Climate averages 1991–2020
La Dorada weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in La Dorada: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zipaquirá (87 km away). In February its highs average 20.0°C, 12.8°C cooler than La Dorada, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, La Dorada ranks 8th of 46 for the warmest February highs and 22nd of 46 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 46 cities is 27.2°C; La Dorada is 5.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 mm to 156 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
La Dorada climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 67 | 12.4 | 11.812 h |
| February, selected | 32.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 80 | 13.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 156 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 151 | 19.1 | 12.212 h |
| May | 31.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 119 | 16.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 32.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 35 | 7.9 | 12.412 h |
| July | 32.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 31 | 6.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 33.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 48 | 8.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 33.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 110 | 15.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 211 | 22.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 224 | 23.6 | 11.912 h |
| December | 30.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 116 | 17.2 | 11.812 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
February in nearby cities
- Zipaquirá in FebruaryColombia · 87 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Chía in FebruaryColombia · 94 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 10.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Soacha in FebruaryColombia · 108 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 237 mm rain
- Rionegro in FebruaryColombia · 111 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.0°C · 159 mm rain
- Bogotá in FebruaryColombia · 113 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 11.1°C · 90 mm rain
- Ibagué in FebruaryColombia · 127 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 150 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in FebruaryColombia · 128 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 146 mm rain
- Caldas in FebruaryColombia · 129 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.2°C · 138 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 La Dorada) is explained once on the La Dorada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.