Nechí weather in January

In January, Nechí sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 90 mm of rain across 18.1 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Nechí's 1st-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nechí's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 90 mm; 18.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:21 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover: 55%; 1st clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.63 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical January day in Nechí reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than 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)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
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17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	32	23
29	32	23
30	32	23
31	32	23

How January really feels in Nechí

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Nechí weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 23°	90	18.1	11.6	3.7
Feb	32° / 24°	87	14.2	11.7	3.4
Mar	32° / 24°	192	21.9	11.9	2.8
Apr	31° / 24°	336	28.6	12.2	2.3
May	31° / 24°	359	30.5	12.4	2.3
Jun	31° / 24°	315	29.4	12.5	2.3
Jul	31° / 24°	313	30.4	12.4	2.3
Aug	31° / 24°	327	30.3	12.3	2.3
Sep	31° / 24°	295	29.6	12	2.4
Oct	30° / 24°	306	30.6	11.8	2.4
Nov	30° / 24°	272	29	11.6	2.5
Dec	31° / 23°	170	25.5	11.5	3.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 42%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	53	54	54	55	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	57	57	58	58	59	59	59	60	60	61	61	61	61	61	61	59
Cloudier (%)	47	46	46	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	41	41	41	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	61	39
31	59	41

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Nechí gets around 90 mm of rain over 18.1 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 59% and peaks near 69% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	69	68	68	67	67	67	66	66	65	65	64	63	62	61	60	59	58	57	56	55	54	53	52	51	51	50	50	49	49	49	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	68
3	68
4	67
5	67
6	67
7	66
8	66
9	65
10	65
11	64
12	63
13	62
14	61
15	60
16	59
17	58
18	57
19	56
20	55
21	54
22	53
23	52
24	51
25	51
26	50
27	50
28	49
29	49
30	49
31	49

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 55% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	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
Oppressive (%)	48	48	49	50	50	51	51	52	52	53	53	54	55	55	56	56	56	57	57	57	57	58	58	58	59	59	60	61	62	63	64
Miserable (%)	52	52	51	50	50	49	49	48	48	47	47	46	45	45	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	41	41	40	39	38	37	36

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	49	51
4	50	50
5	50	50
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	54	46
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	62	38
30	63	37
31	64	36

Wind in January

Winds average 4 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
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25	4	calm
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29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 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 6:23 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 6:02 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)	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:16	6:17	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	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23
Sunset (PM)	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	6:16	5:48
2	11.5	6:17	5:49
3	11.5	6:17	5:49
4	11.5	6:17	5:50
5	11.5	6:18	5:50
6	11.5	6:18	5:51
7	11.5	6:18	5:51
8	11.6	6:19	5:52
9	11.6	6:19	5:52
10	11.6	6:19	5:53
11	11.6	6:20	5:53
12	11.6	6:20	5:54
13	11.6	6:20	5:54
14	11.6	6:21	5:55
15	11.6	6:21	5:55
16	11.6	6:21	5:56
17	11.6	6:21	5:56
18	11.6	6:22	5:57
19	11.6	6:22	5:57
20	11.6	6:22	5:57
21	11.6	6:22	5:58
22	11.6	6:22	5:58
23	11.6	6:22	5:59
24	11.6	6:23	5:59
25	11.6	6:23	6:00
26	11.6	6:23	6:00
27	11.6	6:23	6:00
28	11.6	6:23	6:01
29	11.6	6:23	6:01
30	11.6	6:23	6:01
31	11.6	6:23	6:02

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.96 kWh/m² to a high of 5.13 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 4.63 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)	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9
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	4.4	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.6	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Nechí?

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

3.7

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

5.5

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nechí.

What to pack for Nechí in January

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

In January, Nechí sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nechí in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nechí peaks around September 18 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 10 (very high).

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)	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	10	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	10	Very high

Air quality in Nechí 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 Nechí is worst in March — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.2× the cleanest month (November, 12 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	14	22	37	26	19	17	16	15	13	12	12	12
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	22	Moderate
Mar	37	Poor
Apr	26	Moderate
May	19	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	12	Moderate
Nov	12	Good
Dec	12	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Nechí?

Nechí sits at 8.1°N, 74.8°W, 31 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Ayapel, 47 km away.

Topography around Nechí

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nechí has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 88 m around an average of 39 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 543 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,210 m.

The land around Nechí is covered by grassland (35%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and grassland (35%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and grassland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

88 m

grassland 35%

16 km

543 m

trees 51%

80 km

2,210 m

trees 52%

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

January weather nearby: Ayapel 47 km · Caucasia 48 km · El Bagre 55 km · Zaragoza 68 km · Montelíbano 72 km · San Marcos 74 km · Tiquisio 76 km · Sucre 80 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 Nechí (8.0942°, -74.7757°, elevation 31 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	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	32	23
29	32	23
30	32	23
31	32	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	61	39
31	59	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	68
3	68
4	67
5	67
6	67
7	66
8	66
9	65
10	65
11	64
12	63
13	62
14	61
15	60
16	59
17	58
18	57
19	56
20	55
21	54
22	53
23	52
24	51
25	51
26	50
27	50
28	49
29	49
30	49
31	49

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	49	51
4	50	50
5	50	50
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	54	46
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	62	38
30	63	37
31	64	36

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	32	23
29	32	23
30	32	23
31	32	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	61	39
31	59	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	68
3	68
4	67
5	67
6	67
7	66
8	66
9	65
10	65
11	64
12	63
13	62
14	61
15	60
16	59
17	58
18	57
19	56
20	55
21	54
22	53
23	52
24	51
25	51
26	50
27	50
28	49
29	49
30	49
31	49

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	49	51
4	50	50
5	50	50
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	54	46
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	62	38
30	63	37
31	64	36

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	32	23
29	32	23
30	32	23
31	32	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	61	39
31	59	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	68
3	68
4	67
5	67
6	67
7	66
8	66
9	65
10	65
11	64
12	63
13	62
14	61
15	60
16	59
17	58
18	57
19	56
20	55
21	54
22	53
23	52
24	51
25	51
26	50
27	50
28	49
29	49
30	49
31	49

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	49	51
4	50	50
5	50	50
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	54	46
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	62	38
30	63	37
31	64	36