Maca Weather in January
Maca in January
The short of it: Maca in January averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 4 °C (40 °F), with 92 mm (3.6 in) of rain and about 12 h 58 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 4° · rain 92 mm · daylight 12 h 58 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: November & October
Thirty years of records give Maca an average January high of 19°, a low of 4° and some 92 mm of rain. Much like December: highs about 19°, nights near 4°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 92 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 58 min in mid-January.
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; the finest months here are November and October.
Against its neighbours, Maca runs warmer than most and drier than most in January. Madrigal, 6 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
January in Maca, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 53 mm more rain
- Versus February
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 58 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h