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Lima in January

Warm and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Lima is warm: highs near 81°F, lows near 67°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 45 minutes.January in Lima is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 19°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 45 minutes.

High
81°F27°Caverage
Low
67°F19°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 21% of days
Daylight
12h 45mon average

Is January a good time to visit Lima?

A good month, just outside Lima's best months, which run from September to December.

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 81°F in January, against 73°F to 82°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in January, against 23°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

21% of days in January, against 1% to 36% through the year.

Cloud cover

73% cover in January, against 32% to 77% through the year.

Daylight

12h 45m in January, against 11h 26m to 12h 49m 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. December78°26°low 64°low 18°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. January81°27°low 67°low 19°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February82°28°low 69°low 21°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Lima sits, in January

America/Lima
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
5:54 AMsets 6:39 PM
Above the sea
150 mlow-lying
Latitude
12.0°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Sacred Valley (Urubamba)548 km east

The land around Lima, 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 Peru in January

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Lima. 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 (150 m) against the climate model's (308 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 (150 m) against the climate model's (308 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.