Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 8th 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 Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 11 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Apatzingán (126 km away). In January its highs average 31.0°C, 1.2°C warmer than Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas ranks joint 4th of 153 for the warmest January highs and joint 91st of 153 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 153 cities is 22.4°C; Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas is 7.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 21 mm to 7.0 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
Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 21 | 1.2 | 11.211 h |
| February | 29.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 7.0 | 0.5 | 11.512 h |
| March | 29.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 8.2 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 0.5 | 0.0 | 12.513 h |
| May | 31.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 12 | 2.3 | 13.013 h |
| June | 30.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 168 | 15.5 | 13.213 h |
| July | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 184 | 18.5 | 13.113 h |
| August | 30.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 254 | 20.9 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 333 | 23.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 195 | 20.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 30.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 36 | 5.9 | 11.311 h |
| December | 29.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 11 | 1.8 | 11.111 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
- Apatzingán in JanuaryMexico · 126 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 16.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Uruapan in JanuaryMexico · 162 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Tecomán in JanuaryMexico · 206 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Colima in JanuaryMexico · 214 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez in JanuaryMexico · 218 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Morelia in JanuaryMexico · 221 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 8.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Zamora de Hidalgo in JanuaryMexico · 225 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 9.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Ciudad Guzmán in JanuaryMexico · 235 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 27 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 Lázaro Cárdenas) is explained once on the Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.