Climate averages 1991–2020
Ica weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Ica: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chincha Alta (86 km away). In January its highs average 25.8°C, 3.3°C cooler than Ica, with 7.0 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Ica ranks 8th of 24 for the warmest January highs and 9th of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 25.1°C; Ica is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 31 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
Ica climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 24 | 5.7 | 12.913 h |
| February | 29.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 31 | 9.0 | 12.613 h |
| March | 29.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 21 | 6.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 3.5 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| May | 27.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| June | 25.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| July | 24.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| August | 25.5°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| September | 26.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.4°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| November | 27.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 12.813 h |
| December | 28.8°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 4.7 | 1.7 | 12.913 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
- Chincha Alta in JanuaryPeru · 86 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Huancayo in JanuaryPeru · 230 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 6.1°C · 243 mm rain
- Chosica in JanuaryPeru · 260 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Santa Anita - Los Ficus in JanuaryPeru · 262 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Lima in JanuaryPeru · 266 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Callao in JanuaryPeru · 271 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 20.3°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Abancay in JanuaryPeru · 312 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.4°C · 215 mm rain
- Cusco in JanuaryPeru · 411 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 8.2°C · 229 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 Ica) is explained once on the Ica year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.