Climate averages 1991–2020
Soacha weather
in January.
A mild, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Soacha: daytime highs average 18.6°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 209 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bogotá (15 km away). In January its highs average 18.9°C, about as warm as Soacha, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Soacha ranks 44th of 46 for the warmest January highs and joint 39th of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Soacha is 7.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 209 mm to 237 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
Soacha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 18.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 209 | 21.9 | 11.912 h |
| February | 18.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 237 | 22.3 | 12.012 h |
| March | 18.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 281 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 18.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 259 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 18.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 185 | 19.3 | 12.312 h |
| June | 18.7°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 56 | 9.9 | 12.412 h |
| July | 19.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 37 | 7.3 | 12.412 h |
| August | 20.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 37 | 6.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 20.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 105 | 14.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 18.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 236 | 24.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 18.0°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 283 | 26.5 | 11.912 h |
| December | 18.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 225 | 23.4 | 11.912 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
- Bogotá in JanuaryColombia · 15 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in JanuaryColombia · 32 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Chía in JanuaryColombia · 36 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 10.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Zipaquirá in JanuaryColombia · 55 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 9.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Villavicencio in JanuaryColombia · 82 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.7°C · 115 mm rain
- La Dorada in JanuaryColombia · 108 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Ibagué in JanuaryColombia · 110 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.3°C · 108 mm rain
- Sogamoso in JanuaryColombia · 190 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 31 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 Soacha) is explained once on the Soacha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.