Aguaytía weather in January

In January, Aguaytía sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 452 mm of rain across 30 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of January to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Aguaytía's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aguaytía's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
6th warmest
Overnight low
21°
10th coldest
Rainfall
452 mm
30 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:57 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover
86%
9th clearest
Wind
3 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Aguaytía is Peruvian City.

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 29°C through the month.

A typical January day in Aguaytía reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 31°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 Aguaytía

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Aguaytía weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 21°4523012.52.9
Feb29° / 21°42826.512.33.0
Mar29° / 21°38529.112.13.1
Apr29° / 20°22324.211.83.5
May29° / 20°1422011.64.4
Jun28° / 20°8915.211.55.1
Jul29° / 19°7712.711.55.4
Aug30° / 19°8212.211.74.8
Sep30° / 20°13217.511.93.9
Oct30° / 20°23925.412.23.3
Nov29° / 21°36326.512.43.2
Dec29° / 21°42729.712.53.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 94%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1793
2793
3793
4793
5793
6793
7694
8694
9694
10694
11595
12595
13694
14694
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Aguaytía gets around 452 mm of rain over 30 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 97% and peaks near 98% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
197
297
398
498
598
698
798
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998
1098
1198
1298
1398
1497
1597
1697
1797
1897
1996
2096
2196
2296
2396
2495
2595
2695
2795
2895
2995
3095
3195

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 86% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11189
21189
31189
41189
51189
61288
71288
81288
91387
101387
111387
121486
131486
141486
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271684
281684
291783
301783
311882

Wind in January

Winds average 3 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 3 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
13calm
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33calm
43calm
53calm
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113calm
123calm
133calm
143calm
153calm
163calm
173calm
183calm
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203calm
213calm
223calm
233calm
243calm
253calm
263calm
273calm
283calm
293calm
303calm
313calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of January to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:50 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 6:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:506:21
212.55:506:21
312.55:516:22
412.55:516:22
512.55:526:22
612.55:526:23
712.55:536:23
812.55:536:23
912.55:546:24
1012.55:546:24
1112.55:556:24
1212.55:556:25
1312.55:566:25
1412.55:566:25
1512.55:576:25
1612.55:576:26
1712.55:586:26
1812.55:586:26
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2012.55:596:26
2112.55:596:27
2212.46:006:27
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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 4.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.19 kWh/m² to a high of 5.45 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 4.72 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Aguaytía

In seasonPeak

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

Aguaytía's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is January a good time to visit Aguaytía?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Aguaytía.

What to pack for Aguaytía in January

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

In January, Aguaytía sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 30 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Aguaytía in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Aguaytía peaks around February 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 15UV 16Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Aguaytía 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 Aguaytía is worst in September — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.4× the cleanest month (June, 9 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateUnhealthyModerateGoodSep 1570 µg/m³Jun 119 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar14Moderate
Apr12Good
May10Good
Jun9Good
Jul12Moderate
Aug35Moderate
Sep76Unhealthy
Oct21Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Aguaytía?

Aguaytía sits at 9.0°S, 75.5°W, 278 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Tingo María, 61 km away.

UchizaHuánucoPucallpaSan FernandoTocacheYanacanchaChaupimarca

Topography around Aguaytía

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aguaytía has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 116 m around an average of 318 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 371 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,887 m.

The land around Aguaytía is covered by trees (77%) within 3 km, trees (93%) within 16 km, and trees (93%) within 80 km.

3 km
116 m
16 km
371 m
80 km
2,887 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Tingo María 61 km · Uchiza 123 km · Huánuco 127 km · Pucallpa 128 km · San Fernando 128 km · Tocache 146 km · Yanacancha 183 km · Chaupimarca 185 km

Peru travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B / C
220 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 51% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$9,684
2025
Happiness
6.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
49%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
8.6
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
13.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 519
Religion
Catholic 76%Evangelical Christian 16%no religion 5%other religions 3%

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 Aguaytía (-9.0378°, -75.5091°, elevation 278 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).