San Miguel weather in January

In January, San Miguel sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 203 mm of precipitation across 26.8 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 54 min at the start of January to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is San Miguel's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Miguel's year-round climate.

Daytime high
15°
10th warmest
Overnight low
11th coldest
Precipitation
203 mm
26.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
5:25 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover
86%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
6.88 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

San Miguel is town in Puno, Peru.

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 15°C through the month.

A typical January day in San Miguel reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2156
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How January really feels in San Miguel

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.

San Miguel weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan15° / 20326.812.82.7
Feb15° / 18424.312.52.7
Mar15° / 16225.612.12.9
Apr15° / 7516.611.74.0
May16° / 185.211.35.7
Jun16° / -1°61.411.16.2
Jul16° / -1°61.811.26.3
Aug16° / 163.911.56.4
Sep17° / 441011.95.8
Oct17° / 7614.812.45.0
Nov18° / 8015.112.74.9
Dec16° / 14422.812.93.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 90%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1595
2595
3694
4694
5694
6892
7892
8892
9892
10991
11991
12991
131090
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

San Miguel gets around 203 mm of rain and snow over 26.8 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 precipitation averages around 86% and peaks near 87% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1861
2861
3861
4861
5851
6851
7851
8851
9851
10851
11851
12851
13862
14862
15872
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19872
20872
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22872
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24872
25862
26862
27852
28851
29851
30851
31841

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 (%)
1100
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
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188calm
198calm
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218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
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268calm
278calm
288calm
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308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 min at the start of January to 12 h 42 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 5:17 AM to 5:33 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.95:176:11
212.95:176:11
312.95:186:11
412.95:186:12
512.95:196:12
612.95:196:12
712.95:206:13
812.95:206:13
912.95:216:13
1012.95:226:13
1112.95:226:14
1212.95:236:14
1312.85:236:14
1412.85:246:14
1512.85:246:14
1612.85:256:15
1712.85:266:15
1812.85:266:15
1912.85:276:15
2012.85:276:15
2112.85:286:15
2212.85:286:15
2312.85:296:15
2412.85:296:15
2512.85:306:15
2612.75:306:15
2712.75:316:15
2812.75:326:15
2912.75:326:15
3012.75:336:15
3112.75:336:15

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.6 kWh/m² to a high of 7.98 kWh/m² in November across the year — January's 6.88 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.0Intense
27.0Intense
37.0Intense
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for San Miguel

In seasonPeak

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

San Miguel's monsoon runs December–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 San Miguel?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in San Miguel.

What to pack for San Miguel in January

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

In January, San Miguel sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 6°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 27 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectiona warm layer

UV index in San Miguel 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 San Miguel peaks around February 9 at about 19 (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 9UV 19Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan19Extreme
Feb19Extreme
Mar17Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct16Extreme
Nov17Extreme
Dec17Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is San Miguel?

San Miguel sits at 15.5°S, 70.1°W, 3,831 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Juliaca, 3.0 km away.

La RinconadaIsla del SolCopacabanaYauri

Topography around San Miguel

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Miguel has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m around an average of 3,826 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 604 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,579 m.

The land around San Miguel is covered by artificial surfaces (76%) within 3 km, grassland (49%) and cropland (41%) within 16 km, and grassland (67%) within 80 km.

3 km
126 m
16 km
604 m
80 km
1,579 m
grasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Juliaca 3.0 km · Puno 42 km · Ayaviri 82 km · Ilave 83 km · La Rinconada 119 km · Isla del Sol 122 km · Copacabana 136 km · Yauri 158 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 San Miguel (-15.478°, -70.125°, elevation 3,831 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).