Climate averages 1991–2020
Pucallpa weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Pucallpa: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 302 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cruzeiro do Sul (223 km away). In January its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Pucallpa, with 239 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Pucallpa ranks 6th of 24 for the warmest January highs and 23rd of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 25.1°C; Pucallpa is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 302 mm to 313 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
Pucallpa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 302 | 25.6 | 12.513 h |
| February | 29.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 313 | 23.5 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 350 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 257 | 22.9 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 158 | 19.3 | 11.712 h |
| June | 28.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 98 | 14.3 | 11.612 h |
| July | 28.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 82 | 11.2 | 11.712 h |
| August | 30.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 99 | 11.4 | 11.812 h |
| September | 30.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 148 | 15.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 226 | 21.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 276 | 23.6 | 12.512 h |
| December | 29.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 289 | 25.5 | 12.613 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
- Cruzeiro do Sul in JanuaryBrazil · 223 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 239 mm rain
- Huánuco (approximate) in JanuaryPeru · 253 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 161 mm rain
- Huancayo in JanuaryPeru · 416 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 6.1°C · 243 mm rain
- Chimbote in JanuaryPeru · 451 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Chosica in JanuaryPeru · 461 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Santa Anita - Los Ficus in JanuaryPeru · 487 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Lima in JanuaryPeru · 489 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Trujillo in JanuaryPeru · 493 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 Pucallpa) is explained once on the Pucallpa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.