Villa Yapacaní weather in January

In January, Villa Yapacaní sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 242 mm of rain across 23.5 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% 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 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Villa Yapacaní's 10th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Villa Yapacaní's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
22°
12th coldest
Rainfall
242 mm
23.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
5:57 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover
79%
10th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Villa Yapacaní is city in Bolivia.

Founded
1958

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 29°C through the month.

A typical January day in Villa Yapacaní reaches about 29°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 26°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 Villa Yapacaní

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.

Villa Yapacaní weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 3rd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 22°24223.512.93.6
Feb29° / 22°20120.912.63.7
Mar29° / 21°15319.312.14.2
Apr28° / 20°9313.611.65.5
May25° / 18°8914.311.26.1
Jun24° / 16°8012.9116.4
Jul24° / 16°559.211.17.2
Aug27° / 17°456.211.47.3
Sep29° / 19°718.111.95.9
Oct30° / 21°10314.312.44.6
Nov29° / 21°14216.512.84.2
Dec29° / 22°22923.2133.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11783
21783
31684
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61684
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101882
111981
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132179
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Villa Yapacaní gets around 242 mm of rain over 23.5 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 76% and peaks near 80% 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 84% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10110881
20111871
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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
29calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours 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 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:48 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 6:49 PM to 6:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.05:486:49
213.05:486:50
313.05:496:50
413.05:496:50
513.05:506:50
613.05:516:51
713.05:516:51
813.05:526:51
913.05:526:52
1013.05:536:52
1113.05:546:52
1213.05:546:52
1313.05:556:52
1413.05:556:52
1512.95:566:53
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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 5.18 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3 kWh/m² to a high of 5.18 kWh/m² in January across the year — January's 5.18 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Hazard calendar for Villa Yapacaní

In seasonPeak

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

Villa Yapacaní's rainy season runs November–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 Villa Yapacaní?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Villa Yapacaní.

What to pack for Villa Yapacaní in January

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

In January, Villa Yapacaní sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Villa Yapacaní 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 Villa Yapacaní peaks around January 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 14 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 19UV 15Jul 14UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul7High
Aug8Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Villa Yapacaní 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 Villa Yapacaní is worst in September — around 52 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 6.9× the cleanest month (May, 8 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateSep 1950 µg/m³May 118 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb10Good
Mar10Good
Apr8Good
May8Good
Jun9Good
Jul12Good
Aug25Moderate
Sep52Poor
Oct38Poor
Nov19Moderate
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Villa Yapacaní?

Villa Yapacaní sits at 17.4°S, 63.8°W, 297 m above sea level, in Bolivia. The nearest listed city is Montero, 62 km away.

CotocaMizqueAscención de GuarayosPunata

Topography around Villa Yapacaní

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Villa Yapacaní has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 290 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 408 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,716 m.

The land around Villa Yapacaní is covered by trees (48%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and grassland (40%) within 16 km, and trees (67%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
36 m
16 km
408 m
80 km
2,716 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Montero 62 km · Warnes 72 km · Santa Cruz 81 km · El Torno 82 km · Cotoca 95 km · Mizque 171 km · Ascención de Guarayos 181 km · Punata 213 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 Villa Yapacaní (-17.4°, -63.8333°, elevation 297 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).