Climate averages 1991–2020
Riohacha weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 9th 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 Riohacha: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maicao (75 km away). In January its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Riohacha, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Riohacha ranks 11th of 46 for the warmest January highs and 8th of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Riohacha is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 10 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
Riohacha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 13 | 3.7 | 11.512 h |
| February | 30.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 10 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 31.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 17 | 4.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 48 | 9.5 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 139 | 17.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 32.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 81 | 12.4 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.8°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 49 | 8.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 32.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 97 | 15.6 | 12.513 h |
| September | 31.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 165 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 189 | 25.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 127 | 19.8 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 45 | 9.9 | 11.511 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
- Maicao in JanuaryColombia · 75 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Valledupar in JanuaryColombia · 126 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Santa Marta in JanuaryColombia · 144 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 3.8 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in JanuaryVenezuela · 150 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 7.6 mm rain
- La Concepción in JanuaryVenezuela · 156 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Ciénaga in JanuaryColombia · 158 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Machiques in JanuaryVenezuela · 169 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Maracaibo in JanuaryVenezuela · 173 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 5.6 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 Riohacha) is explained once on the Riohacha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.