Climate averages 1991–2020
Cúcuta weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Cúcuta: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 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 43 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rubio (28 km away). In January its highs average 26.7°C, 2.8°C cooler than Cúcuta, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Cúcuta ranks joint 17th of 46 for the warmest January highs and 27th of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Cúcuta is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 89 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
Cúcuta 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°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 78 | 14.1 | 11.712 h |
| February | 29.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 89 | 14.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 138 | 19.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 155 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 97 | 12.8 | 12.512 h |
| June | 31.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 31 | 6.4 | 12.613 h |
| July | 31.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 22 | 5.2 | 12.513 h |
| August | 32.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 33 | 6.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 32.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 59 | 10.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 133 | 18.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 181 | 20.5 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 113 | 16.8 | 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
- Rubio in JanuaryVenezuela · 28 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Táriba in JanuaryVenezuela · 32 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Ocaña in JanuaryColombia · 101 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Aguachica in JanuaryColombia · 130 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 30 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in JanuaryVenezuela · 137 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 97 mm rain
- Ejido (approximate) in JanuaryVenezuela · 156 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 108 mm rain
- Mérida, Venezuela in JanuaryVenezuela · 165 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 108 mm rain
- Barrancabermeja in JanuaryColombia · 176 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 115 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 Cúcuta) is explained once on the Cúcuta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.