Yacuiba weather in January

In January, Yacuiba sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 239 mm of rain across 18.2 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-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 14% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Yacuiba's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yacuiba's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
20°
12th coldest
Rainfall
239 mm
18.2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:48 AM – 7:00 PM
Cloud cover
72%
10th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Yacuiba is border city of 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 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Yacuiba reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 35°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 Yacuiba

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 6 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
6
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.

Yacuiba 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
Jan30° / 20°23918.213.24.0
Feb29° / 19°22416.112.84.4
Mar28° / 19°18515.712.25.3
Apr25° / 16°8611.311.56.5
May22° / 13°407.8117.0
Jun21° / 10°184.810.77.3
Jul21° / 143.710.87.8
Aug25° / 11°102.711.28.4
Sep28° / 14°244.711.97.3
Oct29° / 17°8610.812.55.3
Nov30° / 18°15013.213.14.7
Dec30° / 19°21416.713.34.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 70%.

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

Any precipitation

Yacuiba gets around 239 mm of rain over 18.2 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 59% and peaks near 61% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 53% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 81% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
112155131
202155132
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Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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 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 5:38 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 6:58 PM to 6:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:386:58
213.35:396:58
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413.35:406:58
513.35:416:59
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713.35:426:59
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1213.25:457:00
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2713.15:556:59
2813.15:566:59
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3013.05:576:59
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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 5.76 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.06 kWh/m² to a high of 5.76 kWh/m² in January across the year — January's 5.76 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Yacuiba

In seasonPeak

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

Yacuiba's monsoon runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Yacuiba?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Yacuiba for sightseeing.

What to pack for Yacuiba in January

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

In January, Yacuiba sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Yacuiba 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 Yacuiba peaks around January 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 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 19UV 15Jul 11UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Very high
May8Very high
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug8Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct10Very high
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Yacuiba 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 Yacuiba is worst in September — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.7× the cleanest month (May, 5 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateSep 2022 µg/m³May 215 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb9Good
Mar8Good
Apr6Good
May5Good
Jun5Good
Jul6Good
Aug10Good
Sep23Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Yacuiba?

Yacuiba sits at 22.0°S, 63.7°W, 629 m above sea level, in Bolivia. The nearest listed city is Profesor Salvador Mazza, 4.0 km away.

VillamontesBermejoTarijaEmbarcaciónSan Ramón de la Nueva Orán

Topography around Yacuiba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yacuiba has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 438 m around an average of 675 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 981 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,879 m.

The land around Yacuiba is covered by trees (64%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, trees (87%) within 16 km, and trees (81%) within 80 km.

3 km
438 m
16 km
981 m
80 km
1,879 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Profesor Salvador Mazza 4.0 km · Tartagal 57 km · General Mosconi 66 km · Villamontes 87 km · Bermejo 105 km · Tarija 121 km · Embarcación 140 km · San Ramón de la Nueva Orán 141 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 Yacuiba (-22.0164°, -63.6775°, elevation 629 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).