Climate averages 1991–2020
Paysandú weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Paysandú: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 00 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gualeguaychú (87 km away). In January its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Paysandú, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Uruguay, Paysandú ranks 1st of 4 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 4 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 4 cities is 27.2°C; Paysandú is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 115 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
Paysandú climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.1°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 104 | 8.5 | 14.014 h |
| February | 28.7°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 115 | 8.1 | 13.313 h |
| March | 26.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 122 | 8.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 140 | 8.5 | 11.311 h |
| May | 19.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 90 | 7.2 | 10.510 h |
| June | 16.6°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 85 | 7.1 | 10.110 h |
| July | 15.8°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 72 | 6.6 | 10.210 h |
| August | 18.4°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 89 | 6.8 | 10.911 h |
| September | 20.0°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 96 | 7.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 125 | 9.2 | 12.913 h |
| November | 26.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 107 | 7.5 | 13.714 h |
| December | 28.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 118 | 7.7 | 14.214 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
- Gualeguaychú in JanuaryArgentina · 87 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 110 mm rain
- Concordia in JanuaryArgentina · 103 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Zárate in JanuaryArgentina · 216 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 95 mm rain
- Campana in JanuaryArgentina · 221 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 93 mm rain
- San Nicolás de los Arroyos in JanuaryArgentina · 229 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Paraná in JanuaryArgentina · 240 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Don Torcuato in JanuaryArgentina · 247 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Rosario in JanuaryArgentina · 250 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 102 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 Paysandú) is explained once on the Paysandú year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.