Contamana weather in January

In January, Contamana sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 216 mm of rain across 22.7 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of January to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Contamana's 7th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Contamana's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 216 mm; 22.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 5:58 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 7th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.12 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.1; out of 10

Contamana is capital city of Ucayali Province, Loreto Region, Peru.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical January day in Contamana reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with 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)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
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30	31	23
31	31	23

How January really feels in Contamana

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Contamana weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 23°	216	22.7	12.4	3.1
Feb	31° / 23°	231	22.4	12.2	2.9
Mar	30° / 23°	318	26.1	12	2.9
Apr	30° / 23°	270	24	11.8	3.1
May	30° / 23°	194	21.2	11.7	3.6
Jun	30° / 22°	146	17.5	11.6	4.1
Jul	30° / 22°	118	15.6	11.6	4.4
Aug	31° / 22°	118	13.8	11.8	4.1
Sep	31° / 23°	159	17.2	12	3.6
Oct	31° / 23°	205	21.7	12.2	3.1
Nov	31° / 23°	225	23.2	12.3	2.9
Dec	31° / 23°	210	23.4	12.4	3.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

	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 (%)	20	21	21	20	20	20	19	18	18	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Cloudier (%)	80	79	79	80	80	80	81	82	82	83	84	85	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	21	79
3	21	79
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	19	81
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	17	83
11	16	84
12	15	85
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	13	87
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17	13	87
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
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23	13	87
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25	13	87
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	13	87
31	13	87

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Contamana gets around 216 mm of rain over 22.7 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 74% and peaks near 79% 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 (%)	68	68	68	68	69	69	70	71	72	73	75	76	77	78	78	78	79	79	78	78	78	77	76	76	75	75	74	74	74	74	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	68
3	68
4	68
5	69
6	69
7	70
8	71
9	72
10	73
11	75
12	76
13	77
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15	78
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20	78
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23	76
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27	74
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31	74

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 76% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	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
Oppressive (%)	80	81	82	82	82	82	82	82	81	80	80	79	78	77	77	76	75	74	74	73	73	72	72	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71
Miserable (%)	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	20	21	22	23	23	24	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	80	20
2	81	19
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	81	19
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	78	22
14	77	23
15	77	23
16	76	24
17	75	25
18	74	26
19	74	26
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of January to 12 h 18 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 5:51 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:23 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)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04
Sunset (PM)	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19	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	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:51	6:16
2	12.4	5:51	6:16
3	12.4	5:52	6:17
4	12.4	5:52	6:17
5	12.4	5:53	6:17
6	12.4	5:53	6:18
7	12.4	5:54	6:18
8	12.4	5:54	6:18
9	12.4	5:55	6:19
10	12.4	5:55	6:19
11	12.4	5:56	6:19
12	12.4	5:56	6:20
13	12.4	5:56	6:20
14	12.4	5:57	6:20
15	12.4	5:57	6:21
16	12.4	5:58	6:21
17	12.4	5:58	6:21
18	12.4	5:59	6:21
19	12.4	5:59	6:22
20	12.4	6:00	6:22
21	12.4	6:00	6:22
22	12.4	6:00	6:22
23	12.4	6:01	6:22
24	12.4	6:01	6:22
25	12.3	6:02	6:23
26	12.3	6:02	6:23
27	12.3	6:02	6:23
28	12.3	6:03	6:23
29	12.3	6:03	6:23
30	12.3	6:03	6:23
31	12.3	6:04	6:23

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.15 kWh/m² to a high of 5.38 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 5.12 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)	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
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29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Contamana?

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

3.1

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Contamana.

What to pack for Contamana in January

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

In January, Contamana sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Contamana in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Contamana peaks around February 13 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 17 at about 10 (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)	15	17	14	11	12	10	10	10	10	13	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	17	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Contamana 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 Contamana is worst in September — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.4× the cleanest month (June, 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)	14	16	15	11	8	8	11	19	26	16	12	12
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	16	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	11	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	8	Good
Jul	11	Good
Aug	19	Moderate
Sep	26	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	12	Moderate
Dec	12	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Contamana?

Contamana sits at 7.3°S, 75.0°W, 147 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Pucallpa, 127 km away.

Topography around Contamana

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Contamana has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 96 m around an average of 150 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 346 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,456 m.

The land around Contamana is covered by trees (70%) within 3 km, trees (89%) within 16 km, and trees (97%) within 80 km.

3 km

96 m

trees 70%

16 km

346 m

trees 89%

80 km

1,456 m

trees 97%

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

January weather nearby: Pucallpa 127 km · San Fernando 130 km · La Banda 174 km · Bellavista 176 km · Juanjuí 190 km · Tocache 191 km · Aguaytía 197 km · Yurimaguas 201 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

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 Contamana (-7.3333°, -75.0167°, elevation 147 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	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
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20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	21	79
3	21	79
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	19	81
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	17	83
11	16	84
12	15	85
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	13	87
31	13	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	68
3	68
4	68
5	69
6	69
7	70
8	71
9	72
10	73
11	75
12	76
13	77
14	78
15	78
16	78
17	79
18	79
19	78
20	78
21	78
22	77
23	76
24	76
25	75
26	75
27	74
28	74
29	74
30	74
31	74

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	80	20
2	81	19
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	81	19
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	78	22
14	77	23
15	77	23
16	76	24
17	75	25
18	74	26
19	74	26
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	21	79
3	21	79
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	19	81
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	17	83
11	16	84
12	15	85
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	13	87
31	13	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	68
3	68
4	68
5	69
6	69
7	70
8	71
9	72
10	73
11	75
12	76
13	77
14	78
15	78
16	78
17	79
18	79
19	78
20	78
21	78
22	77
23	76
24	76
25	75
26	75
27	74
28	74
29	74
30	74
31	74

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	80	20
2	81	19
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	81	19
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	78	22
14	77	23
15	77	23
16	76	24
17	75	25
18	74	26
19	74	26
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	21	79
3	21	79
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	19	81
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	17	83
11	16	84
12	15	85
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	13	87
31	13	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	68
3	68
4	68
5	69
6	69
7	70
8	71
9	72
10	73
11	75
12	76
13	77
14	78
15	78
16	78
17	79
18	79
19	78
20	78
21	78
22	77
23	76
24	76
25	75
26	75
27	74
28	74
29	74
30	74
31	74

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	80	20
2	81	19
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	81	19
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	78	22
14	77	23
15	77	23
16	76	24
17	75	25
18	74	26
19	74	26
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29