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Torres del Paine in January

Cool and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Torres del Paine is cool: highs near 57°F, lows near 40°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 46 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Torres del Paine is cool: highs near 14°C, lows near 4°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 46 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
57°F14°Caverage
Low
40°F4°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 71% of days
Daylight
15h 57mon average

Is January a good time to visit Torres del Paine?

Yes. January is one of Torres del Paine'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 58°F through the year.Highs near 14°C in January, against 2°C to 14°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

71% of days in January, against 57% to 71% through the year.

Cloud cover

62% cover in January, against 60% to 68% through the year.

Daylight

15h 57m in January, against 8h 00m to 16h 27m 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°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. February58°14°low 41°low 5°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Torres del Paine sits, in January

America/Punta Arenas
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
5:58 AMsets 10:00 PM
Above the sea
480 mlow-lying
Latitude
50.9°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Puerto Natales91 km south

The land around Torres del Paine, 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 Chile in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Torres del Paine

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Torres del Paine. 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 (480 m) against the climate model's (330 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 (480 m) against the climate model's (330 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.