Climate averages 1991–2020
Cuernavaca weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd 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 Cuernavaca: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 08 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Temixco (9 km away). In January its highs average 25.6°C, 1.8°C warmer than Cuernavaca, with 5.5 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Cuernavaca ranks joint 47th 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; Cuernavaca is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 10 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
Cuernavaca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 23.8°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 11 | 1.6 | 11.111 h |
| February | 25.8°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 10 | 2.0 | 11.512 h |
| March | 28.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 13 | 3.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 32 | 6.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 28.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 139 | 16.7 | 13.013 h |
| June | 25.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 259 | 25.0 | 13.213 h |
| July | 24.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 202 | 26.4 | 13.213 h |
| August | 24.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 242 | 27.6 | 12.813 h |
| September | 23.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 271 | 26.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 116 | 16.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 24.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 28 | 6.1 | 11.311 h |
| December | 23.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 6.6 | 1.3 | 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
- Temixco in JanuaryMexico · 9 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Cuautla in JanuaryMexico · 32 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Xochimilco in JanuaryMexico · 39 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 7.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Coyoacán in JanuaryMexico · 47 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 6.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Delegación Cuajimalpa de Morelos in JanuaryMexico · 50 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 3.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Huixquilucan in JanuaryMexico · 50 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 4.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Miguel Hidalgo in JanuaryMexico · 57 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 6.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Ixtapaluca in JanuaryMexico · 57 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 8.5°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 Cuernavaca) is explained once on the Cuernavaca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.