Climate averages 1991–2020
La Libertad weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in La Libertad: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eloy Alfaro (119 km away). In January its highs average 28.3°C, 1.6°C warmer than La Libertad, with 308 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, La Libertad ranks 4th of 9 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 9 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 9 cities is 23.4°C; La Libertad is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 102 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
La Libertad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 26.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 65 | 9.3 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 102 | 12.6 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 88 | 11.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 47 | 8.1 | 12.112 h |
| May | 25.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 26 | 6.1 | 12.012 h |
| June | 24.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 13 | 4.0 | 12.012 h |
| July | 24.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 13 | 3.9 | 12.012 h |
| August | 23.9°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 7.8 | 2.3 | 12.012 h |
| September | 23.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 8.9 | 2.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 7.4 | 2.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 24.7°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 11 | 2.0 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 30 | 4.2 | 12.212 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 · 119 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 308 mm rain
- Portoviejo in JanuaryEcuador · 140 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 132 mm rain
- Tumbes in JanuaryPeru · 156 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Cuenca in JanuaryEcuador · 225 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 146 mm rain
- Talara in JanuaryPeru · 264 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Loja in JanuaryEcuador · 272 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 167 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in JanuaryEcuador · 293 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 376 mm rain
- Sullana in JanuaryPeru · 298 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 35 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 La Libertad) is explained once on the La Libertad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.