Climate averages 1991–2020
Morelia weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 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 Morelia: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 05 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Heróica Zitácuaro (92 km away). In January its highs average 21.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Morelia, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Morelia ranks joint 73rd of 153 for the warmest January highs and joint 83rd of 153 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 153 cities is 22.4°C; Morelia is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 19 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
Morelia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 22.0°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 19 | 3.3 | 11.111 h |
| February | 24.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 19 | 2.9 | 11.511 h |
| March | 26.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 17 | 3.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.2°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 17 | 4.4 | 12.613 h |
| May | 27.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 56 | 11.5 | 13.113 h |
| June | 24.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 116 | 18.7 | 13.313 h |
| July | 23.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 126 | 22.9 | 13.213 h |
| August | 23.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 115 | 21.0 | 12.813 h |
| September | 22.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 115 | 18.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 22.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 55 | 10.0 | 11.712 h |
| November | 22.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 25 | 4.6 | 11.211 h |
| December | 22.2°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 12 | 2.3 | 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
- Heróica Zitácuaro in JanuaryMexico · 92 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 7.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Salamanca, Mexico in JanuaryMexico · 97 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 8.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Uruapan in JanuaryMexico · 97 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Celaya in JanuaryMexico · 99 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 8.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Irapuato in JanuaryMexico · 109 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 8.5°C · 10 mm rain
- La Piedad de Cabadas in JanuaryMexico · 113 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 9.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Zamora de Hidalgo in JanuaryMexico · 119 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 9.1°C · 19 mm rain
- El Pueblito in JanuaryMexico · 121 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 7.6°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 Morelia) is explained once on the Morelia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.