Climate averages 1991–2020
Neiva weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Neiva: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pitalito (147 km away). In January its highs average 23.3°C, 6.5°C cooler than Neiva, with 209 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Neiva ranks joint 13th of 46 for the warmest January highs and joint 23rd of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Neiva is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 83 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
Neiva climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 67 | 11.1 | 12.012 h |
| February | 30.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 83 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 173 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 207 | 23.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 152 | 22.7 | 12.312 h |
| June | 29.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 67 | 16.5 | 12.312 h |
| July | 29.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 43 | 12.0 | 12.312 h |
| August | 30.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 29 | 6.9 | 12.212 h |
| September | 31.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 63 | 11.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 152 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 173 | 22.9 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 97 | 16.8 | 12.012 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
- Pitalito in JanuaryColombia · 147 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 209 mm rain
- Cali in JanuaryColombia · 149 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.9°C · 296 mm rain
- Florencia in JanuaryColombia · 151 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.7°C · 86 mm rain
- Yumbo in JanuaryColombia · 153 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 296 mm rain
- Popayán in JanuaryColombia · 158 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 233 mm rain
- Ibagué in JanuaryColombia · 168 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.3°C · 108 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in JanuaryColombia · 187 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Soacha in JanuaryColombia · 218 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 209 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 Neiva) is explained once on the Neiva year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.