Climate averages 1991–2020

Villavicencio weather
in January.

A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.8°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 18.7°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 115 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Villavicencio: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bogotá (73 km away). In January its highs average 18.9°C, 9.9°C cooler than Villavicencio, with 69 mm of rain.

Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Villavicencio ranks 21st of 46 for the warmest January highs and joint 33rd of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Villavicencio is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 115 mm to 139 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Villavicencio climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Villavicencio, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	28.8°C18.7°C	18.7°C	115	17.1	11.912 h
February	29.5°C19.5°C	19.5°C	139	17.7	12.012 h
March	28.9°C19.6°C	19.6°C	221	23.8	12.112 h
April	27.6°C19.4°C	19.4°C	253	24.9	12.212 h
May	26.7°C19.3°C	19.3°C	167	22.3	12.312 h
June	26.2°C18.9°C	18.9°C	93	18.3	12.412 h
July	26.0°C18.5°C	18.5°C	83	16.9	12.312 h
August	27.3°C18.7°C	18.7°C	43	11.5	12.312 h
September	28.5°C18.9°C	18.9°C	45	11.5	12.112 h
October	28.1°C18.8°C	18.8°C	173	19.3	12.012 h
November	27.3°C18.6°C	18.6°C	252	24.6	11.912 h
December	27.8°C18.6°C	18.6°C	153	20.0	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

Distance from Villavicencio

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Villavicencio) is explained once on the Villavicencio year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.