Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Maldonado weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Puerto Maldonado: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 369 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cusco (318 km away). In January its highs average 15.4°C, 13.9°C cooler than Puerto Maldonado, with 229 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Puerto Maldonado ranks 7th of 24 for the warmest January highs and 24th of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 25.1°C; Puerto Maldonado is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 369 mm to 361 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
Puerto Maldonado climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 369 | 27.1 | 12.813 h |
| February | 29.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 361 | 24.7 | 12.513 h |
| March | 29.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 300 | 25.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 168 | 19.1 | 11.812 h |
| May | 27.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 88 | 13.8 | 11.512 h |
| June | 27.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 52 | 9.2 | 11.411 h |
| July | 27.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 46 | 7.8 | 11.511 h |
| August | 30.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 62 | 8.6 | 11.712 h |
| September | 30.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 119 | 13.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 223 | 21.4 | 12.412 h |
| November | 29.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 259 | 22.2 | 12.713 h |
| December | 29.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 330 | 26.1 | 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
- Cusco in JanuaryPeru · 318 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 8.2°C · 229 mm rain
- Rio Branco in JanuaryBrazil · 328 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 255 mm rain
- Juliaca in JanuaryPeru · 339 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.0°C · 193 mm rain
- Puno in JanuaryPeru · 372 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 224 mm rain
- Riberalta in JanuaryBolivia · 385 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 269 mm rain
- Abancay in JanuaryPeru · 416 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.4°C · 215 mm rain
- La Paz in JanuaryBolivia · 449 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 132 mm rain
- Viacha in JanuaryBolivia · 462 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 4.5°C · 143 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 Puerto Maldonado) is explained once on the Puerto Maldonado year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.