Climate averages 1991–2020
Riohacha weather
in July.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Riohacha: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maicao (75 km away). In July its highs average 32.6°C, about as warm as Riohacha, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Riohacha ranks joint 1st of 46 for the warmest July highs and 8th of 46 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 46 cities is 26.0°C; Riohacha is 6.8°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 32.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 97 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Maicao in JulyColombia · 75 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Valledupar in JulyColombia · 126 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Santa Marta in JulyColombia · 144 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.6°C · 78 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in JulyVenezuela · 150 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 104 mm rain
- La Concepción in JulyVenezuela · 156 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Ciénaga in JulyColombia · 158 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 183 mm rain
- Machiques in JulyVenezuela · 169 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Maracaibo in JulyVenezuela · 173 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 26.0°C · 67 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.