Cali is typically warm in January.

Maximum temperatures go up compared to the previous month from +82°F to +82°F. The minimum temperature also goes up from +70°F to +70°F.

It’s generally warm, but pack a long-sleeve shirt for evenings.

January is the coldest month in Cali, here is the comparison with other months:

January weather is still as ok as in December. The temperature levels stay the same in the area of +82°F for average maximum temperature during the day. As January arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 262 mm to 197 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 80% to 78%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during January, staying around 1 m/s. The amount of sunny days stay about the same, averaging 0 sunny days during the month.

February brings much the same weather, it remains ok.

The climate in Cali in January has not changed that much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 1984 (+81°F) and the highest in 2015 (+85°F). The driest year was 2024 with only 2135 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 1998 with 3725 mm.

For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Cali, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.

For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.