Climate averages 1991–2020
Cuenca weather
in January.
A mild, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Cuenca: daytime highs average 18.1°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes January a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eloy Alfaro (124 km away). In January its highs average 28.3°C, 10.2°C warmer than Cuenca, with 308 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Cuenca ranks 8th of 9 for the warmest January highs and joint 3rd of 9 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 9 cities is 23.4°C; Cuenca is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 18.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 146 mm to 174 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Cuenca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 18.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 146 | 22.9 | 12.312 h |
| February | 18.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 174 | 23.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 18.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 183 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 17.8°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 155 | 26.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 17.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 100 | 22.0 | 12.012 h |
| June | 16.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 78 | 18.6 | 12.012 h |
| July | 16.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 74 | 17.7 | 12.012 h |
| August | 16.8°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 54 | 13.6 | 12.012 h |
| September | 18.1°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 62 | 15.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 18.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 127 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 19.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 174 | 23.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 18.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 172 | 24.6 | 12.312 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Eloy Alfaro in JanuaryEcuador · 124 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 308 mm rain
- Loja in JanuaryEcuador · 124 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 167 mm rain
- Tumbes in JanuaryPeru · 177 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 74 mm rain
- La Libertad in JanuaryEcuador · 225 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Portoviejo in JanuaryEcuador · 261 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 132 mm rain
- Sullana in JanuaryPeru · 292 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in JanuaryEcuador · 294 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 376 mm rain
- Piura in JanuaryPeru · 314 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 37 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Cuenca) is explained once on the Cuenca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.