Climate averages 1991–2020
Agua Prieta weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Agua Prieta: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 21 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nogales (133 km away). In January its highs average 16.3°C, about as warm as Agua Prieta, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Agua Prieta ranks joint 149th of 153 for the warmest January highs and joint 110th of 153 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 153 cities is 22.4°C; Agua Prieta is 6.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 27 mm to 24 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Agua Prieta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 16.3°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 27 | 3.5 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.1°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 24 | 3.7 | 11.111 h |
| March | 21.8°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 15 | 3.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 4.8 | 1.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 30.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 4.9 | 1.2 | 13.714 h |
| June | 35.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 9.3 | 2.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 33.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 50 | 10.3 | 14.014 h |
| August | 32.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 46 | 10.9 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 30 | 5.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 18 | 3.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 21 | 2.4 | 10.611 h |
| December | 15.8°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 29 | 4.5 | 10.210 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
- Nogales in JanuaryMexico · 133 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 2.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Tucson in JanuaryUnited States · 165 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 4.0°C · 29 mm rain
- San Tan Valley in JanuaryUnited States · 279 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 4.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Las Cruces in JanuaryUnited States · 283 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 1.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Hermosillo in JanuaryMexico · 284 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 9.4°C · 12 mm rain
- El Paso in JanuaryUnited States · 294 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in JanuaryMexico · 295 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Chandler in JanuaryUnited States · 309 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 4.6°C · 32 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Agua Prieta) is explained once on the Agua Prieta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.