Climate averages 1991–2020
Ibagué weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Ibagué: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fusagasugá (94 km away). In January its highs average 21.8°C, 3.7°C cooler than Ibagué, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Ibagué ranks 29th of 46 for the warmest January highs and 30th of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Ibagué is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 108 mm to 150 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
Ibagué climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 25.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 108 | 16.6 | 11.912 h |
| February | 26.2°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 150 | 19.5 | 12.012 h |
| March | 25.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 304 | 25.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 377 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 24.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 339 | 30.4 | 12.312 h |
| June | 25.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 211 | 28.4 | 12.412 h |
| July | 25.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 174 | 27.5 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 146 | 25.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 26.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 217 | 26.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 310 | 28.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 24.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 277 | 26.4 | 11.912 h |
| December | 24.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 142 | 19.7 | 11.912 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
- Fusagasugá in JanuaryColombia · 94 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Soacha in JanuaryColombia · 110 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 209 mm rain
- Bogotá in JanuaryColombia · 126 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.7°C · 69 mm rain
- La Dorada in JanuaryColombia · 127 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Chía in JanuaryColombia · 135 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 10.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Zipaquirá in JanuaryColombia · 148 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 9.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Neiva in JanuaryColombia · 168 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Yumbo in JanuaryColombia · 172 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 296 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 Ibagué) is explained once on the Ibagué year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.