Climate averages 1991–2020
Xalapa de Enríquez weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Xalapa de Enríquez: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 06 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Teziutlan (56 km away). In January its highs average 16.0°C, 1.5°C cooler than Xalapa de Enríquez, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Xalapa de Enríquez ranks joint 144th 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; Xalapa de Enríquez is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 19.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 59 mm to 60 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
Xalapa de Enríquez climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 17.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 59 | 12.9 | 11.111 h |
| February | 19.0°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 60 | 11.6 | 11.511 h |
| March | 21.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 119 | 16.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 172 | 19.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 23.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 159 | 22.3 | 13.013 h |
| June | 22.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 193 | 23.7 | 13.313 h |
| July | 22.4°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 120 | 19.0 | 13.213 h |
| August | 22.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 143 | 22.0 | 12.813 h |
| September | 21.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 205 | 24.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 147 | 18.0 | 11.712 h |
| November | 19.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 80 | 13.2 | 11.211 h |
| December | 18.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 48 | 10.1 | 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
- Teziutlan in JanuaryMexico · 56 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 8.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Córdoba, Mexico in JanuaryMexico · 72 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 123 mm rain
- Orizaba in JanuaryMexico · 78 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.5°C · 111 mm rain
- Veracruz in JanuaryMexico · 90 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Poza Rica de Hidalgo in JanuaryMexico · 125 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Tehuacán in JanuaryMexico · 129 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Amozoc de Mota in JanuaryMexico · 130 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 5.6°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Tlaxcala in JanuaryMexico · 141 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 6.9°C · 12 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 Xalapa de Enríquez) is explained once on the Xalapa de Enríquez year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.