Montevideo climate

Montevideo Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 26°C on January 1 to 26°C on January 31, and lows from 19°C to 20°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 96 mm over about 9 wet days.

January day by day

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

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

January at a glance

Average high
26°C
Average low
20°C
Precipitation
96 mm
Record high
39°CJan 28, 1990
Record low
1°CJan 11, 1995
Daylight
14 h 27 min to 13 h 49 min
Cloud cover
48%
Humidity
72%
Dew point
17°C
Wind
20.5 km/h

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Jan 126°C19°C35°C 196311°C 197532%
Jan 226°C20°C36°C 200710°C 200433%
Jan 326°C20°C34°C 200812°C 198733%
Jan 426°C20°C34°C 199611°C 196832%
Jan 526°C20°C36°C 201813°C 196832%
Jan 626°C20°C36°C 199013°C 200831%
Jan 726°C20°C36°C 196811°C 199831%
Jan 826°C20°C37°C 200512°C 197930%
Jan 926°C20°C36°C 200811°C 197930%
Jan 1026°C20°C34°C 200612°C 199429%
Jan 1126°C20°C38°C 20121°C 199529%
Jan 1226°C20°C35°C 199312°C 199528%
Jan 1326°C20°C35°C 200513°C 200428%
Jan 1426°C20°C35°C 199313°C 202327%
Jan 1526°C20°C35°C 199310°C 200727%
Jan 1626°C20°C37°C 199010°C 199226%
Jan 1726°C20°C36°C 201111°C 200726%
Jan 1826°C20°C35°C 198912°C 200626%
Jan 1926°C20°C36°C 201412°C 199026%
Jan 2026°C20°C32°C 201710°C 199826%
Jan 2126°C20°C37°C 200013°C 201126%
Jan 2226°C20°C34°C 200013°C 198126%
Jan 2326°C20°C36°C 19939°C 199828%
Jan 2426°C20°C38°C 198310°C 200329%
Jan 2526°C20°C36°C 198311°C 198030%
Jan 2626°C20°C34°C 198211°C 197332%
Jan 2726°C20°C35°C 198712°C 200633%
Jan 2826°C20°C39°C 199010°C 197634%
Jan 2926°C20°C34°C 201311°C 197935%
Jan 3026°C20°C37°C 200511°C 198935%
Jan 3126°C20°C34°C 201211°C 198836%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Montevideo, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1
sunrise 5:35 AM, sunset 8:02 PM
January 31
sunrise 6:03 AM, sunset 7:52 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station UYM00086580, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.