Climate averages 1991–2020
Campeche weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Campeche: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mérida (156 km away). In January its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Campeche, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Campeche ranks 10th of 153 for the warmest January highs and joint 68th of 153 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 153 cities is 22.4°C; Campeche is 6.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 12 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
Campeche climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 16 | 3.8 | 11.111 h |
| February | 30.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 12 | 2.7 | 11.511 h |
| March | 32.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 10 | 2.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 16 | 4.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 35.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 50 | 8.3 | 13.113 h |
| June | 33.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 151 | 17.6 | 13.313 h |
| July | 33.6°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 101 | 16.0 | 13.213 h |
| August | 33.2°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 126 | 18.7 | 12.813 h |
| September | 31.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 174 | 22.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 108 | 14.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 38 | 6.9 | 11.211 h |
| December | 28.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 22 | 3.7 | 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
- Mérida in JanuaryMexico · 156 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Kanasín in JanuaryMexico · 157 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Ciudad del Carmen in JanuaryMexico · 191 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Chetumal in JanuaryMexico · 275 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Paraiso in JanuaryMexico · 325 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Villahermosa in JanuaryMexico · 328 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.7°C · 85 mm rain
- Belmopan in JanuaryBelize · 342 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 68 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Mexico in JanuaryMexico · 364 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 81 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 Campeche) is explained once on the Campeche year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.