Villa de San Diego de Ubaté weather in January

In January, Villa de San Diego de Ubaté sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 63 mm of rain across 15.5 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 Villa de San Diego de Ubaté's 1st-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Villa de San Diego de Ubaté's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 63 mm; 15.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:13 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 1st clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.44 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.1; 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 18°C through the month.

A typical January day in Villa de San Diego de Ubaté reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 20°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)	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 low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

Villa de San Diego de Ubaté weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	18° / 8°	63	15.5	11.7	5.1
Feb	18° / 8°	89	18.3	11.8	4.5
Mar	18° / 9°	162	25.4	12	3.7
Apr	18° / 9°	208	26.6	12.1	3.3
May	17° / 9°	169	26.3	12.2	3.3
Jun	17° / 8°	93	22.8	12.3	3.4
Jul	16° / 8°	77	21.2	12.3	3.6
Aug	17° / 7°	72	18.1	12.2	4.0
Sep	17° / 7°	98	20.1	12	4.0
Oct	18° / 8°	161	26.5	11.9	3.5
Nov	18° / 8°	158	25.3	11.8	3.6
Dec	18° / 8°	94	19.5	11.7	4.5

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 72%.

	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 (%)	30	30	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	28	28
Cloudier (%)	70	70	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	74	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	72	72	72	71	71	72	72

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

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Villa de San Diego de Ubaté gets around 63 mm of rain over 15.5 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 50% and peaks near 53% 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 (%)	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	51	51	51	52	51	51	51	50	50	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	51	52	53	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	49
4	50
5	50
6	50
7	50
8	51
9	51
10	51
11	52
12	51
13	51
14	51
15	50
16	50
17	49
18	49
19	49
20	49
21	49
22	49
23	49
24	49
25	49
26	50
27	50
28	51
29	52
30	53
31	53

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 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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
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16	5	calm
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30	5	calm
31	5	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 5:49 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)	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:08	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	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16
Sunset (PM)	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	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	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	11.7	6:08	5:49
2	11.7	6:08	5:50
3	11.7	6:08	5:50
4	11.7	6:09	5:51
5	11.7	6:09	5:51
6	11.7	6:10	5:52
7	11.7	6:10	5:52
8	11.7	6:10	5:53
9	11.7	6:11	5:53
10	11.7	6:11	5:54
11	11.7	6:11	5:54
12	11.7	6:12	5:55
13	11.7	6:12	5:55
14	11.7	6:12	5:55
15	11.7	6:13	5:56
16	11.7	6:13	5:56
17	11.7	6:13	5:57
18	11.7	6:13	5:57
19	11.7	6:14	5:57
20	11.7	6:14	5:58
21	11.7	6:14	5:58
22	11.7	6:14	5:59
23	11.7	6:14	5:59
24	11.7	6:15	5:59
25	11.7	6:15	6:00
26	11.8	6:15	6:00
27	11.8	6:15	6:00
28	11.8	6:15	6:01
29	11.8	6:15	6:01
30	11.8	6:15	6:01
31	11.8	6:16	6:02

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.77 kWh/m² to a high of 5.7 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 5.44 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)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6
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	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Villa de San Diego de Ubaté?

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

5.1

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

1.8

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Villa de San Diego de Ubaté for sightseeing.

What to pack for Villa de San Diego de Ubaté in January

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

In January, Villa de San Diego de Ubaté sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer and sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

rain geara warm layersun protection

UV index in Villa de San Diego de Ubaté 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 Villa de San Diego de Ubaté peaks around February 18 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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	17	16	14	14	14	13	13	15	14	13	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	17	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	15	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Villa de San Diego de Ubaté 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 Villa de San Diego de Ubaté is worst in March — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (July, 11 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)	15	19	26	19	14	12	11	12	13	14	14	15
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	19	Moderate
Mar	26	Moderate
Apr	19	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	12	Moderate
Jul	11	Good
Aug	12	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	15	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Villa de San Diego de Ubaté?

Villa de San Diego de Ubaté sits at 5.3°N, 73.8°W, 2,800 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is La Mesa, 12 km away.

Topography around Villa de San Diego de Ubaté

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Villa de San Diego de Ubaté.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Villa de San Diego de Ubaté has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 425 m around an average of 2,617 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,137 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,602 m.

The land around Villa de San Diego de Ubaté is covered by grassland (50%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, grassland (56%) and trees (37%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and grassland (41%) within 80 km.

3 km

425 m

grassland 50%

16 km

1,137 m

grassland 56%

80 km

3,602 m

trees 55%

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← December Villa de San Diego de Ubaté year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: La Mesa 12 km · Chiquinquirá 34 km · Zipaquirá 38 km · Tocancipá 40 km · Pacho 43 km · Cajicá 49 km · Bosconia 54 km · Chía 57 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 Villa de San Diego de Ubaté (5.3093°, -73.8157°, elevation 2,800 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	18	7
2	18	7
3	18	7
4	18	7
5	18	7
6	18	7
7	18	7
8	18	7
9	18	7
10	18	8
11	18	8
12	18	8
13	18	8
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	18	8
18	18	8
19	18	8
20	18	8
21	18	8
22	18	8
23	18	8
24	18	8
25	18	8
26	18	8
27	18	8
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	18	8
31	18	8

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	49
4	50
5	50
6	50
7	50
8	51
9	51
10	51
11	52
12	51
13	51
14	51
15	50
16	50
17	49
18	49
19	49
20	49
21	49
22	49
23	49
24	49
25	49
26	50
27	50
28	51
29	52
30	53
31	53

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	49
4	50
5	50
6	50
7	50
8	51
9	51
10	51
11	52
12	51
13	51
14	51
15	50
16	50
17	49
18	49
19	49
20	49
21	49
22	49
23	49
24	49
25	49
26	50
27	50
28	51
29	52
30	53
31	53

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	49
4	50
5	50
6	50
7	50
8	51
9	51
10	51
11	52
12	51
13	51
14	51
15	50
16	50
17	49
18	49
19	49
20	49
21	49
22	49
23	49
24	49
25	49
26	50
27	50
28	51
29	52
30	53
31	53

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100