Uyuni weather in January

In January, Uyuni sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 131 mm of precipitation across 19.4 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of January to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Uyuni's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Uyuni's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 12th coldest
Precipitation: 131 mm; 19.4 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 06 min; 6:03 AM – 7:10 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 7.6 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.5; out of 10

Uyuni is city in Bolivia.

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 18°C through the month.

A typical January day in Uyuni reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler 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	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

How January really feels in Uyuni

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.

Uyuni weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	18° / 6°	131	19.4	13.1	4.5
Feb	17° / 6°	108	17	12.7	4.5
Mar	18° / 5°	54	11.8	12.1	5.6
Apr	17° / 2°	10	2.5	11.5	6.7
May	14° / -2°	2	0.5	11	5.5
Jun	12° / -3°	1	0.3	10.8	4.4
Jul	12° / -3°	3	0.7	10.9	4.3
Aug	14° / -2°	3	0.9	11.3	5.5
Sep	16° / -1°	4	1.2	11.9	6.7
Oct	18° / 2°	9	1.9	12.5	7.5
Nov	20° / 4°	13	3.4	13	7.5
Dec	20° / 6°	62	10.4	13.2	6.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

	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 (%)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	31
Cloudier (%)	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	69	68	68	69	69	69	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	69	69	69	69	69	69	68	69

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	31	69
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	32	68
31	31	69

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Uyuni gets around 131 mm of rain and snow over 19.4 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 62% and peaks near 66% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	55	56	56	57	57	58	58	59	59	60	61	62	62	63	64	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	66	66	65	65	64	63	63	62	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	55
2	56
3	56
4	57
5	57
6	58
7	58
8	59
9	59
10	60
11	61
12	62
13	62
14	63
15	64
16	65
17	65
18	65
19	66
20	66
21	66
22	66
23	66
24	66
25	65
26	65
27	64
28	63
29	63
30	62
31	62

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 10 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	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 min at the start of January to 12 h 54 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 5:54 AM to 6:13 AM, and sunset from 7:07 PM to 7:09 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)	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:13
Sunset (PM)	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.2	5:54	7:07
2	13.2	5:54	7:07
3	13.2	5:55	7:08
4	13.2	5:56	7:08
5	13.2	5:56	7:08
6	13.2	5:57	7:09
7	13.2	5:57	7:09
8	13.2	5:58	7:09
9	13.2	5:59	7:09
10	13.2	5:59	7:09
11	13.2	6:00	7:10
12	13.2	6:01	7:10
13	13.1	6:01	7:10
14	13.1	6:02	7:10
15	13.1	6:02	7:10
16	13.1	6:03	7:10
17	13.1	6:04	7:10
18	13.1	6:04	7:10
19	13.1	6:05	7:10
20	13.1	6:06	7:10
21	13.1	6:06	7:10
22	13.1	6:07	7:10
23	13.0	6:08	7:10
24	13.0	6:08	7:10
25	13.0	6:09	7:10
26	13.0	6:10	7:10
27	13.0	6:10	7:09
28	13.0	6:11	7:09
29	13.0	6:11	7:09
30	12.9	6:12	7:09
31	12.9	6:13	7:09

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 5.33 kWh/m² to a high of 8.91 kWh/m² in November across the year — January's 7.6 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	7.9	7.9	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5
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	7.9	Intense
2	7.9	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	7.6	Intense
13	7.6	Intense
14	7.6	Intense
15	7.6	Intense
16	7.6	Intense
17	7.5	Intense
18	7.5	Intense
19	7.5	Intense
20	7.5	Intense
21	7.5	Intense
22	7.5	Intense
23	7.5	Intense
24	7.5	Intense
25	7.5	Intense
26	7.5	Intense
27	7.5	Intense
28	7.5	Intense
29	7.5	Intense
30	7.5	Intense
31	7.5	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Uyuni?

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

4.5

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

1.4

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Uyuni for sightseeing.

What to pack for Uyuni in January

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

In January, Uyuni sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 6°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 19 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Uyuni 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 Uyuni peaks around February 9 at about 19 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 9 at about 8 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	19	20	16	13	11	9	8	12	15	17	17	18
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	19	Extreme
Feb	20	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	15	Extreme
Oct	17	Extreme
Nov	17	Extreme
Dec	18	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Uyuni?

Uyuni sits at 20.5°S, 66.8°W, 0 m above sea level, in Bolivia. The nearest listed city is Potosí, 148 km away.

Topography around Uyuni

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Uyuni has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m around an average of 3,668 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 906 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,212 m.

The land around Uyuni is covered by bare terrain (55%) and grassland (30%) within 3 km, bare terrain (66%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (66%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

29 m

bare terrain 55%

16 km

906 m

bare terrain 66%

80 km

2,212 m

bare terrain 66%

grasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

January weather nearby: Potosí 148 km · Tupiza 159 km · Villazón 221 km · Llallagua 228 km · Sucre 228 km · Huanuni 241 km · Tarija 248 km · Oruro 278 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

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 Uyuni (-20.4597°, -66.825°, elevation 0 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	18	6
3	18	6
4	18	6
5	18	6
6	18	6
7	18	6
8	18	6
9	18	6
10	18	6
11	18	6
12	18	6
13	18	6
14	18	6
15	18	6
16	18	6
17	18	6
18	18	6
19	18	6
20	17	6
21	17	6
22	17	6
23	17	6
24	17	6
25	17	6
26	17	6
27	17	6
28	17	6
29	17	6
30	17	6
31	17	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	31	69
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	32	68
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	55
2	56
3	56
4	57
5	57
6	58
7	58
8	59
9	59
10	60
11	61
12	62
13	62
14	63
15	64
16	65
17	65
18	65
19	66
20	66
21	66
22	66
23	66
24	66
25	65
26	65
27	64
28	63
29	63
30	62
31	62

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	31	69
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	32	68
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	55
2	56
3	56
4	57
5	57
6	58
7	58
8	59
9	59
10	60
11	61
12	62
13	62
14	63
15	64
16	65
17	65
18	65
19	66
20	66
21	66
22	66
23	66
24	66
25	65
26	65
27	64
28	63
29	63
30	62
31	62

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	31	69
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	32	68
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	55
2	56
3	56
4	57
5	57
6	58
7	58
8	59
9	59
10	60
11	61
12	62
13	62
14	63
15	64
16	65
17	65
18	65
19	66
20	66
21	66
22	66
23	66
24	66
25	65
26	65
27	64
28	63
29	63
30	62
31	62

	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