Climate averages 1991–2020
Apatzingán weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Apatzingán: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 07 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uruapan (48 km away). In January its highs average 23.1°C, 7.9°C cooler than Apatzingán, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Apatzingán ranks 2nd of 153 for the warmest January highs and joint 55th of 153 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 153 cities is 22.4°C; Apatzingán is 8.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 33.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 8.0 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
Apatzingán climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 31.0°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 14 | 0.9 | 11.111 h |
| February | 33.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 8.0 | 0.7 | 11.512 h |
| March | 35.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 7.5 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 12.613 h |
| May | 37.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 13 | 3.3 | 13.013 h |
| June | 32.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 119 | 18.8 | 13.313 h |
| July | 31.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 144 | 22.7 | 13.213 h |
| August | 31.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 154 | 23.5 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 156 | 22.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 77 | 13.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 31.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 20 | 3.6 | 11.311 h |
| December | 30.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 4.9 | 0.8 | 11.011 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
- Uruapan in JanuaryMexico · 48 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Zamora de Hidalgo in JanuaryMexico · 100 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 9.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas in JanuaryMexico · 126 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Ciudad Guzmán in JanuaryMexico · 135 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Morelia in JanuaryMexico · 141 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 8.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Colima in JanuaryMexico · 143 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 22 mm rain
- La Piedad de Cabadas in JanuaryMexico · 144 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 9.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez in JanuaryMexico · 146 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 22 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 Apatzingán) is explained once on the Apatzingán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.