Climate averages 1991–2020
La Dorada weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in La Dorada: daytime highs average 33.2°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes September a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zipaquirá (87 km away). In September its highs average 19.8°C, 13.5°C cooler than La Dorada, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, La Dorada ranks 1st of 46 for the warmest September highs and 15th of 46 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 46 cities is 26.4°C; La Dorada is 6.8°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 110 mm to 211 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Zipaquirá in SeptemberColombia · 87 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 9.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Chía in SeptemberColombia · 94 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Soacha in SeptemberColombia · 108 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 105 mm rain
- Rionegro in SeptemberColombia · 111 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.0°C · 176 mm rain
- Bogotá in SeptemberColombia · 113 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Ibagué in SeptemberColombia · 127 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 217 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in SeptemberColombia · 128 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Caldas in SeptemberColombia · 129 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.0°C · 253 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.