Climate averages 1991–2020
Pitalito weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Pitalito: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 209 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Florencia (56 km away). In January its highs average 28.2°C, 4.9°C warmer than Pitalito, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Pitalito ranks 34th of 46 for the warmest January highs and joint 39th of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Pitalito is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 209 mm to 237 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
Pitalito climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 23.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 209 | 27.0 | 12.012 h |
| February | 23.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 237 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| March | 23.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 315 | 30.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 329 | 29.6 | 12.212 h |
| May | 22.1°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 307 | 30.6 | 12.212 h |
| June | 21.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 321 | 29.5 | 12.212 h |
| July | 20.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 316 | 30.3 | 12.212 h |
| August | 21.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 231 | 28.8 | 12.212 h |
| September | 22.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 200 | 28.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 23.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 230 | 30.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 23.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 218 | 29.1 | 12.012 h |
| December | 23.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 227 | 29.1 | 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
- Florencia in JanuaryColombia · 56 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.7°C · 86 mm rain
- Popayán in JanuaryColombia · 90 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 233 mm rain
- Neiva in JanuaryColombia · 147 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Pasto in JanuaryColombia · 154 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 177 mm rain
- Cali in JanuaryColombia · 183 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.9°C · 296 mm rain
- Yumbo in JanuaryColombia · 198 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 296 mm rain
- Ipiales in JanuaryColombia · 210 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 9.3°C · 220 mm rain
- Tulcán in JanuaryEcuador · 218 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.6°C · 220 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 Pitalito) is explained once on the Pitalito year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.