Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Fe, United States weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Santa Fe, United States: daytime highs average 4.5°C and nights cool to about -6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 02 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Enchanted Hills (71 km away). In January its highs average 7.1°C, 2.6°C warmer than Santa Fe, United States, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Santa Fe, United States ranks joint 332nd of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 25th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Santa Fe, United States is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 6.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 22 mm to 19 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
Santa Fe, United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 4.5°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 22 | 4.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 6.7°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 19 | 5.0 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.2°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 25 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.8°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 23 | 4.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.2°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 21 | 4.7 | 14.014 h |
| June | 27.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 16 | 3.6 | 14.515 h |
| July | 27.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 35 | 8.0 | 14.314 h |
| August | 26.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 34 | 8.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 23.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 26 | 4.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 17.1°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 30 | 4.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 10.1°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 21 | 4.1 | 10.310 h |
| December | 4.7°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 25 | 4.6 | 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
- Enchanted Hills in JanuaryUnited States · 71 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -3.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Rio Rancho in JanuaryUnited States · 83 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -3.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Albuquerque in JanuaryUnited States · 93 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -2.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Pueblo in JanuaryUnited States · 309 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -7.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Colorado Springs in JanuaryUnited States · 364 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -9.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Amarillo in JanuaryUnited States · 376 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -1.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Las Cruces in JanuaryUnited States · 383 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 1.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Highlands Ranch in JanuaryUnited States · 438 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -10.5°C · 22 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 Santa Fe) is explained once on the Santa Fe, United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.