Climate averages 1991–2020
La Paz, Mexico weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the 6th 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 La Paz, Mexico: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 8.1 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 49 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San José del Cabo (136 km away). In January its highs average 25.8°C, 2.4°C warmer than La Paz, Mexico, with 8.3 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, La Paz, Mexico ranks joint 54th of 153 for the warmest January highs and 12th of 153 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 153 cities is 22.4°C; La Paz, Mexico is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.1 mm to 6.9 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
La Paz, Mexico climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 23.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 8.1 | 1.4 | 10.811 h |
| February | 24.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 6.9 | 1.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 26.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 1.1 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 31.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| June | 33.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 13.614 h |
| July | 34.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 11 | 2.5 | 13.513 h |
| August | 34.4°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 27 | 6.2 | 13.013 h |
| September | 32.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 61 | 6.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 31.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 13 | 2.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.8°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 11 | 1.1 | 11.011 h |
| December | 23.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 9.6 | 1.1 | 10.711 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
- San José del Cabo in JanuaryMexico · 136 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Cabo San Lucas in JanuaryMexico · 145 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Los Mochis in JanuaryMexico · 226 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Guasave in JanuaryMexico · 244 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Guamúchil in JanuaryMexico · 269 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 12.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Culiacán in JanuaryMexico · 304 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 12.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Navojoa in JanuaryMexico · 337 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Ciudad Obregón in JanuaryMexico · 374 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 11 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 La Paz) is explained once on the La Paz, Mexico year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.