Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciudad del Carmen weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Ciudad del Carmen: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 09 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Villahermosa (138 km away). In January its highs average 26.8°C, 1.2°C warmer than Ciudad del Carmen, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Ciudad del Carmen ranks joint 30th of 153 for the warmest January highs and 134th of 153 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 153 cities is 22.4°C; Ciudad del Carmen is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 27 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
Ciudad del Carmen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 25.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 44 | 7.6 | 11.111 h |
| February | 27.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 27 | 4.3 | 11.512 h |
| March | 28.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 17 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 18 | 3.6 | 12.613 h |
| May | 31.5°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 45 | 6.2 | 13.013 h |
| June | 30.6°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 173 | 16.6 | 13.213 h |
| July | 30.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 87 | 13.7 | 13.113 h |
| August | 30.2°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 151 | 18.3 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 226 | 24.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 208 | 19.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 26.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 101 | 12.1 | 11.311 h |
| December | 26.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 49 | 7.7 | 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
- Villahermosa in JanuaryMexico · 138 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.7°C · 85 mm rain
- Paraiso in JanuaryMexico · 148 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Mexico in JanuaryMexico · 178 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Campeche in JanuaryMexico · 191 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 16 mm rain
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in JanuaryMexico · 230 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 9.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Tuxtla in JanuaryMexico · 251 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Comitán in JanuaryMexico · 269 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.4°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Coatzacoalcos in JanuaryMexico · 281 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 93 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 Ciudad del Carmen) is explained once on the Ciudad del Carmen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.