Puerto Francisco de Orellana weather in January

In January, Puerto Francisco de Orellana sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 225 mm of rain across 21.3 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 9% 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 Puerto Francisco de Orellana's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Puerto Francisco de Orellana's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
23°
11th coldest
Rainfall
225 mm
21.3 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:17 AM – 6:18 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

Puerto Francisco de Orellana is city in Ecuador, capital of the Orellana Province.

Density
2,629/km²
people per km²

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 Puerto Francisco de Orellana reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°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 Puerto Francisco de Orellana

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.

Puerto Francisco de Orellana 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° / 23°22521.3123.7
Feb30° / 23°27821123.4
Mar29° / 23°40328.2123.0
Apr29° / 22°40327.6123.0
May29° / 22°38227.5123.2
Jun28° / 22°36626.9123.6
Jul28° / 21°31524.9124.1
Aug29° / 21°23322.7124.0
Sep29° / 22°24123.4123.5
Oct30° / 22°28926.2123.1
Nov30° / 22°32926.9123.0
Dec30° / 22°31625.6123.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Puerto Francisco de Orellana gets around 225 mm of rain over 21.3 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 70% and peaks near 71% 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 77% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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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 6:10 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 6:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:106:12
212.06:116:12
312.06:116:13
412.06:126:13
512.06:126:14
612.06:136:14
712.06:136:15
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912.06:146:15
1012.06:146:16
1112.06:156:16
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1412.06:166:17
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1612.06:176:18
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3112.06:216:22

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 3.52 kWh/m² to a high of 5.09 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 4.82 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Puerto Francisco de Orellana?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Puerto Francisco de Orellana.

What to pack for Puerto Francisco de Orellana in January

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

In January, Puerto Francisco de Orellana sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Puerto Francisco de Orellana in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Puerto Francisco de Orellana peaks around February 15 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 13 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeFeb 15UV 14Aug 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Puerto Francisco de Orellana 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 Puerto Francisco de Orellana is worst in February — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (July, 10 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateFeb 1922 µg/m³Jul 1710 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb22Moderate
Mar21Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun12Good
Jul10Good
Aug12Good
Sep14Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Puerto Francisco de Orellana?

Puerto Francisco de Orellana sits at 0.4°S, 77.0°W, 300 m above sea level, in Ecuador. The nearest listed city is Boca Suno, 32 km away.

TenaPuerto AsísOritoCayambeIbarraIpiales

Topography around Puerto Francisco de Orellana

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Puerto Francisco de Orellana.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Puerto Francisco de Orellana has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m around an average of 258 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 111 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,554 m.

The land around Puerto Francisco de Orellana is covered by trees (48%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, trees (88%) within 16 km, and trees (97%) within 80 km.

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59 m
16 km
111 m
80 km
3,554 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Boca Suno 32 km · Nueva Loja 61 km · Tena 109 km · Puerto Asís 120 km · Orito 125 km · Cayambe 139 km · Ibarra 154 km · Ipiales 159 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 Puerto Francisco de Orellana (-0.4497°, -76.9972°, elevation 300 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).