Trinidad weather in January

In January, Trinidad sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 330 mm of rain across 26.9 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 1st-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 4% of the time in January, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 54 min at the start of January to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Trinidad's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Trinidad's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
6th warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
330 mm
26.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
6:05 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover
86%
11th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.97 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Trinidad is city in Bolivia.

Density
3,121/km²
people per km²
Founded
1686

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 Trinidad reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 33°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 Trinidad

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.

Trinidad weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 24°33026.912.82.9
Feb30° / 24°28423.412.53.0
Mar30° / 24°23423.612.13.2
Apr30° / 23°14216.611.74.1
May29° / 21°841111.35.5
Jun28° / 19°547.411.16.3
Jul29° / 18°415.111.26.5
Aug31° / 20°506.211.55.2
Sep32° / 22°10610.211.94.0
Oct32° / 23°16116.712.33.3
Nov31° / 23°23919.512.73.2
Dec30° / 24°29925.412.92.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in January.

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 (%)
11387
21387
31288
41288
51189
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71189
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Trinidad gets around 330 mm of rain over 26.9 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 rain averages around 86% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
188
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1984
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3084
3184

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the miserable band about 63% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
113564
213564
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413663
513663
613762
713762
813861
913861
1013861
1113861
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 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
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 min 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 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:57 AM to 6:13 AM, and sunset from 6:49 PM to 6:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.95:576:49
212.95:576:49
312.95:586:49
412.95:586:50
512.95:596:50
612.86:006:50
712.86:006:51
812.86:016:51
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1012.86:026:51
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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 4.97 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.98 kWh/m² to a high of 5.64 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 4.97 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Trinidad

In seasonPeak

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

Trinidad'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 Trinidad?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Trinidad.

What to pack for Trinidad in January

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

In January, Trinidad sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Trinidad in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Trinidad peaks around January 22 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near September 13 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 22UV 15Sep 13UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct10Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Trinidad 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 Trinidad is worst in September — around 86 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 12.3× the cleanest month (May, 7 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodGoodModerateUnhealthyModerateSep 1781 µg/m³May 207 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb12Moderate
Mar12Good
Apr9Good
May7Good
Jun8Good
Jul13Moderate
Aug35Poor
Sep86Unhealthy
Oct49Poor
Nov23Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Trinidad?

Trinidad sits at 14.8°S, 64.9°W, 155 m above sea level, in Bolivia. The nearest listed city is San Borja, 198 km away.

San BorjaAscención de GuarayosCaranaviVilla YapacaníSacabaTiquipayaCochabambaPunata

Topography around Trinidad

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Trinidad has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 11 m around an average of 154 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m.

The land around Trinidad is covered by artificial surfaces (40%), grassland (30%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, grassland (47%) and trees (44%) within 16 km, and grassland (46%) and trees (45%) within 80 km.

3 km
11 m
16 km
38 m
80 km
50 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: San Borja 198 km · Ascención de Guarayos 218 km · Caranavi 306 km · Villa Yapacaní 308 km · Sacaba 310 km · Tiquipaya 312 km · Cochabamba 314 km · Punata 317 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 Trinidad (-14.8322°, -64.9034°, elevation 155 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).