Climate averages 1991–2020
Zipaquirá weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Zipaquirá: daytime highs average 19.7°C and nights cool to about 9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chía (19 km away). In January its highs average 19.2°C, 0.5°C cooler than Zipaquirá, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Zipaquirá ranks 41st of 46 for the warmest January highs and 22nd of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Zipaquirá is 6.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 20.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 99 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
Zipaquirá climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 19.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 65 | 14.3 | 11.912 h |
| February | 20.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 99 | 16.9 | 12.012 h |
| March | 19.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 191 | 23.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 18.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 212 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 18.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 154 | 26.0 | 12.312 h |
| June | 18.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 73 | 21.1 | 12.412 h |
| July | 18.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 63 | 20.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 19.0°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 58 | 19.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 19.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 77 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 19.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 142 | 26.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 18.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 157 | 24.4 | 11.912 h |
| December | 19.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 90 | 17.7 | 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
- Chía in JanuaryColombia · 19 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 10.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Bogotá in JanuaryColombia · 47 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Soacha in JanuaryColombia · 55 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 209 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in JanuaryColombia · 86 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 114 mm rain
- La Dorada in JanuaryColombia · 87 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Villavicencio in JanuaryColombia · 107 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.7°C · 115 mm rain
- Duitama in JanuaryColombia · 140 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Sogamoso in JanuaryColombia · 141 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 Zipaquirá) is explained once on the Zipaquirá year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.