Oruro weather in January

In January, Oruro sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 143 mm of precipitation across 25.6 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of January to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Oruro's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Oruro's year-round climate.

Daytime high
15°
9th warmest
Overnight low
11th coldest
Precipitation
143 mm
25.6 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
6:09 AM – 7:07 PM
Cloud cover
84%
12th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Oruro is city of Bolivia.

Density
128/km²
people per km²
Founded
1606

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 15°C through the month.

A typical January day in Oruro reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2156
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How January really feels in Oruro

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.

Oruro weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan15° / 14325.60.5132.8
Feb15° / 11622.60.412.62.8
Mar15° / 8521.40.212.13.5
Apr16° / 2790.111.65.3
May16° / 72.30.211.26.2
Jun14° / -1°51.30.410.95.6
Jul14° / -2°820.7115.5
Aug16° / -0°123.10.811.46.0
Sep17° / 215.90.511.96.2
Oct18° / 3510.10.212.46.0
Nov18° / 4913.20.212.85.4
Dec17° / 10520.90.413.13.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11189
21189
31189
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51189
61189
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Oruro gets around 143 mm of rain and snow over 25.6 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 82% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1801
2801
3801
4801
5801
6801
7801
8801
9801
10801
11811
12811
13821
14821
15831
16831
17841
18841
19841
20841
21842
22842
23842
24842
25842
26832
27832
28822
29822
30812
31813

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.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
209calm
219calm
229calm
239calm
249calm
259calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of January to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:00 AM to 6:17 AM, and sunset from 7:03 PM to 7:06 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.16:007:03
213.16:007:04
313.16:017:04
413.06:017:04
513.06:027:05
613.06:037:05
713.06:037:05
813.06:047:05
913.06:047:06
1013.06:057:06
1113.06:067:06
1213.06:067:06
1313.06:077:06
1413.06:077:06
1513.06:087:07
1613.06:097:07
1713.06:097:07
1813.06:107:07
1912.96:107:07
2012.96:117:07
2112.96:127:07
2212.96:127:07
2312.96:137:07
2412.96:137:07
2512.96:147:07
2612.96:157:07
2712.96:157:07
2812.86:167:07
2912.86:167:06
3012.86:177:06
3112.86:177:06

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.43 kWh/m² to a high of 7.9 kWh/m² in November across the year — January's 6.69 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.7Intense
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Oruro

In seasonPeak

In January, Oruro sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Oruro's rainy season runs December–March, 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 Oruro?

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

2.8
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Oruro.

What to pack for Oruro in January

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

In January, Oruro sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 6°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 26 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Oruro in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 19 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Oruro peaks around January 21 at about 19 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 21UV 19Jun 23UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan19Extreme
Feb19Extreme
Mar17Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep15Extreme
Oct17Extreme
Nov17Extreme
Dec18Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Oruro?

Oruro sits at 18.0°S, 67.1°W, 3,885 m above sea level, in Bolivia. The nearest listed city is Huanuni, 45 km away.

Sipe SipeVintoQuillacolloQuimeColcapirhuaTiquipaya

Topography around Oruro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Oruro has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 179 m around an average of 3,709 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 700 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,577 m.

The land around Oruro is covered by artificial surfaces (75%) within 3 km, bare terrain (45%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (71%) and bare terrain (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
179 m
16 km
700 m
80 km
2,577 m
grasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Huanuni 45 km · Llallagua 74 km · Sipe Sipe 97 km · Vinto 105 km · Quillacollo 108 km · Quime 111 km · Colcapirhua 112 km · Tiquipaya 117 km

Bolivia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B / C
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 40% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,148
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
4.4
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
21.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 521
Religion
Roman Catholic 65%Protestant 20%none 6%other 5%

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 Oruro (-17.9715°, -67.0932°, elevation 3,885 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).