Copiapó Weather in January
Copiapó in January
The short of it: Copiapó in January averages a high of 24 °C (76 °F) and a low of 14 °C (57 °F), with 0.0 mm (0.00 in) of rain and about 13 h 41 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 14° · rain 0.0 mm · daylight 13 h 41 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: December & March
Thirty years of records give Copiapó an average January high of 24°, a low of 14° and some 0.0 mm of rain. The height of summer in Copiapó, with afternoons near 24°. Rain is scarce, about 0.0 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 41 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates January 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are December and March.
Against its neighbours, Copiapó runs cooler than most and wetter than most in January. Tierra Amarilla, 13 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
January in Copiapó, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° warmer, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus February
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 41 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tierra AmarillaAtacama | 13 km SSE | 24° | 14° | 0.0 mm |
| CalderaAtacama | 59 km NW | 24° | 16° | 1.0 mm |
| Diego de AlmagroAtacama | 112 km NNE | 26° | 15° | 0.0 mm |
| VallenarAtacama | 141 km SSW | 25° | 13° | 0.0 mm |
| FreirinaAtacama | 147 km SSW | 25° | 14° | 0.0 mm |
| HuascoAtacama | 150 km SW | 23° | 15° | 0.0 mm |
| Alto del CarmenAtacama | 156 km S | 23° | 12° | 0.0 mm |
| TaltalAntofagasta | 219 km N | 26° | 18° | 0.0 mm |