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Punta del Este in January

Warm and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Punta del Este is warm: highs near 79°F, lows near 67°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 24 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Punta del Este is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 19°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 24 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
79°F26°Caverage
Low
67°F19°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 21% of days
Daylight
14h 13mon average

Is January a good time to visit Punta del Este?

Yes. January is one of Punta del Este's best months (November to February).

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 79°F in January, against 59°F to 80°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in January, against 15°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

33% cover in January, against 33% to 55% through the year.

Daylight

14h 13m in January, against 9h 51m to 14h 28m 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. December76°24°low 63°low 17°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. January79°26°low 67°low 19°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February80°27°low 68°low 20°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Punta del Este sits, in January

America/Montevideo
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
5:41 AMsets 7:56 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
35.0°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Montevideo114 km west

The land around Punta del Este, 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 Uruguay in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Punta del Este

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 8 km north-east of Punta del Este. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.