Climate averages 1991–2020
La Dorada weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in La Dorada: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zipaquirá (87 km away). In July its highs average 18.1°C, 14.6°C cooler than La Dorada, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, La Dorada ranks joint 1st of 46 for the warmest July highs and 2nd of 46 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 46 cities is 26.0°C; La Dorada is 6.8°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 48 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Zipaquirá in JulyColombia · 87 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Chía in JulyColombia · 94 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Soacha in JulyColombia · 108 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Rionegro in JulyColombia · 111 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Bogotá in JulyColombia · 113 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Ibagué in JulyColombia · 127 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 174 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in JulyColombia · 128 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Caldas in JulyColombia · 129 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 198 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.