Puerto Tejada weather in January

In January, Puerto Tejada sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 221 mm of rain across 20.5 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of January to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Puerto Tejada's 1st-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Puerto Tejada's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 221 mm; 20.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:20 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 1st clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.71 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.8; 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 27°C through the month.

A typical January day in Puerto Tejada reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 29°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)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

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

Puerto Tejada weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 18°	221	20.5	11.8	4.8
Feb	27° / 18°	172	19.7	11.9	4.6
Mar	27° / 18°	191	21.1	12	4.6
Apr	27° / 19°	209	20.5	12.1	4.5
May	27° / 19°	167	18	12.1	4.9
Jun	27° / 18°	77	12.9	12.2	5.4
Jul	28° / 18°	68	11.1	12.2	5.7
Aug	28° / 18°	76	12.4	12.1	5.5
Sep	27° / 18°	111	16.3	12	5.0
Oct	26° / 18°	236	23.1	11.9	4.3
Nov	26° / 18°	294	25	11.9	4.0
Dec	26° / 18°	254	22	11.8	4.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

	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 (%)	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	21	21	22	22	21	21
Cloudier (%)	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	78	78	79	79	80	81	81	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	80	79	79	78	79	79	78	78	79	79

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	20	80
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	22	78
26	21	79
27	21	79
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	21	79
31	21	79

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Puerto Tejada gets around 221 mm of rain over 20.5 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 67% and peaks near 69% 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	67	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	68	68	67	67	66	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	66	66	67	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	67
3	67
4	67
5	67
6	67
7	67
8	68
9	68
10	68
11	69
12	69
13	69
14	69
15	68
16	68
17	67
18	67
19	66
20	65
21	65
22	65
23	65
24	65
25	65
26	65
27	65
28	66
29	66
30	67
31	67

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 55% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 55% 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
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Humid (%)	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	43	43	43	42	42	42
Muggy (%)	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	55	55	55	56	56	56	58	58	58

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	44	56
2	0	44	56
3	0	44	56
4	0	44	56
5	0	44	56
6	0	44	56
7	0	44	56
8	0	45	55
9	0	45	55
10	0	45	55
11	0	45	55
12	0	45	55
13	0	45	55
14	0	45	55
15	1	45	54
16	1	45	54
17	1	45	54
18	1	45	54
19	1	45	54
20	1	45	54
21	1	45	54
22	1	45	54
23	1	44	55
24	1	44	55
25	1	44	55
26	1	43	56
27	1	43	56
28	1	43	56
29	0	42	58
30	0	42	58
31	0	42	58

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 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	5	calm
2	5	calm
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22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of January to 11 h 54 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 6:14 AM to 6:23 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 6:15 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)	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	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	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23
Sunset (PM)	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	6:14	6:03
2	11.8	6:15	6:04
3	11.8	6:15	6:04
4	11.8	6:16	6:05
5	11.8	6:16	6:05
6	11.8	6:16	6:06
7	11.8	6:17	6:06
8	11.8	6:17	6:07
9	11.8	6:18	6:07
10	11.8	6:18	6:07
11	11.8	6:18	6:08
12	11.8	6:19	6:08
13	11.8	6:19	6:09
14	11.8	6:19	6:09
15	11.8	6:20	6:10
16	11.8	6:20	6:10
17	11.8	6:20	6:10
18	11.8	6:21	6:11
19	11.8	6:21	6:11
20	11.8	6:21	6:11
21	11.8	6:21	6:12
22	11.8	6:22	6:12
23	11.8	6:22	6:12
24	11.8	6:22	6:13
25	11.8	6:22	6:13
26	11.8	6:22	6:13
27	11.9	6:23	6:14
28	11.9	6:23	6:14
29	11.9	6:23	6:14
30	11.9	6:23	6:15
31	11.9	6:23	6:15

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.1 kWh/m² to a high of 4.96 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 4.71 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)	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	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	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	4.6	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.6	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.9	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 Puerto Tejada?

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

4.8

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

4.8

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Puerto Tejada in January

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

In January, Puerto Tejada sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 18°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

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UV index in Puerto Tejada 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 Tejada peaks around March 11 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 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	15	16	12	14	13	12	12	13	13	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Puerto Tejada 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 Tejada is worst in September — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	25	27	27	26	24	22	23	26	30	22	19	23
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	25	Moderate
Feb	27	Moderate
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	26	Moderate
May	24	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	26	Moderate
Sep	30	Moderate
Oct	22	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	23	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Puerto Tejada?

Puerto Tejada sits at 3.2°N, 76.4°W, 969 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Jamundí, 14 km away.

Topography around Puerto Tejada

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Puerto Tejada has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 28 m around an average of 967 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 98 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,330 m.

The land around Puerto Tejada is covered by cropland (43%) and trees (32%) within 3 km, cropland (47%), trees (26%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (72%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

28 m

cropland 43%

16 km

98 m

cropland 47%

80 km

5,330 m

trees 72%

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

January weather nearby: Jamundí 14 km · Corinto 18 km · Candelaria 21 km · Miranda 21 km · Florida 23 km · Cali 25 km · Santander de Quilichao 26 km · Pradera 28 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 Puerto Tejada (3.2311°, -76.4167°, elevation 969 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	26	18
2	26	18
3	26	18
4	26	18
5	26	18
6	26	18
7	26	18
8	26	18
9	26	18
10	26	18
11	26	18
12	26	18
13	26	18
14	26	18
15	26	18
16	26	18
17	26	18
18	26	18
19	27	18
20	27	18
21	27	18
22	27	18
23	27	18
24	27	18
25	27	18
26	27	18
27	27	18
28	27	18
29	27	18
30	27	18
31	27	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	20	80
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	22	78
26	21	79
27	21	79
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	67
3	67
4	67
5	67
6	67
7	67
8	68
9	68
10	68
11	69
12	69
13	69
14	69
15	68
16	68
17	67
18	67
19	66
20	65
21	65
22	65
23	65
24	65
25	65
26	65
27	65
28	66
29	66
30	67
31	67

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	44	56
2	0	44	56
3	0	44	56
4	0	44	56
5	0	44	56
6	0	44	56
7	0	44	56
8	0	45	55
9	0	45	55
10	0	45	55
11	0	45	55
12	0	45	55
13	0	45	55
14	0	45	55
15	1	45	54
16	1	45	54
17	1	45	54
18	1	45	54
19	1	45	54
20	1	45	54
21	1	45	54
22	1	45	54
23	1	44	55
24	1	44	55
25	1	44	55
26	1	43	56
27	1	43	56
28	1	43	56
29	0	42	58
30	0	42	58
31	0	42	58

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	20	80
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	22	78
26	21	79
27	21	79
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	67
3	67
4	67
5	67
6	67
7	67
8	68
9	68
10	68
11	69
12	69
13	69
14	69
15	68
16	68
17	67
18	67
19	66
20	65
21	65
22	65
23	65
24	65
25	65
26	65
27	65
28	66
29	66
30	67
31	67

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	44	56
2	0	44	56
3	0	44	56
4	0	44	56
5	0	44	56
6	0	44	56
7	0	44	56
8	0	45	55
9	0	45	55
10	0	45	55
11	0	45	55
12	0	45	55
13	0	45	55
14	0	45	55
15	1	45	54
16	1	45	54
17	1	45	54
18	1	45	54
19	1	45	54
20	1	45	54
21	1	45	54
22	1	45	54
23	1	44	55
24	1	44	55
25	1	44	55
26	1	43	56
27	1	43	56
28	1	43	56
29	0	42	58
30	0	42	58
31	0	42	58

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	20	80
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	22	78
26	21	79
27	21	79
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	67
3	67
4	67
5	67
6	67
7	67
8	68
9	68
10	68
11	69
12	69
13	69
14	69
15	68
16	68
17	67
18	67
19	66
20	65
21	65
22	65
23	65
24	65
25	65
26	65
27	65
28	66
29	66
30	67
31	67

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	44	56
2	0	44	56
3	0	44	56
4	0	44	56
5	0	44	56
6	0	44	56
7	0	44	56
8	0	45	55
9	0	45	55
10	0	45	55
11	0	45	55
12	0	45	55
13	0	45	55
14	0	45	55
15	1	45	54
16	1	45	54
17	1	45	54
18	1	45	54
19	1	45	54
20	1	45	54
21	1	45	54
22	1	45	54
23	1	44	55
24	1	44	55
25	1	44	55
26	1	43	56
27	1	43	56
28	1	43	56
29	0	42	58
30	0	42	58
31	0	42	58