Climate averages 1991–2020
Chosica weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 2nd 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 Chosica: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Anita - Los Ficus (31 km away). In January its highs average 23.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Chosica, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Chosica ranks 17th of 24 for the warmest January highs and 13th of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 25.1°C; Chosica is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 104 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
Chosica climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 24.2°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 64 | 13.9 | 12.713 h |
| February | 24.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 104 | 19.4 | 12.512 h |
| March | 24.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 89 | 18.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.2°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 26 | 6.4 | 11.812 h |
| May | 24.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 4.4 | 1.3 | 11.612 h |
| June | 23.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| July | 23.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| August | 23.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| September | 23.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 4.0 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 23.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 8.6 | 2.7 | 12.412 h |
| November | 23.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 8.5 | 2.0 | 12.713 h |
| December | 24.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 20 | 6.2 | 12.813 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
- Santa Anita - Los Ficus in JanuaryPeru · 31 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Lima in JanuaryPeru · 36 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Callao in JanuaryPeru · 48 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 20.3°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Huancayo in JanuaryPeru · 164 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 6.1°C · 243 mm rain
- Chincha Alta in JanuaryPeru · 175 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Huánuco (approximate) in JanuaryPeru · 230 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 161 mm rain
- Ica in JanuaryPeru · 260 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Chimbote in JanuaryPeru · 380 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 6.2 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 Chosica) is explained once on the Chosica year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.