Lagunillas weather in January

In January, Lagunillas sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 142 mm of rain across 27.3 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Lagunillas's 1st-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lagunillas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 142 mm; 27.3 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:38 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 1st clearest
Wind: 3 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.55 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

Lagunillas is human settlement.

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 22°C through the month.

A typical January day in Lagunillas reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 24°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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

Lagunillas weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 14°	142	27.3	11.6	4.1
Feb	22° / 14°	160	25.8	11.7	3.9
Mar	23° / 15°	258	29.1	11.9	3.8
Apr	23° / 16°	297	28.2	12.2	3.7
May	24° / 17°	232	26.8	12.4	4.0
Jun	24° / 16°	141	22.6	12.5	4.5
Jul	24° / 16°	141	22.3	12.4	4.7
Aug	24° / 16°	138	20.8	12.3	4.8
Sep	24° / 16°	169	22.7	12	4.5
Oct	24° / 16°	247	28	11.8	3.9
Nov	23° / 15°	238	28.8	11.6	3.6
Dec	23° / 15°	181	27	11.5	4.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

	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 (%)	41	41	41	42	41	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	40
Cloudier (%)	59	59	59	58	59	58	59	59	59	59	59	59	61	61	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	59	59	59	58	60

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	41	59
4	42	58
5	41	59
6	42	58
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	40	60

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Lagunillas gets around 142 mm of rain over 27.3 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 88% and peaks near 90% 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 (%)	83	84	85	85	86	87	88	88	89	89	89	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	84
3	85
4	85
5	86
6	87
7	88
8	88
9	89
10	89
11	89
12	90
13	90
14	90
15	89
16	89
17	89
18	89
19	88
20	88
21	88
22	88
23	88
24	88
25	88
26	88
27	88
28	89
29	89
30	89
31	90

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the comfortable band about 67% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8
Comfortable (%)	63	63	64	64	65	65	65	67	67	68	68	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	69	69	68	67	66	66	64	63	62	61
Humid (%)	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	27	27	28	29	30	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	9	63	28
2	9	63	28
3	9	64	27
4	9	64	27
5	8	65	27
6	8	65	27
7	8	65	27
8	7	67	26
9	7	67	26
10	6	68	26
11	6	68	26
12	5	70	25
13	5	70	25
14	4	71	25
15	4	71	25
16	4	71	25
17	4	71	25
18	4	71	25
19	5	70	25
20	5	70	25
21	5	70	25
22	6	69	25
23	6	69	25
24	6	68	26
25	7	67	26
26	7	66	27
27	7	66	27
28	8	64	28
29	8	63	29
30	8	62	30
31	8	61	31

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.

	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)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	3	calm
2	3	calm
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10	3	calm
11	3	calm
12	3	calm
13	3	calm
14	3	calm
15	3	calm
16	3	calm
17	3	calm
18	3	calm
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28	3	calm
29	3	calm
30	3	calm
31	3	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:33 AM to 6:40 AM, and sunset from 6:04 PM to 6:18 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)	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40
Sunset (PM)	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:18

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	6:33	6:04
2	11.5	6:34	6:05
3	11.5	6:34	6:05
4	11.5	6:35	6:06
5	11.5	6:35	6:06
6	11.5	6:35	6:07
7	11.5	6:36	6:07
8	11.5	6:36	6:08
9	11.5	6:36	6:08
10	11.5	6:37	6:09
11	11.5	6:37	6:09
12	11.5	6:37	6:10
13	11.5	6:37	6:10
14	11.5	6:38	6:11
15	11.6	6:38	6:11
16	11.6	6:38	6:11
17	11.6	6:38	6:12
18	11.6	6:39	6:12
19	11.6	6:39	6:13
20	11.6	6:39	6:13
21	11.6	6:39	6:14
22	11.6	6:39	6:14
23	11.6	6:40	6:15
24	11.6	6:40	6:15
25	11.6	6:40	6:15
26	11.6	6:40	6:16
27	11.6	6:40	6:16
28	11.6	6:40	6:17
29	11.6	6:40	6:17
30	11.6	6:40	6:17
31	11.6	6:40	6:18

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.23 kWh/m² to a high of 5.2 kWh/m² in August across the year — January's 4.55 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)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
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14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Lagunillas?

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

4.1

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

2.9

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Lagunillas for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lagunillas in January

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

In January, Lagunillas sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 14°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Lagunillas in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lagunillas peaks around February 21 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 11 (extreme).

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)	14	16	16	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	12	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Lagunillas 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 Lagunillas is worst in March — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (December, 15 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)	16	22	34	29	23	21	19	18	17	17	16	15
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	16	Moderate
Feb	22	Moderate
Mar	34	Moderate
Apr	29	Moderate
May	23	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	19	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	17	Moderate
Nov	16	Moderate
Dec	15	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Lagunillas?

Lagunillas sits at 8.5°N, 71.4°W, 1,056 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Ejido, 17 km away.

Topography around Lagunillas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lagunillas has very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,491 m around an average of 1,125 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,848 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,842 m.

The land around Lagunillas is covered by grassland (67%) within 3 km, grassland (60%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and grassland (45%) within 80 km.

3 km

1,491 m

grassland 67%

16 km

2,848 m

grassland 60%

80 km

4,842 m

trees 48%

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

January weather nearby: Ejido 17 km · La Azulita 24 km · Merida 26 km · Santa Cruz de Mora 30 km · El Vigía 32 km · Tabay 37 km · Tovar 44 km · Tucaní 53 km

Venezuela travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 0% of US; price level, 2011
GDP per capita: $3,495; 2025
Happiness: 5.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 12.6; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 39; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 520
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 Lagunillas (8.5046°, -71.3894°, elevation 1,056 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	22	14
2	22	14
3	22	14
4	22	14
5	22	14
6	22	14
7	22	14
8	22	14
9	22	14
10	22	14
11	22	14
12	22	14
13	22	14
14	22	14
15	22	14
16	22	14
17	22	14
18	22	14
19	22	14
20	22	14
21	22	14
22	22	14
23	22	14
24	22	14
25	22	14
26	22	14
27	22	14
28	22	14
29	22	14
30	22	14
31	22	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	41	59
4	42	58
5	41	59
6	42	58
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	84
3	85
4	85
5	86
6	87
7	88
8	88
9	89
10	89
11	89
12	90
13	90
14	90
15	89
16	89
17	89
18	89
19	88
20	88
21	88
22	88
23	88
24	88
25	88
26	88
27	88
28	89
29	89
30	89
31	90

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	9	63	28
2	9	63	28
3	9	64	27
4	9	64	27
5	8	65	27
6	8	65	27
7	8	65	27
8	7	67	26
9	7	67	26
10	6	68	26
11	6	68	26
12	5	70	25
13	5	70	25
14	4	71	25
15	4	71	25
16	4	71	25
17	4	71	25
18	4	71	25
19	5	70	25
20	5	70	25
21	5	70	25
22	6	69	25
23	6	69	25
24	6	68	26
25	7	67	26
26	7	66	27
27	7	66	27
28	8	64	28
29	8	63	29
30	8	62	30
31	8	61	31

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	41	59
4	42	58
5	41	59
6	42	58
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	84
3	85
4	85
5	86
6	87
7	88
8	88
9	89
10	89
11	89
12	90
13	90
14	90
15	89
16	89
17	89
18	89
19	88
20	88
21	88
22	88
23	88
24	88
25	88
26	88
27	88
28	89
29	89
30	89
31	90

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	9	63	28
2	9	63	28
3	9	64	27
4	9	64	27
5	8	65	27
6	8	65	27
7	8	65	27
8	7	67	26
9	7	67	26
10	6	68	26
11	6	68	26
12	5	70	25
13	5	70	25
14	4	71	25
15	4	71	25
16	4	71	25
17	4	71	25
18	4	71	25
19	5	70	25
20	5	70	25
21	5	70	25
22	6	69	25
23	6	69	25
24	6	68	26
25	7	67	26
26	7	66	27
27	7	66	27
28	8	64	28
29	8	63	29
30	8	62	30
31	8	61	31

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	41	59
4	42	58
5	41	59
6	42	58
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	84
3	85
4	85
5	86
6	87
7	88
8	88
9	89
10	89
11	89
12	90
13	90
14	90
15	89
16	89
17	89
18	89
19	88
20	88
21	88
22	88
23	88
24	88
25	88
26	88
27	88
28	89
29	89
30	89
31	90

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	9	63	28
2	9	63	28
3	9	64	27
4	9	64	27
5	8	65	27
6	8	65	27
7	8	65	27
8	7	67	26
9	7	67	26
10	6	68	26
11	6	68	26
12	5	70	25
13	5	70	25
14	4	71	25
15	4	71	25
16	4	71	25
17	4	71	25
18	4	71	25
19	5	70	25
20	5	70	25
21	5	70	25
22	6	69	25
23	6	69	25
24	6	68	26
25	7	67	26
26	7	66	27
27	7	66	27
28	8	64	28
29	8	63	29
30	8	62	30
31	8	61	31