Climate averages 1991–2020
Montelíbano weather
in January.
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.
January is a hot month in Montelíbano: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Montería (100 km away). In January its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Montelíbano, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Montelíbano ranks 8th of 46 for the warmest January highs and 19th of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Montelíbano is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 39 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
Montelíbano climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 31.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 33 | 9.5 | 11.712 h |
| February | 33.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 39 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 89 | 16.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 169 | 25.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 224 | 28.7 | 12.512 h |
| June | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 163 | 25.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 30.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 149 | 24.6 | 12.513 h |
| August | 30.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 161 | 26.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 182 | 27.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 206 | 29.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 177 | 27.1 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 96 | 19.3 | 11.712 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
- Montería in JanuaryColombia · 100 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Cereté in JanuaryColombia · 109 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Apartadó in JanuaryColombia · 133 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Chigorodó in JanuaryColombia · 143 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 101 mm rain
- Sincelejo in JanuaryColombia · 147 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Magangué in JanuaryColombia · 158 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Bello in JanuaryColombia · 183 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 134 mm rain
- Medellín in JanuaryColombia · 194 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 134 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 Montelíbano) is explained once on the Montelíbano year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.