Puerto Leguízamo weather in January

In January, Puerto Leguízamo sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 165 mm of rain across 17.6 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of January to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Puerto Leguízamo's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Puerto Leguízamo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
23°
11th coldest
Rainfall
165 mm
17.6 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:08 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover
73%
1st clearest
Wind
5 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.03 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Puerto Leguízamo reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Puerto Leguízamo

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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Puerto Leguízamo weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 23°16517.6124.0
Feb30° / 23°20319.4123.6
Mar29° / 23°28526.7123.1
Apr29° / 23°31227123.1
May28° / 23°32727.9123.3
Jun28° / 22°32827.9123.5
Jul28° / 22°27327.5123.8
Aug28° / 22°21225.6123.7
Sep29° / 22°20724.9123.4
Oct30° / 23°22026.2123.1
Nov30° / 23°21325123.1
Dec30° / 23°18621.5123.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 74%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
23070
33070
43169
53169
63070
73070
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112773
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Puerto Leguízamo gets around 165 mm of rain over 17.6 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 58% and peaks near 61% on the wettest days.

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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 79% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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2010828
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709829
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Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of January to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:02 AM to 6:12 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:026:03
212.06:026:03
312.06:036:04
412.06:036:04
512.06:046:04
612.06:046:05
712.06:056:05
812.06:056:06
912.06:056:06
1012.06:066:06
1112.06:066:07
1212.06:076:07
1312.06:076:08
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2012.06:096:10
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2812.06:126:12
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.03 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.43 kWh/m² to a high of 5.03 kWh/m² in January across the year — January's 5.03 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Puerto Leguízamo?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Puerto Leguízamo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Puerto Leguízamo in January

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

In January, Puerto Leguízamo sees daytime highs around 30°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 Puerto Leguízamo 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 Puerto Leguízamo peaks around February 16 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 13 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeFeb 16UV 14Aug 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Puerto Leguízamo 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 Puerto Leguízamo is worst in February — around 53 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.5× the cleanest month (October, 10 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateGoodFeb 1449 µg/m³Oct 1310 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan29Moderate
Feb53Poor
Mar23Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May11Good
Jun10Good
Jul10Good
Aug10Good
Sep10Good
Oct10Good
Nov11Good
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Puerto Leguízamo?

Puerto Leguízamo sits at 0.2°S, 74.8°W, 189 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Puerto Asís, 206 km away.

Puerto AsísEl DoncelloFlorenciaNueva LojaPuerto RicoPuerto Francisco de OrellanaOritoMocoa

Topography around Puerto Leguízamo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Puerto Leguízamo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 185 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 132 m.

The land around Puerto Leguízamo is covered by trees (58%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, trees (74%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (97%) within 80 km.

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30 m
16 km
61 m
80 km
132 m
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January weather nearby: Puerto Asís 206 km · El Doncello 215 km · Florencia 221 km · Nueva Loja 237 km · Puerto Rico 238 km · Puerto Francisco de Orellana 248 km · Orito 251 km · Mocoa 256 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 Puerto Leguízamo (-0.1934°, -74.7819°, elevation 189 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).