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Galápagos (Puerto Ayora) in January

Hot and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Galápagos (Puerto Ayora) is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 74°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 9 minutes.January in Galápagos (Puerto Ayora) is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 23°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 9 minutes.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
74°F23°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 43% of days
Daylight
12h 09mon average

Is January a good time to visit Galápagos (Puerto Ayora)?

January sits outside Galápagos (Puerto Ayora)'s best months, which run from August to November. Expect hot days and rain on about three days a week.

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 87°F in January, against 82°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in January, against 28°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

43% of days in January, against 2% to 64% through the year.

Cloud cover

59% cover in January, against 54% to 66% through the year.

Daylight

12h 09m in January, against 12h 05m to 12h 10m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December85°29°low 72°low 22°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. January87°31°low 74°low 23°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February88°31°low 76°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Galápagos (Puerto Ayora) sits, in January

Pacific/Galapagos
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:05 AMsets 6:15 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
0.7°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Mashpi Reserve1276 km east

The land around Galápagos (Puerto Ayora), 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 Ecuador in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Galápagos (Puerto Ayora)

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Galápagos (Puerto Ayora). 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (170 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (170 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.