Climate averages 1991–2020
Sabanalarga weather
in January.
A hot, very dry 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 Sabanalarga: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.6 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Soledad (36 km away). In January its highs average 29.2°C, 2.6°C cooler than Sabanalarga, with 3.2 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Sabanalarga ranks 4th of 46 for the warmest January highs and 4th of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Sabanalarga is 5.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.6 mm to 4.7 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
Sabanalarga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 31.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 6.6 | 1.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 4.7 | 1.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 33.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 20 | 5.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 80 | 15.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 208 | 25.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 175 | 22.7 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 137 | 20.2 | 12.713 h |
| August | 30.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 197 | 24.5 | 12.512 h |
| September | 30.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 251 | 27.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 277 | 28.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 182 | 23.4 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 52 | 8.9 | 11.512 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
- Soledad in JanuaryColombia · 36 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Barranquilla in JanuaryColombia · 41 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 25.4°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Cartagena in JanuaryColombia · 68 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Ciénaga in JanuaryColombia · 85 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Santa Marta in JanuaryColombia · 104 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Magangué in JanuaryColombia · 156 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Sincelejo in JanuaryColombia · 156 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Valledupar in JanuaryColombia · 183 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 26 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 Sabanalarga) is explained once on the Sabanalarga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.