Climate averages 1991–2020
Sabanalarga weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the joint 5th 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 Sabanalarga: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes July a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Soledad (36 km away). In July its highs average 29.7°C, 1.0°C cooler than Sabanalarga, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Sabanalarga ranks 6th of 46 for the warmest July highs and 24th of 46 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 46 cities is 26.0°C; Sabanalarga is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 137 mm to 197 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
Sabanalarga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Soledad in JulyColombia · 36 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 103 mm rain
- Barranquilla in JulyColombia · 41 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 26.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Cartagena in JulyColombia · 68 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 157 mm rain
- Ciénaga in JulyColombia · 85 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 183 mm rain
- Santa Marta in JulyColombia · 104 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Magangué in JulyColombia · 156 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 199 mm rain
- Sincelejo in JulyColombia · 156 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 244 mm rain
- Valledupar in JulyColombia · 183 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 101 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.