Climate averages 1991–2020
Huánuco weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Approximate: the model cell is 711 m higher than the city, so the temperatures are adjusted up by 4.6°C. For places not marked Approximate, the cell is within 400 m of the place's elevation.
January is a warm month in Huánuco: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 161 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes January a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chosica (230 km away). In January its highs average 24.2°C, 0.9°C warmer than Huánuco, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Huánuco ranks 19th of 24 for the warmest January highs and 15th of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 25.1°C; Huánuco is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 161 mm to 178 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
Huánuco climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 23.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 161 | 26.5 | 12.613 h |
| February | 23.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 178 | 25.7 | 12.412 h |
| March | 23.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 156 | 27.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 81 | 18.3 | 11.912 h |
| May | 23.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 48 | 13.3 | 11.712 h |
| June | 22.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 23 | 6.4 | 11.612 h |
| July | 22.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 20 | 5.6 | 11.612 h |
| August | 23.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 23 | 6.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 23.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 35 | 10.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 23.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 69 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| November | 23.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 96 | 20.5 | 12.613 h |
| December | 23.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 138 | 25.1 | 12.713 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
- Chosica in JanuaryPeru · 230 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Santa Anita - Los Ficus in JanuaryPeru · 249 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Lima in JanuaryPeru · 250 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Pucallpa in JanuaryPeru · 253 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 302 mm rain
- Callao in JanuaryPeru · 255 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 20.3°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Huancayo in JanuaryPeru · 263 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 6.1°C · 243 mm rain
- Chimbote in JanuaryPeru · 275 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Trujillo in JanuaryPeru · 367 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 26 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 Huánuco) is explained once on the Huánuco year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.