Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciénaga weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 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 Ciénaga: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Marta (26 km away). In January its highs average 26.9°C, 2.4°C cooler than Ciénaga, with 3.8 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Ciénaga ranks 19th of 46 for the warmest January highs and 10th of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Ciénaga is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 21 mm to 18 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
Ciénaga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 21 | 3.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 30.0°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 18 | 3.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 40 | 7.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 140 | 17.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 29.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 305 | 25.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 220 | 22.0 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 183 | 19.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 225 | 22.4 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 309 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 394 | 28.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 287 | 24.2 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 87 | 12.4 | 11.511 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
- Santa Marta in JanuaryColombia · 26 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Soledad in JanuaryColombia · 57 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Barranquilla in JanuaryColombia · 58 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 25.4°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in JanuaryColombia · 85 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Valledupar in JanuaryColombia · 124 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Cartagena in JanuaryColombia · 152 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Riohacha in JanuaryColombia · 158 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Magangué in JanuaryColombia · 204 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 26 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 Ciénaga) is explained once on the Ciénaga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.