Climate averages 1991–2020

Cúcuta weather
in July.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.

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

Average high 31.5°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 22.1°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 22 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Cúcuta: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Rubio (28 km away). In July its highs average 26.5°C, 5.0°C cooler than Cúcuta, with 47 mm of rain.

Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Cúcuta ranks 4th of 46 for the warmest July highs and 1st of 46 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 46 cities is 26.0°C; Cúcuta is 5.5°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 33 mm.

The annual picture

July 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

Cúcuta climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Cúcuta, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	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, selected	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Cúcuta

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 Cúcuta) is explained once on the Cúcuta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.