Copacabana weather in January

In January, Copacabana sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 134 mm of rain across 21.3 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in January, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of January to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Copacabana's 1st-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Copacabana's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 134 mm; 21.3 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:21 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover: 74%; 1st clearest
Wind: 3 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.06 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.9; out of 10

Air quality: Elevated; PM2.5 16.3 µg/m³ · 2019

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical January day in Copacabana reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	13
2	23	13
3	23	13
4	23	13
5	23	13
6	23	13
7	22	13
8	22	13
9	22	13
10	22	13
11	22	13
12	22	13
13	22	13
14	22	13
15	22	13
16	22	13
17	22	13
18	22	13
19	22	13
20	22	13
21	23	13
22	23	13
23	23	13
24	23	13
25	23	13
26	23	13
27	23	13
28	23	13
29	23	13
30	23	13
31	23	13

Copacabana weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 9th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 13°	134	21.3	11.7	4.9
Feb	23° / 13°	167	22.7	11.8	4.3
Mar	23° / 13°	268	28.1	12	3.8
Apr	23° / 13°	335	28.6	12.1	3.5
May	23° / 14°	337	29.5	12.3	3.6
Jun	23° / 13°	208	26.7	12.4	3.9
Jul	24° / 13°	172	25.6	12.3	4.2
Aug	24° / 13°	180	25	12.2	4.3
Sep	23° / 13°	247	27.2	12	3.8
Oct	22° / 13°	307	29.3	11.9	3.6
Nov	22° / 13°	294	28.6	11.7	3.5
Dec	22° / 13°	192	23.8	11.6	4.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	27	27	27	27	26	25	25	24	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Cloudier (%)	73	73	73	73	74	75	75	76	77	77	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	78	78	78	77	77	77	77	77	77	77

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	23	77
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	23	77

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Copacabana gets around 134 mm of rain over 21.3 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 69% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	66	67	67	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	73	74	74	74	73	73	72	71	70	69	68	67	67	66	66	66	66	66	67	68	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	67
3	67
4	67
5	68
6	69
7	70
8	71
9	72
10	73
11	73
12	74
13	74
14	74
15	73
16	73
17	72
18	71
19	70
20	69
21	68
22	67
23	67
24	66
25	66
26	66
27	66
28	66
29	67
30	68
31	69

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the comfortable band about 86% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12
Comfortable (%)	85	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	85	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	86	86	86	86
Humid (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	13	85	2
2	14	84	2
3	14	84	2
4	14	84	2
5	14	84	2
6	14	84	2
7	14	84	2
8	14	84	2
9	14	85	1
10	13	86	1
11	13	86	1
12	12	87	1
13	12	87	1
14	12	87	1
15	11	88	1
16	11	88	1
17	11	88	1
18	11	87	2
19	11	87	2
20	11	87	2
21	11	87	2
22	11	88	1
23	11	88	1
24	11	88	1
25	11	88	1
26	11	88	1
27	11	87	2
28	12	86	2
29	12	86	2
30	12	86	2
31	12	86	2

Wind in January

Winds average 3 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 3 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	3	calm
2	3	calm
3	3	calm
4	3	calm
5	3	calm
6	3	calm
7	3	calm
8	3	calm
9	3	calm
10	3	calm
11	3	calm
12	3	calm
13	3	calm
14	3	calm
15	3	calm
16	3	calm
17	3	calm
18	3	calm
19	3	calm
20	3	calm
21	3	calm
22	3	calm
23	3	calm
24	3	calm
25	3	calm
26	3	calm
27	3	calm
28	3	calm
29	3	calm
30	3	calm
31	3	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of January to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:16 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 5:54 PM to 6:07 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24
Sunset (PM)	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	6:16	5:54
2	11.6	6:16	5:55
3	11.6	6:17	5:55
4	11.6	6:17	5:56
5	11.6	6:18	5:56
6	11.6	6:18	5:57
7	11.6	6:18	5:57
8	11.6	6:19	5:58
9	11.7	6:19	5:58
10	11.7	6:19	5:59
11	11.7	6:20	5:59
12	11.7	6:20	6:00
13	11.7	6:20	6:00
14	11.7	6:21	6:00
15	11.7	6:21	6:01
16	11.7	6:21	6:01
17	11.7	6:22	6:02
18	11.7	6:22	6:02
19	11.7	6:22	6:03
20	11.7	6:22	6:03
21	11.7	6:22	6:03
22	11.7	6:23	6:04
23	11.7	6:23	6:04
24	11.7	6:23	6:05
25	11.7	6:23	6:05
26	11.7	6:23	6:05
27	11.7	6:23	6:06
28	11.7	6:23	6:06
29	11.7	6:24	6:06
30	11.7	6:24	6:07
31	11.7	6:24	6:07

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.25 kWh/m² to a high of 6.15 kWh/m² in August across the year — January's 5.06 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Copacabana?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.9

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

3.6

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Copacabana for sightseeing.

What to pack for Copacabana in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Copacabana sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Copacabana in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Copacabana peaks around March 10 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 12 (extreme).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	16	16	12	14	13	13	13	14	13	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Copacabana in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Copacabana is worst in March — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (October, 14 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Copacabana's WHO annual average of 16.3 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	17	20	22	18	15	15	15	16	15	14	14	16
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	20	Moderate
Mar	22	Moderate
Apr	18	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	15	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	16	Moderate
Sep	15	Moderate
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	16	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Copacabana?

Copacabana sits at 6.3°N, 75.5°W, 1,411 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Bello, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Copacabana

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Copacabana has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 999 m around an average of 1,632 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,858 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,705 m.

The land around Copacabana is covered by grassland (47%) and trees (39%) within 3 km, grassland (46%) and trees (42%) within 16 km, and trees (63%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

999 m

grassland 47%

16 km

1,858 m

grassland 46%

80 km

3,705 m

trees 63%

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← December Copacabana year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Bello 6.0 km · Medellin 13 km · San Vicente 21 km · Itagüí 21 km · Envigado 21 km · Barbosa 22 km · Sabaneta 25 km · La Estrella 26 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

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 Copacabana (6.3463°, -75.5089°, elevation 1,411 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	13
2	23	13
3	23	13
4	23	13
5	23	13
6	23	13
7	22	13
8	22	13
9	22	13
10	22	13
11	22	13
12	22	13
13	22	13
14	22	13
15	22	13
16	22	13
17	22	13
18	22	13
19	22	13
20	22	13
21	23	13
22	23	13
23	23	13
24	23	13
25	23	13
26	23	13
27	23	13
28	23	13
29	23	13
30	23	13
31	23	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	23	77
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	67
3	67
4	67
5	68
6	69
7	70
8	71
9	72
10	73
11	73
12	74
13	74
14	74
15	73
16	73
17	72
18	71
19	70
20	69
21	68
22	67
23	67
24	66
25	66
26	66
27	66
28	66
29	67
30	68
31	69

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	13	85	2
2	14	84	2
3	14	84	2
4	14	84	2
5	14	84	2
6	14	84	2
7	14	84	2
8	14	84	2
9	14	85	1
10	13	86	1
11	13	86	1
12	12	87	1
13	12	87	1
14	12	87	1
15	11	88	1
16	11	88	1
17	11	88	1
18	11	87	2
19	11	87	2
20	11	87	2
21	11	87	2
22	11	88	1
23	11	88	1
24	11	88	1
25	11	88	1
26	11	88	1
27	11	87	2
28	12	86	2
29	12	86	2
30	12	86	2
31	12	86	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	13
2	23	13
3	23	13
4	23	13
5	23	13
6	23	13
7	22	13
8	22	13
9	22	13
10	22	13
11	22	13
12	22	13
13	22	13
14	22	13
15	22	13
16	22	13
17	22	13
18	22	13
19	22	13
20	22	13
21	23	13
22	23	13
23	23	13
24	23	13
25	23	13
26	23	13
27	23	13
28	23	13
29	23	13
30	23	13
31	23	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	23	77
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	67
3	67
4	67
5	68
6	69
7	70
8	71
9	72
10	73
11	73
12	74
13	74
14	74
15	73
16	73
17	72
18	71
19	70
20	69
21	68
22	67
23	67
24	66
25	66
26	66
27	66
28	66
29	67
30	68
31	69

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	13	85	2
2	14	84	2
3	14	84	2
4	14	84	2
5	14	84	2
6	14	84	2
7	14	84	2
8	14	84	2
9	14	85	1
10	13	86	1
11	13	86	1
12	12	87	1
13	12	87	1
14	12	87	1
15	11	88	1
16	11	88	1
17	11	88	1
18	11	87	2
19	11	87	2
20	11	87	2
21	11	87	2
22	11	88	1
23	11	88	1
24	11	88	1
25	11	88	1
26	11	88	1
27	11	87	2
28	12	86	2
29	12	86	2
30	12	86	2
31	12	86	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	13
2	23	13
3	23	13
4	23	13
5	23	13
6	23	13
7	22	13
8	22	13
9	22	13
10	22	13
11	22	13
12	22	13
13	22	13
14	22	13
15	22	13
16	22	13
17	22	13
18	22	13
19	22	13
20	22	13
21	23	13
22	23	13
23	23	13
24	23	13
25	23	13
26	23	13
27	23	13
28	23	13
29	23	13
30	23	13
31	23	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	23	77
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	67
3	67
4	67
5	68
6	69
7	70
8	71
9	72
10	73
11	73
12	74
13	74
14	74
15	73
16	73
17	72
18	71
19	70
20	69
21	68
22	67
23	67
24	66
25	66
26	66
27	66
28	66
29	67
30	68
31	69

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	13	85	2
2	14	84	2
3	14	84	2
4	14	84	2
5	14	84	2
6	14	84	2
7	14	84	2
8	14	84	2
9	14	85	1
10	13	86	1
11	13	86	1
12	12	87	1
13	12	87	1
14	12	87	1
15	11	88	1
16	11	88	1
17	11	88	1
18	11	87	2
19	11	87	2
20	11	87	2
21	11	87	2
22	11	88	1
23	11	88	1
24	11	88	1
25	11	88	1
26	11	88	1
27	11	87	2
28	12	86	2
29	12	86	2
30	12	86	2
31	12	86	2