Climate averages 1991–2020
Maicao weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Maicao: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Riohacha (75 km away). In January its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Maicao, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Maicao ranks 12th of 46 for the warmest January highs and 7th of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Maicao is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 10 mm to 5.7 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
Maicao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 10 | 3.1 | 11.512 h |
| February | 30.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 5.7 | 1.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 31.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 11 | 2.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 41 | 7.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 108 | 14.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 31.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 65 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 40 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 32.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 92 | 13.7 | 12.512 h |
| September | 31.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 153 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 184 | 24.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 126 | 19.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 40 | 9.3 | 11.511 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
- Riohacha in JanuaryColombia · 75 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 13 mm rain
- La Concepción in JanuaryVenezuela · 95 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Maracaibo in JanuaryVenezuela · 107 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in JanuaryVenezuela · 108 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 5.6 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in JanuaryVenezuela · 117 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in JanuaryVenezuela · 123 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Cabimas in JanuaryVenezuela · 139 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Valledupar in JanuaryColombia · 150 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 26 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 Maicao) is explained once on the Maicao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.