Climate averages 1991–2020
Popayán weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Popayán: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 233 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes January a very wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pitalito (90 km away). In January its highs average 23.3°C, 1.3°C warmer than Popayán, with 209 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Popayán ranks 36th of 46 for the warmest January highs and 42nd of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Popayán is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 233 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
Popayán climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 22.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 233 | 21.9 | 12.012 h |
| February | 22.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 233 | 21.5 | 12.012 h |
| March | 22.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 299 | 25.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 289 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 22.3°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 197 | 21.7 | 12.212 h |
| June | 22.3°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 93 | 13.9 | 12.312 h |
| July | 22.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 64 | 10.0 | 12.212 h |
| August | 23.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 64 | 9.9 | 12.212 h |
| September | 23.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 145 | 18.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 22.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 268 | 26.4 | 12.112 h |
| November | 21.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 331 | 28.0 | 12.012 h |
| December | 21.6°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 292 | 25.3 | 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 · 90 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 209 mm rain
- Cali in JanuaryColombia · 111 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.9°C · 296 mm rain
- Yumbo in JanuaryColombia · 128 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 296 mm rain
- Florencia in JanuaryColombia · 145 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.7°C · 86 mm rain
- Pasto in JanuaryColombia · 155 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 177 mm rain
- Neiva in JanuaryColombia · 158 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Ipiales in JanuaryColombia · 213 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 Popayán) is explained once on the Popayán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.