Climate averages 1991–2020
Maicao weather
in July.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Maicao: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Riohacha (75 km away). In July its highs average 32.8°C, about as warm as Maicao, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Maicao ranks 3rd of 46 for the warmest July highs and 6th of 46 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 46 cities is 26.0°C; Maicao is 6.6°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 32.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 92 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
Maicao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Riohacha in JulyColombia · 75 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 49 mm rain
- La Concepción in JulyVenezuela · 95 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Maracaibo in JulyVenezuela · 107 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 26.0°C · 67 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in JulyVenezuela · 108 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 67 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in JulyVenezuela · 117 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 104 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in JulyVenezuela · 123 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.9°C · 64 mm rain
- Cabimas in JulyVenezuela · 139 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.4°C · 208 mm rain
- Valledupar in JulyColombia · 150 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 101 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.