Rioblanco weather in January

In January, Rioblanco sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 104 mm of rain across 11.1 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of January to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Rioblanco's 1st-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rioblanco's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 104 mm; 11.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:17 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover: 71%; 1st clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.18 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.2; 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 22°C through the month.

A typical January day in Rioblanco reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	12
2	22	12
3	22	12
4	22	12
5	22	12
6	22	12
7	22	12
8	22	12
9	22	12
10	22	12
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22	22	12
23	22	12
24	22	12
25	22	12
26	22	12
27	22	12
28	22	12
29	22	12
30	22	12
31	22	12

Rioblanco weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 12°	104	11.1	11.8	6.2
Feb	22° / 12°	72	10.6	11.9	6.2
Mar	22° / 13°	104	14.4	12	5.7
Apr	22° / 13°	121	16	12.1	5.1
May	22° / 13°	68	12.1	12.2	5.8
Jun	22° / 13°	19	5	12.2	6.8
Jul	23° / 12°	11	3.4	12.2	7.3
Aug	24° / 12°	6	1.3	12.1	7.8
Sep	24° / 13°	24	4.7	12	7.2
Oct	23° / 13°	143	14.6	11.9	5.6
Nov	21° / 13°	213	18.5	11.8	4.9
Dec	22° / 12°	147	13.7	11.8	5.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

	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 (%)	32	33	33	33	33	33	31	30	29	29	28	28	27	26	26	26	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	29	29	28
Cloudier (%)	68	67	67	67	67	67	69	70	71	71	72	72	73	74	74	74	75	74	74	73	73	72	72	72	72	71	72	72	71	71	72

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	31	69
8	30	70
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	27	73
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	25	75
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	27	73
21	27	73
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	29	71
27	28	72
28	28	72
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	28	72

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Rioblanco gets around 104 mm of rain over 11.1 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 36% and peaks near 41% 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 (%)	34	35	35	36	37	38	39	39	40	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	39	38	37	36	35	34	33	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	35
4	36
5	37
6	38
7	39
8	39
9	40
10	41
11	41
12	41
13	41
14	41
15	40
16	40
17	39
18	38
19	37
20	36
21	35
22	34
23	33
24	32
25	32
26	31
27	31
28	31
29	31
30	31
31	31

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 75% 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 (%)	74	74	73	73	73	72	72	71	71	70	70	70	70	71	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	78	79	80	80	81	81	82	82	82
Comfortable (%)	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	30	30	29	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	22	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	18

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	73	27
18	74	26
19	75	25
20	76	24
21	77	23
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	79	21
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	82	18

Wind in January

Winds average 4 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 4 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	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	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
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25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of January to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:12 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 6:11 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	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:21
Sunset (PM)	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	6:12	6:00
2	11.8	6:12	6:00
3	11.8	6:13	6:01
4	11.8	6:13	6:01
5	11.8	6:13	6:02
6	11.8	6:14	6:02
7	11.8	6:14	6:02
8	11.8	6:15	6:03
9	11.8	6:15	6:03
10	11.8	6:15	6:04
11	11.8	6:16	6:04
12	11.8	6:16	6:05
13	11.8	6:16	6:05
14	11.8	6:17	6:06
15	11.8	6:17	6:06
16	11.8	6:17	6:06
17	11.8	6:18	6:07
18	11.8	6:18	6:07
19	11.8	6:18	6:08
20	11.8	6:18	6:08
21	11.8	6:19	6:08
22	11.8	6:19	6:09
23	11.8	6:19	6:09
24	11.8	6:19	6:09
25	11.8	6:20	6:10
26	11.8	6:20	6:10
27	11.8	6:20	6:10
28	11.8	6:20	6:10
29	11.8	6:20	6:11
30	11.8	6:20	6:11
31	11.8	6:21	6:11

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.44 kWh/m² to a high of 5.46 kWh/m² in August across the year — January's 5.18 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)	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4
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	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Rioblanco

In seasonPeak

In January, Rioblanco sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Rioblanco's rainy season runs October–January, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Rioblanco?

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

6.2

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Rioblanco for sightseeing.

What to pack for Rioblanco in January

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

In January, Rioblanco sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Rioblanco 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 Rioblanco peaks around February 22 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	14	15	13	13	13	14	14	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	14	Extreme
May	15	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Rioblanco 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 Rioblanco is worst in March — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (July, 9 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)	17	22	25	19	13	11	9	12	14	14	15	15
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	22	Moderate
Mar	25	Moderate
Apr	19	Moderate
May	13	Moderate
Jun	11	Good
Jul	9	Good
Aug	12	Good
Sep	14	Moderate
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	15	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Rioblanco?

Rioblanco sits at 3.5°N, 75.6°W, 1,038 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Chaparral, 28 km away.

Topography around Rioblanco

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rioblanco has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 976 m around an average of 1,219 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,947 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,060 m.

The land around Rioblanco is covered by trees (59%) and grassland (41%) within 3 km, trees (73%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

976 m

trees 59%

16 km

2,947 m

trees 73%

80 km

5,060 m

trees 59%

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

January weather nearby: Chaparral 28 km · Planadas 37 km · Natagaima 62 km · Pradera 68 km · Florida 69 km · Miranda 72 km · Palmira 73 km · El Cerrito 76 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 Rioblanco (3.5297°, -75.6453°, elevation 1,038 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	22	12
2	22	12
3	22	12
4	22	12
5	22	12
6	22	12
7	22	12
8	22	12
9	22	12
10	22	12
11	22	12
12	22	12
13	22	12
14	22	12
15	22	12
16	22	12
17	22	12
18	22	12
19	22	12
20	22	12
21	22	12
22	22	12
23	22	12
24	22	12
25	22	12
26	22	12
27	22	12
28	22	12
29	22	12
30	22	12
31	22	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	31	69
8	30	70
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	27	73
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	25	75
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	27	73
21	27	73
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	29	71
27	28	72
28	28	72
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	35
4	36
5	37
6	38
7	39
8	39
9	40
10	41
11	41
12	41
13	41
14	41
15	40
16	40
17	39
18	38
19	37
20	36
21	35
22	34
23	33
24	32
25	32
26	31
27	31
28	31
29	31
30	31
31	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	73	27
18	74	26
19	75	25
20	76	24
21	77	23
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	79	21
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	82	18

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	31	69
8	30	70
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	27	73
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	25	75
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	27	73
21	27	73
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	29	71
27	28	72
28	28	72
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	35
4	36
5	37
6	38
7	39
8	39
9	40
10	41
11	41
12	41
13	41
14	41
15	40
16	40
17	39
18	38
19	37
20	36
21	35
22	34
23	33
24	32
25	32
26	31
27	31
28	31
29	31
30	31
31	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	73	27
18	74	26
19	75	25
20	76	24
21	77	23
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	79	21
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	82	18

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	31	69
8	30	70
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	27	73
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	25	75
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	27	73
21	27	73
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	29	71
27	28	72
28	28	72
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	35
4	36
5	37
6	38
7	39
8	39
9	40
10	41
11	41
12	41
13	41
14	41
15	40
16	40
17	39
18	38
19	37
20	36
21	35
22	34
23	33
24	32
25	32
26	31
27	31
28	31
29	31
30	31
31	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	73	27
18	74	26
19	75	25
20	76	24
21	77	23
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	79	21
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	82	18