Climate averages 1991–2020
Yopal weather
in January.
A hot, very 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 Yopal: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.5 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sogamoso (73 km away). In January its highs average 20.3°C, 9.4°C cooler than Yopal, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Yopal ranks 15th of 46 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Yopal is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.5 mm to 16 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
Yopal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 8.5 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 30.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 16 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 54 | 8.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 165 | 20.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 26.5°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 227 | 26.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 25.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 221 | 26.5 | 12.412 h |
| July | 25.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 188 | 26.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 122 | 21.8 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 94 | 20.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 118 | 21.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 100 | 17.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 27 | 5.8 | 11.812 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
- Sogamoso in JanuaryColombia · 73 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Duitama in JanuaryColombia · 89 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Zipaquirá in JanuaryColombia · 182 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 9.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Villavicencio in JanuaryColombia · 191 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.7°C · 115 mm rain
- Chía in JanuaryColombia · 192 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 10.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Bogotá in JanuaryColombia · 204 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Soacha in JanuaryColombia · 219 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 209 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in JanuaryColombia · 245 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 114 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 Yopal) is explained once on the Yopal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.