Climate averages 1991–2020
San Miguel de Allende weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the joint 2nd 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 Miguel de Allende: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 01 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Celaya (44 km away). In January its highs average 23.1°C, 1.1°C warmer than San Miguel de Allende, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, San Miguel de Allende ranks joint 73rd of 153 for the warmest January highs and joint 42nd of 153 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 153 cities is 22.4°C; San Miguel de Allende is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 13 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 Miguel de Allende 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°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 12 | 2.3 | 11.011 h |
| February | 24.2°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 13 | 2.0 | 11.411 h |
| March | 26.7°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 12 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.8°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 15 | 3.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 29.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 44 | 7.6 | 13.113 h |
| June | 26.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 103 | 12.1 | 13.413 h |
| July | 24.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 112 | 14.8 | 13.313 h |
| August | 25.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 101 | 12.5 | 12.813 h |
| September | 23.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 100 | 12.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 37 | 6.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 23.2°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 12 | 2.3 | 11.211 h |
| December | 22.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 4.4 | 1.0 | 10.911 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
- Celaya in JanuaryMexico · 44 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 8.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Santiago de Querétaro in JanuaryMexico · 52 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 8.2°C · 11 mm rain
- El Pueblito in JanuaryMexico · 52 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Guanajuato in JanuaryMexico · 55 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 8.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Salamanca, Mexico in JanuaryMexico · 61 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 8.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Irapuato in JanuaryMexico · 69 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 8.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Silao de la Victoria in JanuaryMexico · 71 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 9.0°C · 12 mm rain
- San Juan del Río in JanuaryMexico · 97 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 7.5°C · 13 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 Miguel de Allende) is explained once on the San Miguel de Allende year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.