Climate averages 1991–2020
Riohacha weather
in November.
A hot, wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Riohacha: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 127 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes November a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maicao (75 km away). In November its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Riohacha, with 126 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Riohacha ranks joint 5th of 46 for the warmest November highs and joint 5th of 46 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 46 cities is 25.3°C; Riohacha is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 127 mm to 45 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Maicao in NovemberColombia · 75 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 126 mm rain
- Valledupar in NovemberColombia · 126 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 308 mm rain
- Santa Marta in NovemberColombia · 144 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 129 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in NovemberVenezuela · 150 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 131 mm rain
- La Concepción in NovemberVenezuela · 156 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Ciénaga in NovemberColombia · 158 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 287 mm rain
- Machiques in NovemberVenezuela · 169 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 209 mm rain
- Maracaibo in NovemberVenezuela · 173 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 135 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.