Climate averages 1991–2020
Santo Domingo de los Colorados weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Santo Domingo de los Colorados: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 376 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ibarra (135 km away). In January its highs average 19.7°C, 4.3°C cooler than Santo Domingo de los Colorados, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Santo Domingo de los Colorados ranks 5th of 9 for the warmest January highs and 9th of 9 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 9 cities is 23.4°C; Santo Domingo de los Colorados is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 376 mm to 407 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
Santo Domingo de los Colorados climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 24.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 376 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| February | 24.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 407 | 27.0 | 12.112 h |
| March | 24.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 414 | 29.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 391 | 28.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 252 | 27.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 23.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 123 | 21.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 23.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 87 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 23.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 59 | 15.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 87 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 118 | 22.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 131 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 235 | 26.2 | 12.112 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
- Ibarra in JanuaryEcuador · 135 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 146 mm rain
- Esmeraldas in JanuaryEcuador · 145 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 256 mm rain
- Portoviejo in JanuaryEcuador · 168 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 132 mm rain
- Tulcán in JanuaryEcuador · 201 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.6°C · 220 mm rain
- Ipiales in JanuaryColombia · 209 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 9.3°C · 220 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in JanuaryEcuador · 225 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 308 mm rain
- Tumaco in JanuaryColombia · 231 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 461 mm rain
- Pasto in JanuaryColombia · 267 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 177 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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados) is explained once on the Santo Domingo de los Colorados year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.