Climate averages 1991–2020
Sincelejo weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Sincelejo: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cereté (64 km away). In January its highs average 31.2°C, about as warm as Sincelejo, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Sincelejo ranks 10th of 46 for the warmest January highs and joint 15th of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Sincelejo is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 34 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
Sincelejo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 30 | 7.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 34 | 7.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 32.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 74 | 15.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 180 | 25.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 292 | 29.4 | 12.513 h |
| June | 29.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 267 | 28.1 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 244 | 27.5 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 252 | 28.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 250 | 29.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 249 | 29.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 189 | 27.3 | 11.712 h |
| December | 29.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 92 | 18.6 | 11.612 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
- Cereté in JanuaryColombia · 64 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Magangué in JanuaryColombia · 70 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Montería in JanuaryColombia · 82 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Cartagena in JanuaryColombia · 122 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Montelíbano in JanuaryColombia · 147 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in JanuaryColombia · 156 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Soledad in JanuaryColombia · 192 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Barranquilla in JanuaryColombia · 197 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 25.4°C · 3.2 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 Sincelejo) is explained once on the Sincelejo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.