Climate averages 1991–2020
Ocaña weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Ocaña: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aguachica (30 km away). In January its highs average 31.0°C, 5.6°C warmer than Ocaña, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Ocaña ranks 30th of 46 for the warmest January highs and 11th of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Ocaña is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 35 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
Ocaña climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 25.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 22 | 6.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 26.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 35 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 25.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 99 | 16.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 200 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 24.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 293 | 25.7 | 12.512 h |
| June | 24.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 168 | 19.4 | 12.613 h |
| July | 24.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 112 | 16.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 24.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 185 | 21.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 24.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 253 | 25.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 259 | 26.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 163 | 20.1 | 11.812 h |
| December | 24.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 51 | 9.8 | 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
- Aguachica in JanuaryColombia · 30 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Cúcuta in JanuaryColombia · 101 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Rubio in JanuaryVenezuela · 125 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Táriba in JanuaryVenezuela · 133 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Barrancabermeja in JanuaryColombia · 141 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 115 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in JanuaryVenezuela · 179 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 97 mm rain
- Magangué in JanuaryColombia · 190 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Machiques in JanuaryVenezuela · 221 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 8.7 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 Ocaña) is explained once on the Ocaña year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.