Climate averages 1991–2020
Montería weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 4th 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 Montería: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cereté (18 km away). In January its highs average 31.2°C, about as warm as Montería, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Montería ranks 6th of 46 for the warmest January highs and 20th of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Montería is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 33.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 36 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
Montería climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 31.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 38 | 10.8 | 11.712 h |
| February | 33.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 36 | 8.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 33.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 71 | 15.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 179 | 25.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 286 | 29.5 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 252 | 28.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 30.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 254 | 28.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 242 | 29.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 243 | 29.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 245 | 29.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 184 | 27.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 30.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 103 | 21.1 | 11.612 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
- Cereté in JanuaryColombia · 18 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Sincelejo in JanuaryColombia · 82 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Montelíbano in JanuaryColombia · 100 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Apartadó in JanuaryColombia · 127 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Magangué in JanuaryColombia · 135 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Chigorodó in JanuaryColombia · 149 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 101 mm rain
- Cartagena in JanuaryColombia · 188 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in JanuaryColombia · 234 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 6.6 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 Montería) is explained once on the Montería year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.