Cuenca Weather in January
Cuenca in January
The short of it: Cuenca in January averages a high of 22 °C (71 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 54 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 12 h 16 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 9° · rain 54 mm · daylight 12 h 16 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Cuenca an average January high of 22°, a low of 9° and some 54 mm of rain. Much like December: highs about 22°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 54 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 16 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates January 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Cuenca runs warmer than most and wetter than most in January. Llacao, 13 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
January in Cuenca, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- about the same, 18 mm less rain
- Versus February
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 16 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LlacaoAzuay | 13 km ENE | 21° | 9° | 49 mm |
| NultiAzuay | 16 km E | 18° | 7° | 61 mm |
| AzoguesCanar | 24 km NE | 21° | 9° | 53 mm |
| GualaceoAzuay | 24 km E | 22° | 10° | 50 mm |
| La UniónAzuay | 24 km ENE | 21° | 10° | 50 mm |
| CañarCanar | 38 km N | 17° | 6° | 53 mm |
| La TroncalCanar | 65 km NW | 31° | 21° | 277 mm |
| GualaquizaMorona-Santiago Province | 73 km SE | 28° | 18° | 103 mm |