Ciudad Juárez weather in January

In January, Ciudad Juárez sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 13 mm of precipitation across 3 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 hours at the start of January to 10 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ciudad Juárez's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ciudad Juárez's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 1°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 13 mm; 3 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 7:11 AM – 5:19 PM
Cloud cover: 36%; 8th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 3.82 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; out of 10

Ciudad Juárez is municipal seat of Juárez, State of Chihuahua, Mexico.

Density: 4,709/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1659

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical January day in Ciudad Juárez reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 3°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	1
2	13	1
3	13	1
4	13	1
5	13	1
6	13	1
7	13	1
8	13	1
9	13	1
10	13	1
11	14	1
12	14	1
13	14	1
14	14	1
15	14	1
16	14	1
17	14	1
18	14	1
19	14	1
20	14	1
21	14	1
22	14	2
23	15	2
24	15	2
25	15	2
26	15	2
27	15	2
28	15	2
29	15	2
30	15	2
31	15	2

How January really feels in Ciudad Juárez

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Ciudad Juárez weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 1°	13	3	0.5	10.2	5.0
Feb	17° / 4°	12	2.6	0.1	10.8	6.8
Mar	22° / 7°	9	1.9	0	11.8	8.3
Apr	26° / 11°	4	1	0	12.8	8.6
May	31° / 16°	8	1.8	0	13.6	5.9
Jun	35° / 21°	10	2.2	0	14	3.2
Jul	34° / 22°	30	5.7	0	13.9	3.2
Aug	33° / 22°	24	5.3	0	13.2	3.9
Sep	31° / 18°	31	4.1	0	12.2	5.8
Oct	26° / 12°	18	3.5	0.1	11.2	8.2
Nov	19° / 6°	12	2.3	0.1	10.4	7.5
Dec	14° / 1°	18	3.6	0.6	10	4.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	65	66	66	67	67	68	68	69	69	70	70	70	71	71	71	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	73	73	73	73	73	74
Cloudier (%)	35	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	74	26

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Ciudad Juárez gets around 13 mm of rain and snow over 3 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 10% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Snow chance (%)	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	11	3
2	11	3
3	11	3
4	10	2
5	10	2
6	10	2
7	10	2
8	10	2
9	10	2
10	9	1
11	9	1
12	9	1
13	9	1
14	9	1
15	9	1
16	9	2
17	9	2
18	9	2
19	9	2
20	9	2
21	10	2
22	10	2
23	10	2
24	10	2
25	10	2
26	10	2
27	10	2
28	10	2
29	10	1
30	10	1
31	9	1

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 hours at the start of January to 10 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:10 AM to 7:06 AM, and sunset from 5:08 PM to 5:33 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:10	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:08	7:08	7:07	7:07	7:06	7:06
Sunset (PM)	5:08	5:09	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.0	7:10	5:08
2	10.0	7:10	5:09
3	10.0	7:11	5:09
4	10.0	7:11	5:10
5	10.0	7:11	5:11
6	10.0	7:11	5:11
7	10.0	7:11	5:12
8	10.0	7:11	5:13
9	10.0	7:11	5:14
10	10.1	7:11	5:14
11	10.1	7:11	5:15
12	10.1	7:11	5:16
13	10.1	7:11	5:17
14	10.1	7:11	5:18
15	10.1	7:11	5:19
16	10.1	7:11	5:19
17	10.2	7:11	5:20
18	10.2	7:11	5:21
19	10.2	7:10	5:22
20	10.2	7:10	5:23
21	10.2	7:10	5:24
22	10.2	7:10	5:25
23	10.3	7:09	5:25
24	10.3	7:09	5:26
25	10.3	7:09	5:27
26	10.3	7:08	5:28
27	10.4	7:08	5:29
28	10.4	7:07	5:30
29	10.4	7:07	5:31
30	10.4	7:06	5:32
31	10.4	7:06	5:33

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.45 kWh/m² to a high of 8.26 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.82 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.5	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.6	Moderate
4	3.6	Moderate
5	3.6	Moderate
6	3.6	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.7	Moderate
9	3.7	Moderate
10	3.7	Moderate
11	3.7	Moderate
12	3.7	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.9	Moderate
18	3.9	Moderate
19	3.9	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	4.0	Moderate
22	4.0	Moderate
23	4.0	Bright
24	4.0	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Ciudad Juárez?

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

5.0

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Ciudad Juárez for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ciudad Juárez in January

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

In January, Ciudad Juárez sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 1°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 3 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Ciudad Juárez in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ciudad Juárez peaks around June 22 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 4 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	5	6	8	11	11	12	12	12	10	7	5	4
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	11	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	5	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Ciudad Juárez 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 Ciudad Juárez is worst in December — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	15	15	13	14	12	13	12	11	13	13	15	16
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	13	Moderate
Apr	14	Moderate
May	12	Moderate
Jun	13	Moderate
Jul	12	Good
Aug	11	Good
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	16	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Ciudad Juárez?

Ciudad Juárez sits at 31.7°N, 106.5°W, 1,124 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is El Paso, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Ciudad Juárez

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ciudad Juárez.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ciudad Juárez has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m around an average of 1,140 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 867 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,570 m.

The land around Ciudad Juárez is covered by artificial surfaces (97%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (49%), bare terrain (25%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (42%) and shrubs (40%) within 80 km.

3 km

100 m

artificial surfaces 97%

16 km

867 m

artificial surfaces 49%

80 km

1,570 m

bare terrain 42%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← December Ciudad Juárez year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: El Paso 5.0 km · Sunland Park 14 km · Socorro 17 km · Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia 19 km · Horizon City 24 km · Las Cruces 72 km · Alamogordo 139 km · Nuevo Casas Grandes 200 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

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 Ciudad Juárez (31.7202°, -106.4608°, elevation 1,124 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	1
2	13	1
3	13	1
4	13	1
5	13	1
6	13	1
7	13	1
8	13	1
9	13	1
10	13	1
11	14	1
12	14	1
13	14	1
14	14	1
15	14	1
16	14	1
17	14	1
18	14	1
19	14	1
20	14	1
21	14	1
22	14	2
23	15	2
24	15	2
25	15	2
26	15	2
27	15	2
28	15	2
29	15	2
30	15	2
31	15	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	74	26

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	11	3
2	11	3
3	11	3
4	10	2
5	10	2
6	10	2
7	10	2
8	10	2
9	10	2
10	9	1
11	9	1
12	9	1
13	9	1
14	9	1
15	9	1
16	9	2
17	9	2
18	9	2
19	9	2
20	9	2
21	10	2
22	10	2
23	10	2
24	10	2
25	10	2
26	10	2
27	10	2
28	10	2
29	10	1
30	10	1
31	9	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	1
2	13	1
3	13	1
4	13	1
5	13	1
6	13	1
7	13	1
8	13	1
9	13	1
10	13	1
11	14	1
12	14	1
13	14	1
14	14	1
15	14	1
16	14	1
17	14	1
18	14	1
19	14	1
20	14	1
21	14	1
22	14	2
23	15	2
24	15	2
25	15	2
26	15	2
27	15	2
28	15	2
29	15	2
30	15	2
31	15	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	74	26

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	11	3
2	11	3
3	11	3
4	10	2
5	10	2
6	10	2
7	10	2
8	10	2
9	10	2
10	9	1
11	9	1
12	9	1
13	9	1
14	9	1
15	9	1
16	9	2
17	9	2
18	9	2
19	9	2
20	9	2
21	10	2
22	10	2
23	10	2
24	10	2
25	10	2
26	10	2
27	10	2
28	10	2
29	10	1
30	10	1
31	9	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	1
2	13	1
3	13	1
4	13	1
5	13	1
6	13	1
7	13	1
8	13	1
9	13	1
10	13	1
11	14	1
12	14	1
13	14	1
14	14	1
15	14	1
16	14	1
17	14	1
18	14	1
19	14	1
20	14	1
21	14	1
22	14	2
23	15	2
24	15	2
25	15	2
26	15	2
27	15	2
28	15	2
29	15	2
30	15	2
31	15	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	74	26

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	11	3
2	11	3
3	11	3
4	10	2
5	10	2
6	10	2
7	10	2
8	10	2
9	10	2
10	9	1
11	9	1
12	9	1
13	9	1
14	9	1
15	9	1
16	9	2
17	9	2
18	9	2
19	9	2
20	9	2
21	10	2
22	10	2
23	10	2
24	10	2
25	10	2
26	10	2
27	10	2
28	10	2
29	10	1
30	10	1
31	9	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100