Calama climate

Calama Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Calama, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 25°C on January 1 to 25°C on January 31, and lows from 9°C to 10°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 6 mm over about 0 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Calama, in °C, with the record for each date.010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
25°C
Average low
10°C
Precipitation
6 mm
Reanalysis high
32°CJan 8, 2003
Reanalysis low
5°CJan 4, 2011
Daylight
13 h 29 min to 13 h 06 min
Cloud cover
40%
Humidity
36%
Dew point
-1°C
Wind
14.8 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 125°C9°C28°C 19986°C 19993%
Jan 225°C9°C29°C 20046°C 20112%
Jan 325°C9°C28°C 20046°C 20112%
Jan 425°C9°C30°C 20135°C 20113%
Jan 525°C9°C29°C 20047°C 20004%
Jan 625°C10°C28°C 20057°C 20004%
Jan 725°C10°C31°C 20036°C 19964%
Jan 825°C10°C32°C 20037°C 20015%
Jan 925°C10°C28°C 20157°C 20095%
Jan 1025°C10°C29°C 20097°C 20015%
Jan 1125°C10°C29°C 20157°C 19955%
Jan 1225°C10°C29°C 20207°C 19995%
Jan 1325°C10°C28°C 20206°C 19935%
Jan 1425°C10°C28°C 19986°C 20185%
Jan 1525°C10°C28°C 19987°C 19915%
Jan 1625°C10°C30°C 19987°C 20125%
Jan 1725°C10°C29°C 19987°C 19995%
Jan 1825°C10°C30°C 20206°C 19995%
Jan 1925°C10°C29°C 19987°C 19965%
Jan 2025°C10°C28°C 20167°C 19964%
Jan 2125°C10°C29°C 20077°C 19964%
Jan 2225°C10°C29°C 20167°C 19964%
Jan 2325°C10°C29°C 20197°C 19964%
Jan 2425°C10°C30°C 20196°C 20054%
Jan 2525°C10°C29°C 20197°C 20135%
Jan 2625°C10°C29°C 20197°C 20025%
Jan 2725°C10°C29°C 19987°C 19966%
Jan 2825°C10°C30°C 20177°C 19966%
Jan 2925°C10°C27°C 20038°C 19926%
Jan 3025°C10°C28°C 19988°C 20076%
Jan 3125°C10°C28°C 19936°C 19977%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Calama, in percent.024681102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-3).

January 1
sunrise 6:55 AM, sunset 8:24 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:16 AM, sunset 8:22 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.