Villamontes weather in January

In January, Villamontes sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 173 mm of rain across 16.5 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of January to 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Villamontes's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Villamontes's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
22°
12th coldest
Rainfall
173 mm
16.5 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:48 AM – 6:58 PM
Cloud cover
71%
11th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.9 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Villamontes is city in Bolivia.

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 33°C through the month.

A typical January day in Villamontes reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C warmer than February.

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How January really feels in Villamontes

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.

Villamontes weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 22°17316.513.13.0
Feb31° / 21°16414.312.73.7
Mar30° / 20°12313.912.24.4
Apr28° / 18°601011.56.0
May25° / 15°276.5117.3
Jun24° / 13°154.610.77.9
Jul24° / 11°133.410.88.2
Aug28° / 13°72.111.37.4
Sep31° / 17°183.611.95.4
Oct32° / 19°54912.53.9
Nov33° / 20°10111.5133.4
Dec33° / 21°14714.713.33.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12971
22872
32872
42773
52872
62872
72872
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Villamontes gets around 173 mm of rain over 16.5 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 53% and peaks near 55% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3151

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 46% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 87% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
12104147
2294148
3294048
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6393949
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Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of January to 13 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:39 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 6:55 PM to 6:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:396:55
213.35:396:56
313.35:406:56
413.35:416:56
513.35:416:56
613.25:426:57
713.25:426:57
813.25:436:57
913.25:446:57
1013.25:446:57
1113.25:456:58
1213.25:466:58
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1413.25:476:58
1513.25:486:58
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2513.15:546:58
2613.05:556:57
2713.05:556:57
2813.05:566:57
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3113.05:586:56

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.9 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.15 kWh/m² to a high of 5.9 kWh/m² in January across the year — January's 5.9 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Villamontes

In seasonPeak

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

Villamontes'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 Villamontes?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Villamontes.

What to pack for Villamontes in January

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

In January, Villamontes sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Villamontes 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 Villamontes peaks around January 20 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 20UV 15Jul 10UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May8Very high
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug9Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Villamontes 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 Villamontes is worst in October — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.8× the cleanest month (May, 5 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodOct 1417 µg/m³May 245 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb7Good
Mar7Good
Apr5Good
May5Good
Jun5Good
Jul5Good
Aug7Good
Sep14Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Villamontes?

Villamontes sits at 21.3°S, 63.5°W, 388 m above sea level, in Bolivia. The nearest listed city is Yacuiba, 87 km away.

YacuibaProfesor Salvador MazzaTarijaCamiriTartagalGeneral MosconiBermejoEmbarcación

Topography around Villamontes

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Villamontes has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 152 m around an average of 408 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,339 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,850 m.

The land around Villamontes is covered by trees (56%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, trees (84%) within 16 km, and trees (81%) within 80 km.

3 km
152 m
16 km
1,339 m
80 km
1,850 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Yacuiba 87 km · Profesor Salvador Mazza 90 km · Tarija 134 km · Camiri 136 km · Tartagal 144 km · General Mosconi 152 km · Bermejo 186 km · Embarcación 226 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 Villamontes (-21.2624°, -63.469°, elevation 388 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).