Climate averages 1991–2020
Caguas weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Caguas: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 10 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Carolina (19 km away). In January its highs average 27.6°C, 0.5°C warmer than Caguas, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Puerto Rico, Caguas ranks 7th of 7 for the warmest January highs and 7th of 7 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 7 cities is 28.0°C; Caguas is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 39 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
Caguas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 49 | 15.7 | 11.211 h |
| February | 27.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 39 | 13.1 | 11.512 h |
| March | 28.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 55 | 14.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 86 | 17.7 | 12.513 h |
| May | 29.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 141 | 21.9 | 13.013 h |
| June | 29.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 99 | 20.8 | 13.213 h |
| July | 30.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 110 | 21.7 | 13.113 h |
| August | 30.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 127 | 23.9 | 12.713 h |
| September | 30.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 168 | 25.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 156 | 24.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 124 | 22.3 | 11.311 h |
| December | 27.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 58 | 16.5 | 11.111 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
- Carolina in JanuaryPuerto Rico · 19 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Bayamón in JanuaryPuerto Rico · 22 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 38 mm rain
- San Juan in JanuaryPuerto Rico · 27 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Ponce in JanuaryPuerto Rico · 66 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Arecibo in JanuaryPuerto Rico · 75 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Mayagüez in JanuaryPuerto Rico · 115 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Punta Cana in JanuaryDominican Republic · 252 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Salvaleón de Higüey in JanuaryDominican Republic · 284 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 27 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 Caguas) is explained once on the Caguas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.