Climate and average weather in Cajicá

In Cajicá, the weather is mild, wet, and mostly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near mild levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around April.

Best: early December to late February

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Cajicá typically varies from 9°C to 20°C, and is rarely below 7°C or above 23°C. February is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Cajicá for warm-weather activities are from late July to mid August and early December to late February.

Hottest
Feb
20°
Coldest
Jul
Wettest
Apr
212 mm
Driest
Aug
58 mm
Rain / yr
1380 mm
259 wet days
Daylight
11.7–12.3 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
2,559 m
4.9°N
Clearest
Jan
72% cloud

Cajicá weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early December to late February.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Cajicá, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Cajicá stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is February, with an average high of 20°C and low of 10°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 9°C and high of 18°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan209
Feb2010
Mar2010
Apr1910
May1910
Jun1810
Jul189
Aug199
Sep209
Oct2010
Nov1910
Dec209

Average hourly temperature in Cajicá

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on February afternoons, near 20°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Cajicá weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan20° / 6514.311.75.5
Feb20° / 10°9916.711.85.0
Mar20° / 10°19123.8124.1
Apr19° / 10°21225.812.13.6
May19° / 10°1542612.23.6
Jun18° / 10°7321.112.34.1
Jul18° / 6320.712.34.3
Aug19° / 5819.112.24.5
Sep20° / 7722.9124.1
Oct20° / 10°14226.611.93.6
Nov19° / 10°15724.411.83.8
Dec20° / 9117.711.74.9

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Cajicá gets about 1380 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 3.4 months, from around Mar 3 to Jun 13, peaking in April at about 88% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 22.

April is the wettest month by volume, with 212 mm over about 26 wet days; August is the driest, with 58 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetApr 19 · 88%Jan 22 · 46%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan4714
Feb5917
Mar7724
Apr8626
May8326
Jun7121
Jul6621
Aug6319
Sep7623
Oct8627
Nov8024
Dec5818

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Cajicá collects about 1380 mm of rain across 259 wet days — roughly 115 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. April is the wettest month with 212 mm, while August is the driest at just 58 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 41% of the year’s total.

050100150200250JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec65991912121547363587714215791
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan6514
Feb9917
Mar19124
Apr21226
May15426
Jun7321
Jul6321
Aug5819
Sep7723
Oct14227
Nov15724
Dec9118

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Cajicá, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around November 30 and lasts for 3.4 months, ending around March 14. The clearest month is January, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 25% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around March 15 and lasts for 5.3 months, ending around August 21. The cloudiest month is May, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 99% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 2 · 27%May 10 · 1%mostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2575
Feb2080
Mar991
Apr397
May199
Jun397
Jul694
Aug991
Sep793
Oct298
Nov595
Dec1882

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. Close to the equator, Cajicá barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 h 18 min of light in every season.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.76:135:58
Feb11.86:166:06
Mar12.06:076:05
Apr12.15:536:00
May12.25:465:59
Jun12.35:486:05
Jul12.35:546:10
Aug12.25:556:05
Sep12.05:505:51
Oct11.95:445:38
Nov11.85:485:35
Dec11.76:015:44

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Cajicá averages about 1 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 4 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.9 months, from around Dec 1 to Mar 30. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 3 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is April, down near 0 sunny days — about 96% fewer than the January peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedJan 24 daysApr 150 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan3Gloomy
Feb2Gloomy
Mar1Gloomy
Apr0Gloomy
May0Gloomy
Jun0Gloomy
Jul0Gloomy
Aug0Gloomy
Sep0Gloomy
Oct0Gloomy
Nov0Gloomy
Dec2Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Cajicá, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in February, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 0% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdry
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
Jan1000
Feb991
Mar991
Apr991
May991
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov991
Dec1000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Cajicá is typically calm, near 6 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 4.8 months, from around May 11 to Oct 2. The windiest month is July, averaging about 8 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Oct 3 to May 10, with November the calmest month at about 4 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezeJul 23 · 8 km/hNov 16 · 4 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan5calm
Feb5calm
Mar5calm
Apr5calm
May6calm
Jun7calm
Jul8calm
Aug8calm
Sep6calm
Oct5calm
Nov4calm
Dec5calm

Best time to visit Cajicá

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Cajicá throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid December, Cajicá is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Cajicá for general outdoor tourist activities run from late July to mid August and again from early December to late February, with a peak score in the last week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 25 · 5.6

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan5.5good
Feb5.0fair
Mar4.1fair
Apr3.6fair
May3.6fair
Jun4.1fair
Jul4.3fair
Aug4.5fair
Sep4.1fair
Oct3.6fair
Nov3.9fair
Dec4.9fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Cajicá for hot-weather activities is from late December to late February, with a peak score in the last week of January.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 28 · 3.1

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Cajicá, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

Cajicá packs about the same all year — highs hold near 20°C. Across the year the things worth having are rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In February, Cajicá sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 10°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Cajicá by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Cajicá peaks around February 21 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 11 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 21UV 17Dec 14UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb17Extreme
Mar17Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun14Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep15Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Cajicá

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in February the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan86.5
Feb8.57
Mar8.57
Apr8.56.5
May86.5
Jun8.56.5
Jul8.56.5
Aug8.56.5
Sep8.56.5
Oct86.5
Nov86
Dec7.55.5

Air quality in Cajicá by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Cajicá is worst in March — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (July, 20 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1834 µg/m³Jul 1420 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan23Moderate
Feb27Moderate
Mar35Moderate
Apr29Moderate
May24Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug24Moderate
Sep25Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec22Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Cajicá is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Cajicá banks about 1,637 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around February.

05001,0001,500JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan146
Feb142
Mar155
Apr142
May140
Jun122
Jul116
Aug123
Sep133
Oct142
Nov135
Dec140

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Cajicá receives about 5.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.6 and 5.6 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightintenseSep 75.6 kWhMay 84.6 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.3Bright
Feb5.4Bright
Mar5.2Bright
Apr4.8Bright
May4.6Bright
Jun4.7Bright
Jul4.9Bright
Aug5.3Bright
Sep5.5Bright
Oct5.0Bright
Nov4.7Bright
Dec5.0Bright

Where is Cajicá?

Cajicá sits at 4.9°N, 74.0°W, 2,559 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Chía, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Cajicá

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Cajicá.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cajicá has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 320 m around an average of 2,565 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,041 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,771 m.

The land around Cajicá is covered by grassland (40%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 3 km, grassland (48%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
320 m
16 km
1,041 m
80 km
3,771 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
Nearby: Chía 7.0 km · Bosconia 9.0 km · Zipaquirá 12 km · Tocancipá 14 km · Cota 14 km · Pacho 28 km · Funza 30 km · Mosquera 33 km

Colombia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 / 240 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 38% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$8,562
2025
Happiness
6.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
74%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
24.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
15.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 480
Religion
Roman Catholic 64%Protestant 17%none 14%atheist 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Cajicá (4.9186°, -74.028°, elevation 2,559 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).