Climate averages 1991–2020

Cuauhtémoc weather
in January.

A cool, very dry month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 14.3°C Daytime mean, January
Average low 0.7°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 12 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Cuauhtémoc · average highYear overview

January is a cool month in Cuauhtémoc: daytime highs average 14.3°C and nights cool to about 0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 33 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Chihuahua (80 km away). In January its highs average 17.9°C, 3.5°C warmer than Cuauhtémoc, with 11 mm of rain.

Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Cuauhtémoc ranks joint 152nd of 153 for the warmest January highs and joint 42nd of 153 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 153 cities is 22.4°C; Cuauhtémoc is 8.1°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 16.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 7.6 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Cuauhtémoc climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Cuauhtémoc, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 14.3°C0.7°C0.7°C122.510.611 h
February 16.4°C1.9°C1.9°C7.61.811.211 h
March 19.3°C4.0°C4.0°C7.71.812.012 h
April 22.9°C7.1°C7.1°C7.41.712.813 h
May 26.6°C10.7°C10.7°C112.313.514 h
June 28.6°C14.7°C14.7°C347.213.914 h
July 25.7°C14.9°C14.9°C11916.613.814 h
August 24.5°C14.4°C14.4°C10515.313.213 h
September 22.9°C12.9°C12.9°C7111.312.412 h
October 21.5°C9.1°C9.1°C204.111.512 h
November 18.0°C4.8°C4.8°C142.210.811 h
December 14.7°C1.2°C1.2°C102.310.410 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

Distance from Cuauhtémoc

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Cuauhtémoc) is explained once on the Cuauhtémoc year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.