Climate averages 1991–2020
Valledupar weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Valledupar: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Machiques (89 km away). In January its highs average 32.0°C, 4.0°C warmer than Valledupar, with 8.7 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Valledupar ranks joint 24th of 46 for the warmest January highs and joint 12th of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Valledupar is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 36 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
Valledupar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 26 | 4.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 36 | 5.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 103 | 12.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 247 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 27.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 336 | 28.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 27.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 163 | 24.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 101 | 19.5 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 147 | 23.2 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 207 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 315 | 27.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 26.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 308 | 22.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 27.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 90 | 11.1 | 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
- Machiques in JanuaryVenezuela · 89 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 8.7 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in JanuaryVenezuela · 104 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Ciénaga in JanuaryColombia · 124 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Riohacha in JanuaryColombia · 126 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Santa Marta in JanuaryColombia · 134 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Maicao in JanuaryColombia · 150 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 10 mm rain
- La Concepción in JanuaryVenezuela · 156 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in JanuaryVenezuela · 171 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 5.8 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 Valledupar) is explained once on the Valledupar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.