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Medellín in January

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Medellín is warm: highs near 80°F, lows near 56°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 48 minutes.January in Medellín is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 13°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 48 minutes.

High
80°F27°Caverage
Low
56°F13°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 73% of days
Daylight
11h 48mon average

Is January a good time to visit Medellín?

A good month, just outside Medellín's best months, which run from September to December.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 80°F in January, against 78°F to 82°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in January, against 26°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

73% of days in January, against 73% to 97% through the year.

Cloud cover

78% cover in January, against 78% to 89% through the year.

Daylight

11h 48m in January, against 11h 46m to 12h 29m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December79°26°low 57°low 14°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. January80°27°low 56°low 13°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. February81°27°low 56°low 13°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Medellín sits, in January

America/Bogota
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:17 AMsets 6:05 PM
Above the sea
1,600 mhigh country
Latitude
6.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Bogotá246 km south-east

The land around Medellín, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Colombia in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Medellín

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Medellín. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,600 m) against the climate model's (2,188 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,600 m) against the climate model's (2,188 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.