Climate averages 1991–2020

Acapulco de Juárez weather
in January.

A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.5°C Daytime mean, January
Average low 21.4°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 7.7 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Acapulco de Juárez · average highYear overview

January is a hot month in Acapulco de Juárez: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 7.7 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Iguala de la Independencia (171 km away). In January its highs average 31.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Acapulco de Juárez, with 6.9 mm of rain.

Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Acapulco de Juárez ranks 3rd of 153 for the warmest January highs and joint 10th of 153 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 153 cities is 22.4°C; Acapulco de Juárez is 8.1°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.7 mm to 2.9 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Acapulco de Juárez climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Acapulco de Juárez, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 30.5°C21.4°C21.4°C7.70.911.211 h
February 30.8°C21.3°C21.3°C2.90.311.612 h
March 31.3°C21.6°C21.6°C3.50.412.012 h
April 32.0°C22.6°C22.6°C0.20.112.513 h
May 32.2°C24.3°C24.3°C233.812.913 h
June 30.4°C24.4°C24.4°C22016.213.113 h
July 30.4°C24.3°C24.3°C18116.313.013 h
August 30.0°C24.2°C24.2°C26618.912.713 h
September 29.3°C23.8°C23.8°C31822.612.212 h
October 29.4°C23.7°C23.7°C19617.611.812 h
November 29.9°C23.1°C23.1°C324.511.411 h
December 30.3°C22.1°C22.1°C6.40.811.111 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

January in nearby cities

Distance from Acapulco de Juárez

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Acapulco de Juárez) is explained once on the Acapulco de Juárez year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.