Atlacomulco de Fabela weather in January

In January, Atlacomulco de Fabela sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 19 mm of rain across 3.6 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 48 min at the start of January to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Atlacomulco de Fabela's 4th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Atlacomulco de Fabela's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
19 mm
3.6 wet days
Daylight
10 h 54 min
7:21 AM – 6:17 PM
Cloud cover
41%
4th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.11 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.2
out of 10

Atlacomulco de Fabela is municipal seat of Atlacomulco, State of México, Mexico.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month.

A typical January day in Atlacomulco de Fabela reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1184
2184
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Atlacomulco de Fabela weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan18° / 193.610.97.2
Feb20° / 183.811.37.7
Mar22° / 184.411.98.0
Apr24° / 316.412.47.7
May24° / 10°8112.212.96.8
Jun22° / 11°18717.713.25.3
Jul21° / 10°23723.213.14.5
Aug21° / 10°21921.912.74.5
Sep20° / 10°19019.612.14.8
Oct20° / 8111.111.56.1
Nov19° / 285.111.17.2
Dec19° / 92.110.87.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 30%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16931
26931
37030
47030
57129
67129
77129
87129
97129
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127129
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Atlacomulco de Fabela gets around 19 mm of rain over 3.6 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 11% and peaks near 15% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
19
29
39
49
59
69
79
89
910
1010
1110
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1511
1611
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1812
1912
2012
2113
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2614
2714
2815
2915
3015
3115

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
207calm
217calm
227calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 48 min at the start of January to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:18 AM to 7:20 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.87:186:07
210.87:186:08
310.87:196:08
410.87:196:09
510.87:196:10
610.87:196:10
710.97:206:11
810.97:206:12
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1210.97:216:14
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1610.97:216:17
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1810.97:216:18
1911.07:216:18
2011.07:216:19
2111.07:216:20
2211.07:216:20
2311.07:216:21
2411.07:216:22
2511.07:216:22
2611.07:216:23
2711.07:216:23
2811.17:206:24
2911.17:206:25
3011.17:206:25
3111.17:206:26

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.95 kWh/m² to a high of 7.37 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.11 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Atlacomulco de Fabela

In seasonPeak

None of Atlacomulco de Fabela's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Atlacomulco de Fabela's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Atlacomulco de Fabela?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.2
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.6
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Atlacomulco de Fabela for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Atlacomulco de Fabela in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Atlacomulco de Fabela sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Atlacomulco de Fabela in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Atlacomulco de Fabela peaks around June 14 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highJun 14UV 14Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun15Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Atlacomulco de Fabela in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Atlacomulco de Fabela is worst in December — around 79 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyDec 1078 µg/m³Apr 1353 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan67Unhealthy
Feb62Unhealthy
Mar55Poor
Apr52Poor
May57Unhealthy
Jun59Unhealthy
Jul69Unhealthy
Aug65Unhealthy
Sep70Unhealthy
Oct66Unhealthy
Nov77Unhealthy
Dec79Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Atlacomulco de Fabela?

Atlacomulco de Fabela sits at 19.8°N, 99.9°W, 2,576 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is San Pablo Autopan, 54 km away.

Topography around Atlacomulco de Fabela

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Atlacomulco de Fabela.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Atlacomulco de Fabela has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 463 m around an average of 2,579 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,489 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,624 m.

The land around Atlacomulco de Fabela is covered by artificial surfaces (34%), cropland (25%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, cropland (39%), trees (28%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (32%), cropland (27%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
463 m
16 km
1,489 m
80 km
3,624 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: San Pablo Autopan 54 km · San Andrés Cuexcontitlán 56 km · Tepeji del Río de Ocampo 57 km · Xonacatlán 57 km · San Francisco Tlalcilalcalpan 57 km · San José Guadalupe Otzacatipan 59 km · Zinacantepec 59 km · San Mateo Otzacatipan 59 km

Mexico travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 / 127 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 54% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$13,889
2025
Happiness
7.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
43%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
24.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 440
Religion
Catholic 78%no religion 11%other Evangelical Churches 8%Jehovah Witness 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Atlacomulco de Fabela (19.7992°, -99.875°, elevation 2,576 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).