La Paz weather in January

In January, La Paz sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 8 mm of rain across 2.4 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in January, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is La Paz's 3rd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see La Paz's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 8 mm; 2.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 6:23 AM – 5:37 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.59 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.3; out of 10

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical January day in La Paz reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than 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)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15

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

La Paz weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 14°	8	2.4	11.2	8.3
Feb	26° / 15°	6	1.9	11.5	8.1
Mar	28° / 15°	15	3.8	11.9	7.1
Apr	30° / 17°	41	6.9	12.3	5.5
May	29° / 18°	192	18.2	12.7	4.5
Jun	27° / 18°	246	21.9	12.8	4.4
Jul	27° / 18°	130	16.4	12.8	5.3
Aug	28° / 18°	189	21	12.5	4.7
Sep	27° / 18°	266	25.2	12.1	4.0
Oct	26° / 17°	212	21.6	11.7	4.8
Nov	24° / 16°	50	9.5	11.3	6.9
Dec	24° / 15°	13	3.5	11.2	8.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%. 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 (%)	61	61	62	62	63	63	64	64	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	68	69	69	70	71	72	73	73
Cloudier (%)	39	39	38	38	37	37	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	32	31	31	30	29	28	27	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	71	29
29	72	28
30	73	27
31	73	27

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

La Paz gets around 8 mm of rain over 2.4 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 8% and peaks near 9% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7

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

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the comfortable band about 61% 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 (%)	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	14	15	16	17	17	18	19	20	20	21	21	21	22	21	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	17	17
Comfortable (%)	55	56	57	57	58	58	60	60	60	61	61	61	62	62	61	61	61	60	60	60	60	61	61	61	63	63	64	65	65	67	67
Humid (%)	35	34	33	32	31	30	28	27	26	24	23	22	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	10	55	35
2	10	56	34
3	10	57	33
4	11	57	32
5	11	58	31
6	12	58	30
7	12	60	28
8	13	60	27
9	14	60	26
10	15	61	24
11	16	61	23
12	17	61	22
13	17	62	21
14	18	62	20
15	19	61	20
16	20	61	19
17	20	61	19
18	21	60	19
19	21	60	19
20	21	60	19
21	22	60	18
22	21	61	18
23	21	61	18
24	21	61	18
25	20	63	17
26	20	63	17
27	19	64	17
28	18	65	17
29	18	65	17
30	17	67	16
31	17	67	16

Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January.

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

Days grow by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:19 AM to 6:23 AM, and sunset from 5:29 PM to 5:45 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)	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23
Sunset (PM)	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:19	5:29
2	11.2	6:19	5:29
3	11.2	6:20	5:30
4	11.2	6:20	5:30
5	11.2	6:20	5:31
6	11.2	6:21	5:32
7	11.2	6:21	5:32
8	11.2	6:21	5:33
9	11.2	6:21	5:33
10	11.2	6:22	5:34
11	11.2	6:22	5:34
12	11.2	6:22	5:35
13	11.2	6:22	5:35
14	11.2	6:23	5:36
15	11.2	6:23	5:37
16	11.2	6:23	5:37
17	11.2	6:23	5:38
18	11.3	6:23	5:38
19	11.3	6:23	5:39
20	11.3	6:23	5:39
21	11.3	6:23	5:40
22	11.3	6:23	5:40
23	11.3	6:23	5:41
24	11.3	6:24	5:41
25	11.3	6:24	5:42
26	11.3	6:24	5:42
27	11.3	6:23	5:43
28	11.3	6:23	5:43
29	11.3	6:23	5:44
30	11.4	6:23	5:44
31	11.4	6:23	5:45

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.2 kWh/m² to a high of 6.36 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 4.59 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.4	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.6	Bright
18	4.6	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for La Paz

In seasonPeak

None of La Paz's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

La Paz's monsoon runs May–October, 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 La Paz?

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

8.3

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.3

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit La Paz for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for La Paz in January

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

In January, La Paz sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in La Paz 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 La Paz peaks around March 23 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 9 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	13	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	12	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in La Paz 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 La Paz is worst in April — around 49 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 6.5× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	8	11	20	49	33	18	22	17	14	12	9	8
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	8	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	20	Moderate
Apr	49	Poor
May	33	Moderate
Jun	18	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	14	Moderate
Oct	12	Good
Nov	9	Good
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is La Paz?

La Paz sits at 14.3°N, 87.7°W, 680 m above sea level, in Honduras. The nearest listed city is Villa de San Antonio, 7.0 km away.

Topography around La Paz

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around La Paz has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 308 m around an average of 672 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,853 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,658 m.

The land around La Paz is covered by grassland (58%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and grassland (38%) within 16 km, and trees (73%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

308 m

grassland 58%

16 km

1,853 m

trees 47%

80 km

2,658 m

trees 73%

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

January weather nearby: Villa de San Antonio 7.0 km · Comayagua 15 km · El Rosario 29 km · Siguatepeque 35 km · Tegucigalpa 57 km · Esquías 57 km · Yamaranguila 61 km · Azacualpa 62 km

Honduras travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 46% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,598; 2025
Happiness: 6.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 66%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 31.4; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 16.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 553
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 La Paz (14.3212°, -87.6759°, elevation 680 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	24	15
2	24	15
3	24	15
4	24	15
5	24	15
6	24	15
7	24	15
8	24	15
9	24	15
10	24	14
11	24	14
12	24	14
13	24	14
14	24	14
15	24	14
16	24	14
17	24	14
18	24	14
19	24	14
20	25	14
21	25	14
22	25	14
23	25	14
24	25	14
25	25	14
26	25	14
27	25	14
28	25	14
29	25	14
30	25	15
31	25	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	71	29
29	72	28
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	10	55	35
2	10	56	34
3	10	57	33
4	11	57	32
5	11	58	31
6	12	58	30
7	12	60	28
8	13	60	27
9	14	60	26
10	15	61	24
11	16	61	23
12	17	61	22
13	17	62	21
14	18	62	20
15	19	61	20
16	20	61	19
17	20	61	19
18	21	60	19
19	21	60	19
20	21	60	19
21	22	60	18
22	21	61	18
23	21	61	18
24	21	61	18
25	20	63	17
26	20	63	17
27	19	64	17
28	18	65	17
29	18	65	17
30	17	67	16
31	17	67	16

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	71	29
29	72	28
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	10	55	35
2	10	56	34
3	10	57	33
4	11	57	32
5	11	58	31
6	12	58	30
7	12	60	28
8	13	60	27
9	14	60	26
10	15	61	24
11	16	61	23
12	17	61	22
13	17	62	21
14	18	62	20
15	19	61	20
16	20	61	19
17	20	61	19
18	21	60	19
19	21	60	19
20	21	60	19
21	22	60	18
22	21	61	18
23	21	61	18
24	21	61	18
25	20	63	17
26	20	63	17
27	19	64	17
28	18	65	17
29	18	65	17
30	17	67	16
31	17	67	16

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	71	29
29	72	28
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	10	55	35
2	10	56	34
3	10	57	33
4	11	57	32
5	11	58	31
6	12	58	30
7	12	60	28
8	13	60	27
9	14	60	26
10	15	61	24
11	16	61	23
12	17	61	22
13	17	62	21
14	18	62	20
15	19	61	20
16	20	61	19
17	20	61	19
18	21	60	19
19	21	60	19
20	21	60	19
21	22	60	18
22	21	61	18
23	21	61	18
24	21	61	18
25	20	63	17
26	20	63	17
27	19	64	17
28	18	65	17
29	18	65	17
30	17	67	16
31	17	67	16