Climate averages 1991–2020
Paraiso weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Paraiso: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 09 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cárdenas, Mexico (48 km away). In January its highs average 26.3°C, about as warm as Paraiso, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Paraiso ranks 22nd of 153 for the warmest January highs and joint 141st of 153 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 153 cities is 22.4°C; Paraiso is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 34 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
Paraiso climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 26.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 59 | 9.2 | 11.211 h |
| February | 28.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 34 | 6.7 | 11.512 h |
| March | 31.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 18 | 4.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 23 | 4.5 | 12.513 h |
| May | 34.4°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 50 | 8.4 | 13.013 h |
| June | 32.4°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 156 | 18.5 | 13.213 h |
| July | 32.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 103 | 15.7 | 13.113 h |
| August | 32.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 158 | 20.8 | 12.713 h |
| September | 30.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 244 | 25.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 213 | 19.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 27.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 115 | 13.9 | 11.311 h |
| December | 27.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 66 | 9.8 | 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
- Cárdenas, Mexico in JanuaryMexico · 48 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Villahermosa in JanuaryMexico · 55 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.7°C · 85 mm rain
- Coatzacoalcos in JanuaryMexico · 133 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Ciudad del Carmen in JanuaryMexico · 148 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Minatitlán in JanuaryMexico · 149 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 19.3°C · 70 mm rain
- Tuxtla in JanuaryMexico · 183 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 7.4 mm rain
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in JanuaryMexico · 196 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 9.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Comitán in JanuaryMexico · 266 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.4°C · 6.5 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 Paraiso) is explained once on the Paraiso year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.