Climate averages 1991–2020
La Dorada weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in La Dorada: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zipaquirá (87 km away). In January its highs average 19.7°C, 12.0°C cooler than La Dorada, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, La Dorada ranks 3rd of 46 for the warmest January highs and joint 23rd of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; La Dorada is 5.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 80 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
La Dorada climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 31.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 67 | 12.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Zipaquirá in JanuaryColombia · 87 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 9.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Chía in JanuaryColombia · 94 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 10.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Soacha in JanuaryColombia · 108 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 209 mm rain
- Rionegro in JanuaryColombia · 111 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 12.9°C · 141 mm rain
- Bogotá in JanuaryColombia · 113 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Ibagué in JanuaryColombia · 127 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.3°C · 108 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in JanuaryColombia · 128 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Caldas in JanuaryColombia · 129 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 111 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.