Esquel weather in January

In January, Esquel sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 36 mm of precipitation across 5.3 wet days and about 14.8 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 06 min at the start of January to 14 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Esquel's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Esquel's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 11th coldest
Precipitation: 36 mm; 5.3 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 48 min; 6:30 AM – 9:20 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 7.61 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.1; out of 10

Esquel is city in Argentina.

Founded: 1906

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical January day in Esquel reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C warmer than 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	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

How January really feels in Esquel

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Esquel weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 7°	36	5.3	0.2	14.8	7.1
Feb	20° / 7°	34	5.3	0.2	13.8	7.1
Mar	17° / 5°	44	7	0.2	12.4	5.8
Apr	12° / 2°	73	9.2	1.9	10.9	3.2
May	8° / 0°	97	12.8	4.6	9.6	1.2
Jun	4° / -3°	129	15	10.4	8.9	0.0
Jul	4° / -4°	107	13.1	10.6	9.2	0.0
Aug	6° / -3°	108	14.3	10.4	10.2	0.3
Sep	9° / -1°	57	9.9	4.9	11.7	1.7
Oct	12° / 1°	67	11	3.8	13.2	3.1
Nov	15° / 3°	56	9	1.4	14.5	4.6
Dec	17° / 5°	49	7.6	0.7	15.1	6.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 39%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	56	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	61	61	61	62	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	64
Cloudier (%)	44	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	39	39	39	38	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	64	36

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Esquel gets around 36 mm of rain and snow over 5.3 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 18% and peaks near 24% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	24	24	23	22	22	21	20	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	20

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

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 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 06 min at the start of January to 14 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:15 AM to 6:48 AM, and sunset from 9:22 PM to 9:09 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)	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.4	14.4	14.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:47	6:48
Sunset (PM)	9:22	9:22	9:22	9:22	9:22	9:22	9:22	9:22	9:22	9:21	9:21	9:21	9:21	9:20	9:20	9:20	9:19	9:19	9:18	9:18	9:17	9:16	9:16	9:15	9:14	9:14	9:13	9:12	9:11	9:10	9:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.1	6:15	9:22
2	15.1	6:16	9:22
3	15.1	6:17	9:22
4	15.1	6:17	9:22
5	15.1	6:18	9:22
6	15.0	6:19	9:22
7	15.0	6:20	9:22
8	15.0	6:21	9:22
9	15.0	6:22	9:22
10	15.0	6:23	9:21
11	15.0	6:24	9:21
12	14.9	6:25	9:21
13	14.9	6:26	9:21
14	14.9	6:27	9:20
15	14.9	6:28	9:20
16	14.8	6:30	9:20
17	14.8	6:31	9:19
18	14.8	6:32	9:19
19	14.8	6:33	9:18
20	14.7	6:34	9:18
21	14.7	6:35	9:17
22	14.7	6:37	9:16
23	14.6	6:38	9:16
24	14.6	6:39	9:15
25	14.6	6:40	9:14
26	14.5	6:41	9:14
27	14.5	6:43	9:13
28	14.5	6:44	9:12
29	14.4	6:45	9:11
30	14.4	6:47	9:10
31	14.4	6:48	9:09

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 7.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.37 kWh/m² to a high of 7.72 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 7.61 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)	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.3	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.1
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.8	Intense
2	7.8	Intense
3	7.8	Intense
4	7.8	Intense
5	7.8	Intense
6	7.8	Intense
7	7.8	Intense
8	7.7	Intense
9	7.7	Intense
10	7.7	Intense
11	7.7	Intense
12	7.7	Intense
13	7.7	Intense
14	7.7	Intense
15	7.7	Intense
16	7.7	Intense
17	7.6	Intense
18	7.6	Intense
19	7.6	Intense
20	7.6	Intense
21	7.5	Intense
22	7.5	Intense
23	7.5	Intense
24	7.4	Intense
25	7.4	Intense
26	7.3	Intense
27	7.3	Intense
28	7.2	Intense
29	7.2	Intense
30	7.2	Intense
31	7.1	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Esquel

In seasonPeak

None of Esquel's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Esquel's rainy season runs April–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Esquel?

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

7.1

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

3.4

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Esquel for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Esquel in January

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

In January, Esquel sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 7°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Esquel in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Esquel peaks around December 23 at about 12 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	11	7	4	3	1	2	2	4	7	9	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	7	High
Apr	4	Moderate
May	3	Moderate
Jun	1	Low
Jul	2	Low
Aug	2	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Esquel?

Esquel sits at 42.9°S, 71.3°W, 577 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is El Bolsón, 107 km away.

Topography around Esquel

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Esquel has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 519 m around an average of 695 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,733 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,335 m.

The land around Esquel is covered by grassland (56%), trees (21%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, grassland (72%) within 16 km, and grassland (45%) and trees (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

519 m

grassland 56%

16 km

1,733 m

grassland 72%

80 km

2,335 m

grassland 45%

treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewater

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

January weather nearby: El Bolsón 107 km · Quellón 188 km · Calbuco 195 km · Bariloche 196 km · Castro 206 km · Puerto Montt 209 km · Puerto Varas 224 km · Llanquihue 231 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

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 Esquel (-42.9115°, -71.3195°, elevation 577 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. 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	6
2	19	6
3	19	6
4	19	6
5	19	6
6	19	6
7	19	6
8	19	7
9	19	7
10	19	7
11	19	7
12	20	7
13	20	7
14	20	7
15	20	7
16	20	7
17	20	7
18	20	7
19	20	7
20	20	7
21	20	7
22	20	7
23	20	7
24	20	7
25	20	7
26	20	7
27	20	7
28	20	7
29	20	7
30	20	7
31	20	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	64	36

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	64	36

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	64	36

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

	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