Macas Weather in January
Macas in January
The short of it: Macas in January averages a high of 27 °C (80 °F) and a low of 17 °C (63 °F), with 182 mm (7.2 in) of rain and about 12 h 14 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 17° · rain 182 mm · daylight 12 h 14 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Macas an average January high of 27°, a low of 17° and some 182 mm of rain. Much like December: highs about 27°, nights near 17°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 182 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 14 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates January 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Macas runs warmer than most and about as wet in January. Sucúa, 18 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
January in Macas, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 25 mm more rain
- Versus February
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 14 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SucúaMorona-Santiago Province | 18 km SSW | 27° | 17° | 152 mm |
| PaloraMorona-Santiago Province | 70 km NNE | 26° | 18° | 311 mm |
| AlausíChimborazo Province | 82 km W | 20° | 9° | 62 mm |
| PuyoPastaza Province | 92 km N | 26° | 17° | 284 mm |
| RiobambaChimborazo Province | 93 km NW | 20° | 9° | 33 mm |
| AzoguesCanar | 94 km WSW | 21° | 9° | 53 mm |
| CañarCanar | 95 km WSW | 17° | 6° | 53 mm |
| La UniónAzuay | 95 km SW | 21° | 10° | 50 mm |