Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciudad de la Paz weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Ciudad de la Paz: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 138 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes January a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oyem (84 km away). In January its highs average 29.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Ciudad de la Paz, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Equatorial Guinea, Ciudad de la Paz ranks joint 2nd of 3 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 3 cities is 28.4°C; Ciudad de la Paz is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 138 mm to 157 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
Ciudad de la Paz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 138 | 23.1 | 12.012 h |
| February | 28.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 157 | 22.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 28.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 251 | 28.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 260 | 28.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 28.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 241 | 28.7 | 12.212 h |
| June | 27.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 193 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| July | 26.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 136 | 21.3 | 12.212 h |
| August | 26.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 139 | 23.3 | 12.212 h |
| September | 26.9°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 266 | 28.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 332 | 30.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 292 | 28.5 | 12.012 h |
| December | 27.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 172 | 25.3 | 12.012 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
- Oyem in JanuaryGabon · 84 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 84 mm rain
- Bata in JanuaryEquatorial Guinea · 121 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 164 mm rain
- Ébolowa in JanuaryCameroon · 150 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Kribi in JanuaryCameroon · 181 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Sangmélima in JanuaryCameroon · 197 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Libreville in JanuaryGabon · 203 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 250 mm rain
- Owendo in JanuaryGabon · 206 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 247 mm rain
- Mbalmayo in JanuaryCameroon · 227 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 39 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 Ciudad de la Paz) is explained once on the Ciudad de la Paz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.