Climate averages 1991–2020
Albuquerque weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Albuquerque: daytime highs average 8.2°C and nights cool to about -2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 05 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rio Rancho (17 km away). In January its highs average 7.4°C, 0.7°C cooler than Albuquerque, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Albuquerque ranks joint 274th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 8th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Albuquerque is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 11.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 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
Albuquerque climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 8.2°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 15 | 3.8 | 10.110 h |
| February | 11.6°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 13 | 3.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.7°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 15 | 3.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.3°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 12 | 2.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.6°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 12 | 2.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 32.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 7.9 | 1.8 | 14.514 h |
| July | 32.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 22 | 5.3 | 14.314 h |
| August | 31.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 18 | 4.4 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 22 | 3.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.2°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 22 | 3.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.9°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 15 | 3.1 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.0°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 18 | 3.7 | 9.810 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
- Rio Rancho in JanuaryUnited States · 17 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -3.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Enchanted Hills in JanuaryUnited States · 29 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -3.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Santa Fe, United States in JanuaryUnited States · 93 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -6.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Las Cruces in JanuaryUnited States · 308 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 1.1°C · 14 mm rain
- El Paso in JanuaryUnited States · 370 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in JanuaryMexico · 375 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Pueblo in JanuaryUnited States · 397 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -7.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Amarillo in JanuaryUnited States · 438 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -1.9°C · 20 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 Albuquerque) is explained once on the Albuquerque year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.