San Ignacio de Velasco weather in January

In January, San Ignacio de Velasco sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 169 mm of rain across 22.4 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of January to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is San Ignacio de Velasco's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Ignacio de Velasco's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
6th warmest
Overnight low
22°
12th coldest
Rainfall
169 mm
22.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
5:47 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover
79%
11th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

San Ignacio de Velasco is city in Bolivia.

Founded
1748

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 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in San Ignacio de Velasco reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in San Ignacio de Velasco

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

San Ignacio de Velasco weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°16922.412.93.5
Feb29° / 22°17421.512.63.5
Mar29° / 21°14720.112.13.9
Apr29° / 20°6912.211.65.2
May27° / 18°437.911.26.8
Jun27° / 17°233.9117.6
Jul28° / 16°182.911.17.7
Aug30° / 18°213.311.56.0
Sep31° / 20°477.111.94.7
Oct32° / 21°8613.412.43.8
Nov31° / 21°12016.112.83.9
Dec30° / 22°15119.9133.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

San Ignacio de Velasco gets around 169 mm of rain over 22.4 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 72% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 89% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 97% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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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 10 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 13 hours at the start of January to 12 h 42 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 5:38 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 6:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.05:386:36
213.05:396:36
313.05:396:36
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512.95:406:37
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.88 kWh/m² to a high of 5.75 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.55 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for San Ignacio de Velasco

In seasonPeak

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

San Ignacio de Velasco's rainy season runs October–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 San Ignacio de Velasco?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in San Ignacio de Velasco.

What to pack for San Ignacio de Velasco in January

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

In January, San Ignacio de Velasco sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in San Ignacio de Velasco in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in San Ignacio de Velasco peaks around January 18 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near September 14 at about 5 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighExtremeJan 18UV 16Sep 14UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep4Moderate
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in San Ignacio de Velasco in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in San Ignacio de Velasco is worst in September — around 91 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 12.7× the cleanest month (April, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateUnhealthyPoorModerateSep 1586 µg/m³Apr 148 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb10Good
Mar9Good
Apr7Good
May11Good
Jun20Moderate
Jul27Moderate
Aug55Poor
Sep91Unhealthy
Oct43Poor
Nov36Poor
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is San Ignacio de Velasco?

San Ignacio de Velasco sits at 16.4°S, 61.0°W, 582 m above sea level, in Bolivia. The nearest listed city is Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, 187 km away.

Vila Bela da Santíssima TrindadePontes e LacerdaAscención de GuarayosMonteroWarnesCotocaSanta CruzSão José dos Quatro Marcos

Topography around San Ignacio de Velasco

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of San Ignacio de Velasco.

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Ignacio de Velasco has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 96 m around an average of 408 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 270 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 508 m.

The land around San Ignacio de Velasco is covered by trees (49%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (73%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (79%) within 80 km.

3 km
96 m
16 km
270 m
80 km
508 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade 187 km · Pontes e Lacerda 216 km · Ascención de Guarayos 244 km · Montero 266 km · Warnes 266 km · Cotoca 273 km · Santa Cruz 283 km · São José dos Quatro Marcos 310 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 San Ignacio de Velasco (-16.3777°, -60.9647°, elevation 582 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).