Easter Island is typically warm in January.

Maximum temperatures go up compared to the previous month from +70°F to +73°F. The minimum temperature also goes up from +68°F to +70°F.

It’s generally warm, but pack a long-sleeve shirt for evenings.

January is one of the warmest months in Easter Island, here is the comparison with other months:

January weather is still as ok as in December. It’s getting warmer as January arrives. The average maximum temperature goes up from +70°F to +73°F during the day. As January arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 47 mm to 44 mm. Humidity levels don’t change as the month goes on, averaging around 76%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during January, staying around 4 m/s. The good news is there are likely to be more sunny days in January, from 2 to 3.

But maybe it is worth considering traveling in February as the weather gets better.

The climate in Easter Island in January has not changed that much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 1998 (+67°F) and the highest in 2002 (+70°F). The driest year was 2024 with only 335 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2009 with 1401 mm.

For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Easter Island, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.

For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.