Castro Weather in January
Castro in January
The short of it: Castro in January averages a high of 19 °C (65 °F) and a low of 10 °C (51 °F), with 106 mm (4.2 in) of rain and about 14 h 57 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 10° · rain 106 mm · daylight 14 h 57 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Castro an average January high of 19°, a low of 10° and some 106 mm of rain. The height of summer in Castro, with afternoons near 19°. Wet spells are common — about 106 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 57 min in mid-January, 19 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates January 3 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Castro runs about middling and drier than most in January. Dalcahue, 15 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
January in Castro, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 2° warmer, 26 mm less rain
- Versus February
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 57 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DalcahueLos Lagos Region | 15 km NE | 19° | 10° | 106 mm |
| ChonchiLos Lagos Region | 17 km S | 19° | 10° | 108 mm |
| AncudLos Lagos Region | 67 km N | 18° | 10° | 117 mm |
| QuellónLos Lagos Region | 73 km S | 18° | 10° | 113 mm |
| CalbucoLos Lagos Region | 94 km NE | 20° | 10° | 86 mm |
| MaullínLos Lagos Region | 96 km N | 19° | 10° | 80 mm |
| ChaiténLos Lagos Region | 100 km ESE | 19° | 10° | 98 mm |
| Los MuermosLos Lagos Region | 122 km NNE | 19° | 9° | 71 mm |