Sibaté weather in January

In January, Sibaté sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 209 mm of rain across 21.9 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of January to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Sibaté's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sibaté's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 209 mm; 21.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:13 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover: 77%; 1st clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.79 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month.

A typical January day in Sibaté reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 22°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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

Sibaté weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 7th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	19° / 11°	209	21.9	11.8	4.3
Feb	19° / 11°	235	22	11.9	4.0
Mar	19° / 11°	281	24.9	12	3.8
Apr	19° / 12°	259	23.8	12.1	3.8
May	19° / 12°	185	19.3	12.2	4.5
Jun	20° / 12°	56	10	12.3	5.6
Jul	20° / 12°	37	7.3	12.2	6.3
Aug	22° / 12°	37	6.5	12.1	6.6
Sep	21° / 12°	105	14.5	12	5.4
Oct	20° / 11°	236	24.2	11.9	3.9
Nov	19° / 11°	283	26.5	11.8	3.5
Dec	19° / 11°	226	23.3	11.7	4.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%.

	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 (%)	21	22	21	21	22	21	20	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	19	20
Cloudier (%)	79	78	79	79	78	79	80	81	81	82	82	83	84	84	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	84	84	84	83	82	82	82	82	81	80

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	22	78
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	22	78
6	21	79
7	20	80
8	19	81
9	19	81
10	18	82
11	18	82
12	17	83
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	17	83
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	18	82
30	19	81
31	20	80

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Sibaté gets around 209 mm of rain over 21.9 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 71% and peaks near 75% 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 (%)	67	68	69	70	71	71	72	73	74	74	75	75	75	75	75	74	73	72	72	71	70	70	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	70	70

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

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 94% 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 (%)	95	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	93
Comfortable (%)	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	93	7
13	93	7
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	93	7

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
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
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15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
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 42 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 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:08 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 6:04 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)	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	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)	6:08	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	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16
Sunset (PM)	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	6:08	5:53
2	11.7	6:08	5:53
3	11.7	6:09	5:53
4	11.7	6:09	5:54
5	11.7	6:10	5:54
6	11.7	6:10	5:55
7	11.8	6:10	5:55
8	11.8	6:11	5:56
9	11.8	6:11	5:56
10	11.8	6:11	5:57
11	11.8	6:12	5:57
12	11.8	6:12	5:58
13	11.8	6:12	5:58
14	11.8	6:13	5:58
15	11.8	6:13	5:59
16	11.8	6:13	5:59
17	11.8	6:14	6:00
18	11.8	6:14	6:00
19	11.8	6:14	6:01
20	11.8	6:14	6:01
21	11.8	6:15	6:01
22	11.8	6:15	6:02
23	11.8	6:15	6:02
24	11.8	6:15	6:02
25	11.8	6:15	6:03
26	11.8	6:16	6:03
27	11.8	6:16	6:03
28	11.8	6:16	6:04
29	11.8	6:16	6:04
30	11.8	6:16	6:04
31	11.8	6:16	6:04

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.67 kWh/m² to a high of 4.9 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 4.79 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	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	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	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 Sibaté?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

2.0

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Sibaté for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sibaté in January

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

In January, Sibaté sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 11°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Sibaté 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 Sibaté peaks around February 18 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 11 (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	15	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	12	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Sibaté 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 Sibaté is worst in March — around 43 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.9× the cleanest month (July, 23 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)	34	38	43	38	31	26	23	27	33	32	32	34
Level	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	34	Moderate
Feb	38	Poor
Mar	43	Poor
Apr	38	Poor
May	31	Moderate
Jun	26	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	27	Moderate
Sep	33	Moderate
Oct	32	Moderate
Nov	32	Moderate
Dec	34	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Sibaté?

Sibaté sits at 4.5°N, 74.3°W, 2,575 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Soacha, 11 km away.

Topography around Sibaté

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sibaté has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 555 m around an average of 2,683 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,458 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,002 m.

The land around Sibaté is covered by grassland (47%) and trees (32%) within 3 km, grassland (43%) and trees (41%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

555 m

grassland 47%

16 km

2,458 m

grassland 43%

80 km

4,002 m

trees 59%

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

January weather nearby: Soacha 11 km · Silvania 17 km · Kennedy 19 km · Fusagasugá 21 km · Bogota 24 km · Mosquera 24 km · Funza 26 km · Madrid 27 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 Sibaté (4.4915°, -74.2596°, elevation 2,575 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	19	11
2	19	11
3	19	10
4	19	10
5	19	10
6	19	11
7	19	11
8	19	11
9	19	11
10	19	11
11	19	11
12	19	11
13	19	11
14	19	11
15	19	11
16	19	11
17	19	11
18	19	11
19	19	11
20	19	11
21	19	11
22	19	11
23	19	11
24	19	11
25	19	11
26	19	11
27	19	11
28	19	11
29	19	11
30	19	11
31	19	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	22	78
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	22	78
6	21	79
7	20	80
8	19	81
9	19	81
10	18	82
11	18	82
12	17	83
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	17	83
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	18	82
30	19	81
31	20	80

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	93	7
13	93	7
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	93	7

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	22	78
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	22	78
6	21	79
7	20	80
8	19	81
9	19	81
10	18	82
11	18	82
12	17	83
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	17	83
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	18	82
30	19	81
31	20	80

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	93	7
13	93	7
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	93	7

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	22	78
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	22	78
6	21	79
7	20	80
8	19	81
9	19	81
10	18	82
11	18	82
12	17	83
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	17	83
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	18	82
30	19	81
31	20	80

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	93	7
13	93	7
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	93	7