Climate averages 1991–2020
Maldonado weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Maldonado: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 12 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Montevideo (113 km away). In January its highs average 25.2°C, 0.9°C warmer than Maldonado, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Uruguay, Maldonado ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 4 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 4 cities is 27.2°C; Maldonado is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 63 mm to 82 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
Maldonado climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 24.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 63 | 5.1 | 14.214 h |
| February | 24.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 82 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| March | 22.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 88 | 8.2 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 112 | 9.5 | 11.211 h |
| May | 16.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 92 | 8.9 | 10.310 h |
| June | 14.2°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 100 | 9.5 | 9.910 h |
| July | 13.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 105 | 9.7 | 10.010 h |
| August | 14.4°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 96 | 8.9 | 10.811 h |
| September | 15.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 89 | 8.4 | 11.812 h |
| October | 17.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 98 | 8.8 | 12.913 h |
| November | 20.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 87 | 7.4 | 13.914 h |
| December | 22.7°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 68 | 6.6 | 14.414 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
- Montevideo in JanuaryUruguay · 113 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 19.6°C · 68 mm rain
- Mar del Tuyú in JanuaryArgentina · 244 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 19.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Berisso in JanuaryArgentina · 268 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 79 mm rain
- La Plata in JanuaryArgentina · 274 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Berazategui in JanuaryArgentina · 298 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Quilmes in JanuaryArgentina · 302 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Avellaneda in JanuaryArgentina · 313 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Buenos Aires in JanuaryArgentina · 315 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.3°C · 83 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 Maldonado) is explained once on the Maldonado year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.