Caleta Olivia weather in January

In January, Caleta Olivia sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 10 mm of rain across 2.5 wet days and about 15.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 36 min at the start of January to 14 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Caleta Olivia's 3rd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Caleta Olivia's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
1st warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
10 mm
2.5 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
6:03 AM – 9:16 PM
Cloud cover
46%
3rd clearest
Wind
24 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
7.6 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.3
out of 10

Caleta Olivia is city.

Density
2,308/km²
people per km²
Founded
1901

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical January day in Caleta Olivia reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C warmer than December and about 1°C warmer than February.

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How January really feels in Caleta Olivia

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Caleta Olivia weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 13°102.5015.28.3
Feb24° / 13°162.70148.3
Mar21° / 11°172.8012.47.8
Apr18° / 143.1010.76.8
May13° / 214.30.29.24.4
Jun10° / 224.40.68.52.5
Jul10° / 143.30.58.82.5
Aug12° / 184.40.2103.7
Sep15° / 174.20.311.65.0
Oct18° / 163.50.113.36.8
Nov21° / 10°163.5014.87.5
Dec23° / 12°153.7015.58.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16238
26238
36238
46238
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66337
76337
86436
96337
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Caleta Olivia gets around 10 mm of rain over 2.5 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 9% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
19
29
38
48
58
68
78
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108
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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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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21000
31000
41000
5991
6991
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13991
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15991
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20991
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31982

Wind in January

Winds average 24 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 23 km/h on the calmest days to 25 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 36 min at the start of January to 14 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:47 AM to 6:23 AM, and sunset from 9:20 PM to 9:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.65:479:20
215.55:489:20
315.55:489:20
415.55:499:20
515.55:509:20
615.55:519:20
715.55:529:20
815.45:539:19
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1015.45:559:19
1115.45:579:18
1215.35:589:18
1315.35:599:18
1415.36:009:17
1515.36:019:17
1615.26:039:16
1715.26:049:16
1815.26:059:15
1915.16:069:14
2015.16:089:14
2115.16:099:13
2215.06:109:12
2315.06:129:11
2415.06:139:11
2514.96:149:10
2614.96:169:09
2714.86:179:08
2814.86:199:07
2914.86:209:06
3014.76:229:05
3114.76:239:04

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 7.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.32 kWh/m² to a high of 7.86 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 7.6 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.8Intense
27.8Intense
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47.8Intense
57.8Intense
67.8Intense
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267.2Intense
277.2Intense
287.1Intense
297.1Intense
307.0Intense
317.0Intense
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Caleta Olivia?

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

8.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.3
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Caleta Olivia for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Caleta Olivia in January

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

In January, Caleta Olivia sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 13°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and a windbreaker.

sun protectionlight clothesa windbreaker

Sea temperature near Caleta Olivia in January

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 14 km away) is warmest in February at about 15°C and coldest in August near 8°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan15Bracing
Feb15Cool
Mar15Bracing
Apr13Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun10Bracing
Jul9Bracing
Aug8Bracing
Sep8Bracing
Oct9Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec13Bracing

UV index in Caleta Olivia in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Caleta Olivia peaks around December 24 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateLowModerateHighVery highDec 24UV 10Jun 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb10Very high
Mar6High
Apr3Moderate
May2Low
Jun1Low
Jul1Low
Aug2Low
Sep3Moderate
Oct6High
Nov8Very high
Dec11Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Caleta Olivia?

Caleta Olivia sits at 46.4°S, 67.5°W, 19 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Pico Truncado, 51 km away.

CoyhaiqueTrelewRawsonPuerto Aysén

Topography around Caleta Olivia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Caleta Olivia has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 133 m around an average of 32 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 316 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 768 m.

The land around Caleta Olivia is covered by artificial surfaces (33%), water (27%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, water (45%), grassland (29%) and shrubs (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (44%) and water (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
133 m
16 km
316 m
80 km
768 m
shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Pico Truncado 51 km · Comodoro Rivadavia 65 km · Las Heras 108 km · Puerto Deseado 190 km · Coyhaique 364 km · Trelew 396 km · Rawson 398 km · Puerto Aysén 416 km

Argentina travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / I
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 46% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$14,898
2025
Happiness
6.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
4.5
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
14.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 575
Religion
Roman Catholic 63%none 19%Evangelical 15%Jehovah's Witness and Church of Jesus Christ 1%

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 Caleta Olivia (-46.4479°, -67.5227°, elevation 19 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).