Climate averages 1991–2020
Nogales weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Nogales: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 21 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tucson (102 km away). In January its highs average 17.6°C, 1.3°C warmer than Nogales, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Nogales ranks joint 149th of 153 for the warmest January highs and joint 128th of 153 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 153 cities is 22.4°C; Nogales is 6.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 37 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
Nogales climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 16.3°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 35 | 3.9 | 10.410 h |
| February | 17.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 37 | 4.5 | 11.111 h |
| March | 20.7°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 24 | 3.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.6°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 7.6 | 1.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 29.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 4.1 | 1.1 | 13.714 h |
| June | 34.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 9.5 | 2.4 | 14.114 h |
| July | 32.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 94 | 15.1 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 92 | 16.4 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 49 | 7.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.4°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 22 | 3.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.9°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 23 | 2.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | 15.8°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 37 | 4.6 | 10.210 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
- Tucson in JanuaryUnited States · 102 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 4.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Agua Prieta in JanuaryMexico · 133 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 2.3°C · 27 mm rain
- San Tan Valley in JanuaryUnited States · 216 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 4.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Chandler in JanuaryUnited States · 238 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 4.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Hermosillo in JanuaryMexico · 247 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 9.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Mesa in JanuaryUnited States · 249 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 4.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Tempe in JanuaryUnited States · 251 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Phoenix in JanuaryUnited States · 261 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 4.6°C · 32 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 Nogales) is explained once on the Nogales year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.