Climate averages 1991–2020
San José del Cabo weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the 5th 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 San José del Cabo: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 8.3 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cabo San Lucas (28 km away). In January its highs average 24.8°C, 1.0°C cooler than San José del Cabo, with 7.7 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, San José del Cabo ranks joint 26th of 153 for the warmest January highs and 13th of 153 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 153 cities is 22.4°C; San José del Cabo is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.3 mm to 8.4 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
San José del Cabo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 25.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 8.3 | 1.3 | 10.911 h |
| February | 26.4°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 8.4 | 0.8 | 11.411 h |
| March | 27.8°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 31.2°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 13.213 h |
| June | 32.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 5.7 | 0.6 | 13.514 h |
| July | 33.1°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 21 | 3.7 | 13.413 h |
| August | 32.8°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 73 | 9.1 | 12.913 h |
| September | 31.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 140 | 10.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 31.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 25 | 3.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 29.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 18 | 1.8 | 11.111 h |
| December | 26.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 9.2 | 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
- Cabo San Lucas in JanuaryMexico · 28 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 7.7 mm rain
- La Paz, Mexico in JanuaryMexico · 136 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Culiacán in JanuaryMexico · 305 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 12.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Guasave in JanuaryMexico · 306 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Los Mochis in JanuaryMexico · 313 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Guamúchil in JanuaryMexico · 314 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 12.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Mazatlán in JanuaryMexico · 336 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Navojoa in JanuaryMexico · 447 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 14 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 San José del Cabo) is explained once on the San José del Cabo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.