Coyhaique weather in January

In January, Coyhaique sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 96 mm of precipitation across 12.4 wet days and about 15.1 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

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

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 24 min at the start of January to 14 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Coyhaique's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Coyhaique's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 12th coldest
Precipitation: 96 mm; 12.4 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 06 min; 6:24 AM – 9:31 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.45 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

Coyhaique is capital city of both the Coihaique Province and the Aysén Region of Chile.

Air quality: Very high; PM2.5 40.5 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 3,450/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1929

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month.

A typical January day in Coyhaique reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C warmer 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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
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	15	6
2	15	6
3	15	6
4	15	6
5	15	6
6	15	6
7	15	6
8	15	6
9	15	6
10	15	6
11	15	6
12	15	6
13	15	6
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	16	6
17	16	6
18	16	6
19	16	6
20	16	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	16	6
29	16	6
30	16	6
31	16	6

How January really feels in Coyhaique

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.

Coyhaique weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	16° / 6°	96	12.4	0.6	15.1	4.4
Feb	16° / 6°	74	10	0.5	13.9	4.8
Mar	14° / 4°	102	12.8	0.8	12.4	3.6
Apr	10° / 2°	126	14.1	3.9	10.7	2.0
May	6° / -1°	151	16.2	7.5	9.3	0.5
Jun	3° / -3°	173	17.5	13.6	8.6	0.0
Jul	3° / -4°	147	16.1	13.7	8.9	0.0
Aug	5° / -3°	161	16.8	14.6	10.1	0.0
Sep	7° / -1°	100	14.1	9.3	11.7	0.8
Oct	10° / 1°	125	15.1	7.3	13.3	1.8
Nov	12° / 3°	125	14.9	4	14.7	2.7
Dec	14° / 5°	118	14.6	2.1	15.4	3.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	25	25	26	26	27	28	29	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	33	33	32	32	33	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32
Cloudier (%)	75	75	74	74	73	72	71	71	71	70	70	69	69	68	67	67	68	68	67	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	68

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	27	73
6	28	72
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	32	68
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	32	68

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Coyhaique gets around 96 mm of rain and snow over 12.4 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 40% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds ease 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 (%)	48	47	47	47	46	45	45	44	43	42	41	40	39	38	37	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	37	38	38	39	39	39	39
Snow chance (%)	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	48	5
2	47	5
3	47	4
4	47	4
5	46	4
6	45	3
7	45	3
8	44	3
9	43	3
10	42	2
11	41	2
12	40	2
13	39	2
14	38	2
15	37	1
16	36	1
17	36	1
18	35	1
19	35	1
20	35	1
21	35	1
22	35	1
23	36	1
24	36	1
25	37	2
26	38	2
27	38	2
28	39	2
29	39	2
30	39	2
31	39	2

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 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	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 15 h 24 min at the start of January to 14 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:08 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 9:35 PM to 9:20 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)	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.0	15.0	15.0	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.7	14.7	14.6	14.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:41	6:42	6:44
Sunset (PM)	9:35	9:35	9:35	9:35	9:35	9:34	9:34	9:34	9:34	9:34	9:33	9:33	9:33	9:32	9:32	9:31	9:31	9:30	9:30	9:29	9:28	9:28	9:27	9:26	9:25	9:24	9:23	9:23	9:22	9:21	9:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.4	6:08	9:35
2	15.4	6:09	9:35
3	15.4	6:10	9:35
4	15.4	6:11	9:35
5	15.4	6:12	9:35
6	15.4	6:13	9:34
7	15.3	6:14	9:34
8	15.3	6:15	9:34
9	15.3	6:16	9:34
10	15.3	6:17	9:34
11	15.3	6:18	9:33
12	15.2	6:19	9:33
13	15.2	6:20	9:33
14	15.2	6:21	9:32
15	15.2	6:23	9:32
16	15.1	6:24	9:31
17	15.1	6:25	9:31
18	15.1	6:26	9:30
19	15.0	6:28	9:30
20	15.0	6:29	9:29
21	15.0	6:30	9:28
22	14.9	6:31	9:28
23	14.9	6:33	9:27
24	14.9	6:34	9:26
25	14.8	6:35	9:25
26	14.8	6:37	9:24
27	14.8	6:38	9:23
28	14.7	6:39	9:23
29	14.7	6:41	9:22
30	14.6	6:42	9:21
31	14.6	6:44	9:20

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.16 kWh/m² to a high of 6.67 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 6.45 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	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	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0
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	6.6	Intense
2	6.6	Intense
3	6.6	Intense
4	6.6	Intense
5	6.6	Intense
6	6.6	Intense
7	6.6	Intense
8	6.6	Intense
9	6.6	Intense
10	6.6	Intense
11	6.6	Intense
12	6.6	Intense
13	6.6	Intense
14	6.5	Intense
15	6.5	Intense
16	6.5	Intense
17	6.5	Intense
18	6.5	Intense
19	6.5	Intense
20	6.4	Intense
21	6.4	Intense
22	6.4	Intense
23	6.3	Intense
24	6.3	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.1	Intense
29	6.1	Intense
30	6.1	Intense
31	6.0	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Coyhaique?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

January is a reasonable time to visit Coyhaique for sightseeing.

What to pack for Coyhaique in January

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

In January, Coyhaique sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 6°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layerrain gear

UV index in Coyhaique in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Coyhaique peaks around January 12 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	10	6	4	2	1	2	2	4	7	8	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	6	High
Apr	4	Moderate
May	2	Moderate
Jun	1	Low
Jul	2	Low
Aug	2	Low
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	7	High
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Coyhaique 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 Coyhaique is worst in November — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.2× the cleanest month (July, 26 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Coyhaique's WHO annual average of 40.5 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	52	44	38	31	27	27	26	36	41	52	58	52
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	52	Poor
Feb	44	Poor
Mar	38	Poor
Apr	31	Moderate
May	27	Moderate
Jun	27	Moderate
Jul	26	Moderate
Aug	36	Poor
Sep	41	Poor
Oct	52	Poor
Nov	58	Unhealthy
Dec	52	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Coyhaique?

Coyhaique sits at 45.6°S, 72.1°W, 299 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Puerto Aysén, 52 km away.

Topography around Coyhaique

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Coyhaique has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 785 m around an average of 360 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,518 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,536 m.

The land around Coyhaique is covered by grassland (41%), trees (36%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and grassland (44%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and grassland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

785 m

grassland 41%

16 km

1,518 m

trees 50%

80 km

2,536 m

trees 44%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewater

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

January weather nearby: Puerto Aysén 52 km · Las Heras 265 km · Quellón 300 km · Esquel 302 km · Pico Truncado 344 km · Comodoro Rivadavia 356 km · Caleta Olivia 364 km · Castro 371 km

Chile travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F / L; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 48% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $17,995; 2025
Happiness: 6.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 6.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 14.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 517
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 Coyhaique (-45.5752°, -72.0662°, elevation 299 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	27	73
6	28	72
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	32	68
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	48	5
2	47	5
3	47	4
4	47	4
5	46	4
6	45	3
7	45	3
8	44	3
9	43	3
10	42	2
11	41	2
12	40	2
13	39	2
14	38	2
15	37	1
16	36	1
17	36	1
18	35	1
19	35	1
20	35	1
21	35	1
22	35	1
23	36	1
24	36	1
25	37	2
26	38	2
27	38	2
28	39	2
29	39	2
30	39	2
31	39	2

	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	15	6
2	15	6
3	15	6
4	15	6
5	15	6
6	15	6
7	15	6
8	15	6
9	15	6
10	15	6
11	15	6
12	15	6
13	15	6
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	16	6
17	16	6
18	16	6
19	16	6
20	16	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	16	6
29	16	6
30	16	6
31	16	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	27	73
6	28	72
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	32	68
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	48	5
2	47	5
3	47	4
4	47	4
5	46	4
6	45	3
7	45	3
8	44	3
9	43	3
10	42	2
11	41	2
12	40	2
13	39	2
14	38	2
15	37	1
16	36	1
17	36	1
18	35	1
19	35	1
20	35	1
21	35	1
22	35	1
23	36	1
24	36	1
25	37	2
26	38	2
27	38	2
28	39	2
29	39	2
30	39	2
31	39	2

	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	15	6
2	15	6
3	15	6
4	15	6
5	15	6
6	15	6
7	15	6
8	15	6
9	15	6
10	15	6
11	15	6
12	15	6
13	15	6
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	16	6
17	16	6
18	16	6
19	16	6
20	16	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	16	6
29	16	6
30	16	6
31	16	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	27	73
6	28	72
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	32	68
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	48	5
2	47	5
3	47	4
4	47	4
5	46	4
6	45	3
7	45	3
8	44	3
9	43	3
10	42	2
11	41	2
12	40	2
13	39	2
14	38	2
15	37	1
16	36	1
17	36	1
18	35	1
19	35	1
20	35	1
21	35	1
22	35	1
23	36	1
24	36	1
25	37	2
26	38	2
27	38	2
28	39	2
29	39	2
30	39	2
31	39	2

	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