Climate averages 1991–2020
Riohacha weather
in June.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Riohacha: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maicao (75 km away). In June its highs average 31.8°C, about as warm as Riohacha, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Riohacha ranks joint 1st of 46 for the warmest June highs and joint 10th of 46 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Riohacha is 6.1°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 mm to 49 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Maicao in JuneColombia · 75 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Valledupar in JuneColombia · 126 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 163 mm rain
- Santa Marta in JuneColombia · 144 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 95 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in JuneVenezuela · 150 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 106 mm rain
- La Concepción in JuneVenezuela · 156 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Ciénaga in JuneColombia · 158 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 220 mm rain
- Machiques in JuneVenezuela · 169 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Maracaibo in JuneVenezuela · 173 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.9°C · 100 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.