Climate averages 1991–2020
Chihuahua weather
in January.
A mild, very dry month: one of the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Chihuahua: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 32 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ciudad Delicias (78 km away). In January its highs average 19.4°C, 1.5°C warmer than Chihuahua, with 8.5 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Chihuahua ranks 141st of 153 for the warmest January highs and joint 36th of 153 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 153 cities is 22.4°C; Chihuahua is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 7.2 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
Chihuahua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 17.9°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 11 | 2.3 | 10.511 h |
| February | 20.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 7.2 | 1.4 | 11.211 h |
| March | 24.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 7.0 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 7.1 | 1.5 | 12.813 h |
| May | 31.7°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 13 | 2.8 | 13.614 h |
| June | 33.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 20 | 4.0 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 65 | 9.3 | 13.814 h |
| August | 29.8°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 65 | 9.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 57 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 21 | 3.4 | 11.512 h |
| November | 21.5°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 15 | 1.9 | 10.811 h |
| December | 17.9°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 8.6 | 1.8 | 10.410 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
- Ciudad Delicias in JanuaryMexico · 78 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 4.5°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Cuauhtémoc in JanuaryMexico · 80 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 0.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Hidalgo del Parral in JanuaryMexico · 194 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 3.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in JanuaryMexico · 345 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 13 mm rain
- El Paso in JanuaryUnited States · 349 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Navojoa in JanuaryMexico · 373 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Ciudad Obregón in JanuaryMexico · 399 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Guamúchil in JanuaryMexico · 404 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 12.0°C · 19 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 Chihuahua) is explained once on the Chihuahua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.