Tingo María weather in January

In January, Tingo María sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 225 mm of rain across 25.9 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Tingo María's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tingo María's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
6th warmest
Overnight low
17°
11th coldest
Rainfall
225 mm
25.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:59 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover
87%
9th clearest
Wind
3 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Tingo María is town in Huánuco, Peru.

Founded
1938

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 25°C through the month.

A typical January day in Tingo María reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 28°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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Tingo María weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 17°22525.912.54.1
Feb25° / 17°23324.412.33.9
Mar25° / 17°25327.512.13.9
Apr25° / 17°18825.411.84.2
May25° / 16°1102011.65.2
Jun25° / 16°5912.711.56.5
Jul25° / 15°489.911.57.0
Aug26° / 15°5410.911.76.8
Sep27° / 16°8315.811.95.6
Oct26° / 16°15122.412.24.6
Nov26° / 17°21425.412.44.0
Dec26° / 17°21826.412.54.0

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 93%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1793
2793
3793
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5793
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Tingo María gets around 225 mm of rain over 25.9 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 84% and peaks near 87% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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2981
3081
3181

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the humid band about 77% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 23% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
117326
217326
307525
407525
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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
23calm
33calm
43calm
53calm
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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 5:51 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 6:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:516:23
212.55:526:24
312.55:526:24
412.55:536:24
512.55:536:25
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1212.55:576:27
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2112.56:016:29
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2312.56:026:29
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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 4.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.36 kWh/m² to a high of 5.46 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 4.67 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 Tingo María

In seasonPeak

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

Tingo María'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 Tingo María?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Tingo María for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tingo María in January

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

In January, Tingo María sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Tingo María 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 Tingo María peaks around February 16 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeFeb 16UV 17Jun 21UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb17Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct15Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec15Extreme

Air quality in Tingo María 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 Tingo María 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 Tingo María?

Tingo María sits at 9.3°S, 76.0°W, 647 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Aguaytía, 61 km away.

YanacanchaChaupimarcaTocacheCerro de PascoYanacancha

Topography around Tingo María

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tingo María has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 835 m around an average of 760 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,786 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,617 m.

The land around Tingo María is covered by trees (70%) within 3 km, trees (90%) within 16 km, and trees (79%) within 80 km.

3 km
835 m
16 km
1,786 m
80 km
4,617 m
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January weather nearby: Aguaytía 61 km · Huánuco 75 km · Uchiza 106 km · Yanacancha 127 km · Chaupimarca 134 km · Tocache 136 km · Cerro de Pasco 155 km · Yanacancha 155 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 Tingo María (-9.2953°, -75.9957°, elevation 647 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).