Climate averages 1991–2020
Oaxaca weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 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 Oaxaca: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tuxtepec (131 km away). In January its highs average 25.4°C, 1.1°C warmer than Oaxaca, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Oaxaca ranks 42nd of 153 for the warmest January highs and joint 1st of 153 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 153 cities is 22.4°C; Oaxaca is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.0 mm to 4.6 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
Oaxaca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 24.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 3.0 | 0.6 | 11.211 h |
| February | 26.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 4.6 | 1.1 | 11.612 h |
| March | 28.2°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 16 | 2.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 29 | 4.9 | 12.513 h |
| May | 28.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 73 | 9.3 | 12.913 h |
| June | 25.4°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 163 | 17.0 | 13.113 h |
| July | 24.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 104 | 13.9 | 13.013 h |
| August | 24.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 125 | 15.1 | 12.713 h |
| September | 24.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 160 | 17.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 71 | 8.7 | 11.812 h |
| November | 23.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 9.8 | 2.0 | 11.311 h |
| December | 24.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 3.5 | 0.7 | 11.111 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
- Tuxtepec in JanuaryMexico · 131 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Tehuacán in JanuaryMexico · 172 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Salina Cruz in JanuaryMexico · 191 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza in JanuaryMexico · 194 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Orizaba in JanuaryMexico · 203 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.5°C · 111 mm rain
- Córdoba, Mexico in JanuaryMexico · 204 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 123 mm rain
- Veracruz in JanuaryMexico · 244 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Minatitlán in JanuaryMexico · 253 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 19.3°C · 70 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 Oaxaca) is explained once on the Oaxaca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.