Sicuani weather in January

In January, Sicuani sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 248 mm of precipitation across 29 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 12°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 Sicuani's 10th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sicuani's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12°
8th warmest
Overnight low
12th coldest
Precipitation
248 mm
29 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
5:31 AM – 6:17 PM
Cloud cover
91%
10th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
6.12 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.7
out of 10

Sicuani is town in 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 12°C through the month.

A typical January day in Sicuani reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Sicuani

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.

Sicuani weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 248296.912.71.7
Feb12° / 23426.46.712.51.7
Mar12° / 21829.45.412.11.8
Apr12° / 10322.72.211.72.3
May12° / -2°279.50.811.33.3
Jun11° / -4°113.60.411.23.5
Jul11° / -5°113.70.711.23.5
Aug12° / -4°207.1111.53.8
Sep13° / -2°4715.51.411.93.2
Oct13° / 10722.13.412.32.7
Nov13° / 14522.74.212.72.5
Dec13° / 21127.1612.82.0

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 3% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 97%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Sicuani gets around 248 mm of rain and snow over 29 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 93% and peaks near 96% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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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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Wind in January

Winds average 4 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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 5:23 AM to 5:39 AM, and sunset from 6:13 PM to 6:17 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.85:236:13
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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 6.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.44 kWh/m² to a high of 6.8 kWh/m² in November across the year — January's 6.12 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 Sicuani

In seasonPeak

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

Sicuani'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 Sicuani?

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

1.7
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sicuani.

What to pack for Sicuani in January

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

In January, Sicuani sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 2°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 29 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Sicuani 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 Sicuani 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 (extreme).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan19Extreme
Feb19Extreme
Mar17Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct17Extreme
Nov17Extreme
Dec17Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Sicuani?

Sicuani sits at 14.3°S, 71.2°W, 3,551 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Yauri, 61 km away.

CuscoWanchaqSantiagoSan MiguelJuliacaAguas Calientes

Topography around Sicuani

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sicuani has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 719 m around an average of 3,677 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,475 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,682 m.

The land around Sicuani is covered by grassland (54%) within 3 km, grassland (91%) within 16 km, and grassland (90%) within 80 km.

3 km
719 m
16 km
1,475 m
80 km
3,682 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewaterwetland
January weather nearby: Yauri 61 km · Ayaviri 97 km · Cusco 115 km · Wanchaq 115 km · Santiago 116 km · San Miguel 179 km · Juliaca 180 km · Aguas Calientes 187 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 Sicuani (-14.2694°, -71.2261°, elevation 3,551 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).