Ayacucho weather in January

In January, Ayacucho sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 183 mm of rain across 27.5 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 1st-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 0% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of January to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ayacucho's 10th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ayacucho's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
4th warmest
Overnight low
12th coldest
Rainfall
183 mm
27.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:45 AM – 6:27 PM
Cloud cover
87%
10th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
6.17 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Ayacucho is capital city of Ayacucho, Peru.

Founded
1540

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 16°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ayacucho reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 18°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 Ayacucho

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.

Ayacucho weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan16° / 18327.512.72.8
Feb16° / 17725.812.42.7
Mar16° / 14927.612.12.8
Apr16° / 601711.73.8
May15° / 247.811.45.0
Jun15° / 15411.25.1
Jul14° / 195.111.35.0
Aug15° / 276.711.65.0
Sep16° / 4212.511.94.6
Oct17° / 7520.112.34.0
Nov17° / 9020.512.63.9
Dec17° / 15125.412.83.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 96%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1694
2694
3694
4694
5694
6694
7694
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10496
11496
12496
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ayacucho gets around 183 mm of rain over 27.5 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 89% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
185
285
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786
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3190

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.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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 h 48 min at the start of January to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:37 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 6:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.85:376:23
212.85:386:23
312.85:386:24
412.85:396:24
512.85:396:24
612.75:406:25
712.75:406:25
812.75:416:25
912.75:416:26
1012.75:426:26
1112.75:436:26
1212.75:436:26
1312.75:446:27
1412.75:446:27
1512.75:456:27
1612.75:456:27
1712.75:466:27
1812.75:466:27
1912.75:476:28
2012.75:476:28
2112.75:486:28
2212.75:486:28
2312.75:496:28
2412.65:496:28
2512.65:506:28
2612.65:506:28
2712.65:516:28
2812.65:516:28
2912.65:526:28
3012.65:526:28
3112.65:536:28

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.86 kWh/m² to a high of 6.75 kWh/m² in November across the year — January's 6.17 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.2Intense
26.2Intense
36.2Intense
46.2Intense
56.2Intense
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276.1Intense
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ayacucho

In seasonPeak

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

Ayacucho's monsoon runs November–March, 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 Ayacucho?

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

2.8
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ayacucho.

What to pack for Ayacucho in January

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

In January, Ayacucho sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 7°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 28 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Ayacucho in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 19 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ayacucho peaks around February 10 at about 19 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 9 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 10UV 19Jul 9UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan19Extreme
Feb19Extreme
Mar17Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct17Extreme
Nov17Extreme
Dec17Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Ayacucho?

Ayacucho sits at 13.2°S, 74.2°W, 2,805 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Huanta, 26 km away.

AbancayChilcaHuancayoSanta AnaQuillabamba

Topography around Ayacucho

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ayacucho has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 740 m around an average of 2,853 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,901 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,580 m.

The land around Ayacucho is covered by artificial surfaces (63%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, grassland (67%) within 16 km, and grassland (78%) within 80 km.

3 km
740 m
16 km
1,901 m
80 km
4,580 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Huanta 26 km · Huancavelica 91 km · Andahuaylas 106 km · Abancay 154 km · Chilca 161 km · Huancayo 162 km · Santa Ana 167 km · Quillabamba 169 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 Ayacucho (-13.1638°, -74.2234°, elevation 2,805 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).