Climate averages 1991–2020
Loja weather
in January.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Loja: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 167 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes January a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuenca (124 km away). In January its highs average 18.1°C, 2.8°C cooler than Loja, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Loja ranks 6th of 9 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 9 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 9 cities is 23.4°C; Loja is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 167 mm to 197 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
Loja climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 20.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 167 | 22.5 | 12.312 h |
| February | 20.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 197 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| March | 20.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 204 | 24.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 20.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 148 | 20.9 | 12.012 h |
| May | 20.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 82 | 16.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 20.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 49 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| July | 19.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 37 | 10.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 20.7°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 24 | 6.9 | 12.012 h |
| September | 21.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 36 | 8.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 22.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 88 | 16.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 22.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 133 | 19.2 | 12.312 h |
| December | 21.3°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 146 | 21.8 | 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
- Cuenca in JanuaryEcuador · 124 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 146 mm rain
- Tumbes in JanuaryPeru · 146 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Sullana in JanuaryPeru · 193 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Piura in JanuaryPeru · 208 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in JanuaryEcuador · 215 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 308 mm rain
- Talara in JanuaryPeru · 238 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 19 mm rain
- La Libertad in JanuaryEcuador · 272 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Chiclayo in JanuaryPeru · 317 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.4°C · 23 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 Loja) is explained once on the Loja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.