.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 395 | 29.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 338 | 29.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 304 | 26.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 28.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 210 | 27.3 | 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
- Apartadó in JanuaryColombia · 25 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Montelíbano in JanuaryColombia · 143 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Montería in JanuaryColombia · 149 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Cereté in JanuaryColombia · 167 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Bello in JanuaryColombia · 193 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 134 mm rain
- Medellín in JanuaryColombia · 200 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Caldas in JanuaryColombia · 210 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 111 mm rain
- Quibdó in JanuaryColombia · 220 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 388 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 Chigorodó) is explained once on the Chigorodó year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.