Climate averages 1991–2020
Quibdó weather
in January.
A hot, very wet 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 Quibdó: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 388 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caldas (122 km away). In January its highs average 22.6°C, 6.0°C cooler than Quibdó, with 111 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Quibdó ranks 22nd of 46 for the warmest January highs and 45th of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Quibdó is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 388 mm to 324 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
Quibdó climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 388 | 26.3 | 11.812 h |
| February | 29.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 324 | 23.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 467 | 27.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 609 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 753 | 30.0 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 797 | 29.2 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 744 | 30.1 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 818 | 30.2 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 754 | 29.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 866 | 29.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 812 | 28.9 | 11.912 h |
| December | 27.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 610 | 27.7 | 11.812 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
- Caldas in JanuaryColombia · 122 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 111 mm rain
- Medellín in JanuaryColombia · 135 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Bello in JanuaryColombia · 141 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 134 mm rain
- Rionegro in JanuaryColombia · 151 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 12.9°C · 141 mm rain
- Ibagué in JanuaryColombia · 213 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.3°C · 108 mm rain
- Chigorodó in JanuaryColombia · 220 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 101 mm rain
- La Dorada in JanuaryColombia · 222 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Yumbo in JanuaryColombia · 235 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 296 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 Quibdó) is explained once on the Quibdó year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.