Nueva Loja weather in January

In January, Nueva Loja sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 181 mm of rain across 20.1 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 12th-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 8% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of January to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Nueva Loja's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nueva Loja's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
21°
7th coldest
Rainfall
181 mm
20.1 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:17 AM – 6:17 PM
Cloud cover
73%
2nd clearest
Wind
4 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.82 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Nueva Loja is city in Ecuador, capital of the Sucumbíos Province.

Density
1,359/km²
people per km²
Founded
1971

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 Nueva Loja reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Nueva Loja

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.

Nueva Loja weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°18120.1123.7
Feb30° / 22°22320.7123.4
Mar30° / 22°33227.4123.0
Apr29° / 22°35027.5123.0
May29° / 21°33827.5123.3
Jun27° / 21°33626.5123.8
Jul27° / 20°29225124.1
Aug28° / 20°22223.2124.0
Sep29° / 21°21023.2123.5
Oct30° / 21°23625.8123.1
Nov30° / 22°27126.2123.0
Dec30° / 21°24624.6123.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% 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 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
22674
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52674
62674
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Nueva Loja gets around 181 mm of rain over 20.1 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 66% and peaks near 67% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
167
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366
466
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1966
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3167

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 85% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1110872
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Wind in January

Winds average 4 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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 12 hours at the start of January to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:11 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:116:11
212.06:116:11
312.06:126:11
412.06:126:12
512.06:136:12
612.06:136:13
712.06:146:13
812.06:146:14
912.06:146:14
1012.06:156:14
1112.06:156:15
1212.06:166:15
1312.06:166:16
1412.06:166:16
1512.06:176:16
1612.06:176:17
1712.06:176:17
1812.06:186:17
1912.06:186:18
2012.06:186:18
2112.06:196:18
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2612.06:206:20
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2912.06:216:20
3012.06:216:21
3112.06:216:21

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.4 kWh/m² to a high of 5.11 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 4.82 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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314.9Bright
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Nueva Loja?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nueva Loja.

What to pack for Nueva Loja in January

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

In January, Nueva Loja sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nueva Loja in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nueva Loja peaks around February 13 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 14 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeFeb 13UV 14Aug 14UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Nueva Loja 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 Nueva Loja is worst in February — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (July, 10 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateFeb 2020 µg/m³Jul 1511 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar20Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun12Good
Jul10Good
Aug12Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Nueva Loja?

Nueva Loja sits at 0.1°N, 76.9°W, 303 m above sea level, in Ecuador. The nearest listed city is Puerto Francisco de Orellana, 61 km away.

IpialesPupialesMocoaTulcán

Topography around Nueva Loja

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nueva Loja has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 304 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 106 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,946 m.

The land around Nueva Loja is covered by trees (52%) and artificial surfaces (34%) within 3 km, trees (88%) within 16 km, and trees (94%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
106 m
80 km
3,946 m
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January weather nearby: Puerto Francisco de Orellana 61 km · Puerto Asís 64 km · Orito 65 km · Boca Suno 91 km · Ipiales 117 km · Pupiales 120 km · Mocoa 122 km · Tulcán 122 km

Ecuador travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 43% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$7,125
2025
Happiness
6.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
70%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
45.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
20.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 466
Religion
Roman Catholic 68%Protestant 19%none 8%other 2%

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 Nueva Loja (0.086°, -76.8953°, elevation 303 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).