Latacunga Weather in January
Latacunga in January
The short of it: Latacunga in January averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 39 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 12 h 10 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 8° · rain 39 mm · daylight 12 h 10 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: January & September
Thirty years of records give Latacunga an average January high of 20°, a low of 8° and some 39 mm of rain. Much like December: highs about 20°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 39 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 10 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Latacunga runs cooler than most and drier than most in January. Pujilí, 9 km to the WSW, is 1° cooler by day.
January in Latacunga, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- about the same, 13 mm less rain
- Versus February
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 10 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PujilíCotopaxi | 9 km WSW | 19° | 7° | 47 mm |
| SaquisilíCotopaxi | 12 km NNW | 19° | 7° | 52 mm |
| San MiguelCotopaxi | 13 km SSE | 21° | 9° | 41 mm |
| PíllaroTungurahua Province | 28 km SSE | 21° | 9° | 38 mm |
| AmbatoTungurahua Province | 35 km S | 21° | 9° | 37 mm |
| PelileoTungurahua Province | 45 km S | 21° | 9° | 36 mm |
| MachachiPichincha | 47 km N | 19° | 7° | 96 mm |
| BañosTungurahua Province | 56 km SSE | 22° | 11° | 52 mm |