ClimateExplore the planning map
Climate · Ushuaia

Ushuaia in January

Cool and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Ushuaia is cool: highs near 57°F, lows near 40°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 56 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Ushuaia is cool: highs near 14°C, lows near 4°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 56 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
57°F14°Caverage
Low
40°F4°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 81% of days
Daylight
16h 37mon average

Is January a good time to visit Ushuaia?

Yes. January is one of Ushuaia's mildest months (December to March).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 57°F in January, against 35°F to 57°F through the year.Highs near 14°C in January, against 2°C to 14°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

81% of days in January, against 53% to 81% through the year.

Cloud cover

63% cover in January, against 62% to 70% through the year.

Daylight

16h 37m in January, against 7h 18m to 17h 14m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the mildest months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December55°13°low 38°low 3°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. January57°14°low 40°low 4°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. February57°14°low 40°low 4°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Ushuaia sits, in January

America/Punta Arenas
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
5:20 AMsets 10:03 PM
Above the sea
130 mlow-lying
Latitude
54.8°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Bariloche1536 km north

The land around Ushuaia, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Argentina in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Ushuaia

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Ushuaia. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (130 m) against the climate model's (314 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (130 m) against the climate model's (314 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.