El Salto weather in January

In January, El Salto sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 37 mm of precipitation across 4.2 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 36 min at the start of January to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is El Salto's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see El Salto's year-round climate.

Daytime high
15°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
37 mm
4.2 wet days
Daylight
10 h 42 min
7:50 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover
43%
6th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
4.79 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

El Salto is municipal seat of Pueblo Nuevo, State of Durango, 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 15°C through the month.

A typical January day in El Salto reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 19°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)
1151
2151
3151
4151
5151
6151
7151
8151
9151
10151
11151
12151
13151
14151
15151
16151
17151
18151
19151
20151
21151
22151
23151
24151
25161
26161
27161
28161
29161
30161
31161

How January really feels in El Salto

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
wind chill below the day's low

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

El Salto weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan15° / 374.20.510.75.6
Feb17° / 2830.311.26.6
Mar19° / 2030.211.87.6
Apr22° / 153.3012.57.9
May24° / 327.1013.17.7
Jun24° / 11°11715013.46.1
Jul23° / 11°21521.9013.34.9
Aug23° / 11°19321.8012.84.9
Sep22° / 10°16518.2012.15.3
Oct21° / 587.8011.47.1
Nov19° / 343.6010.97.4
Dec16° / 323.50.210.66.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 37%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16238
26238
36238
46238
56238
66238
76238
86238
96238
106238
116337
126337
136337
146337
156337
166337
176337
186436
196436
206436
216436
226436
236436
246436
256436
266436
276535
286436
296436
306436
316436

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

El Salto gets around 37 mm of rain and snow over 4.2 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 13% and peaks near 15% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

0%10%20%30%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1131
2131
3131
4131
5131
6131
7131
8132
9132
10122
11122
12122
13122
14122
15122
16122
17122
18122
19132
20132
21132
22142
23142
24142
25142
26152
27152
28152
29152
30151
31151

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 (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
168calm
178calm
188calm
198calm
208calm
218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 36 min at the start of January to 10 h 54 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 7:48 AM to 7:48 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 6:42 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.67:486:21
210.67:486:22
310.67:486:23
410.67:496:23
510.67:496:24
610.67:496:24
710.67:496:25
810.67:506:26
910.67:506:26
1010.67:506:27
1110.67:506:28
1210.67:506:28
1310.67:506:29
1410.77:506:30
1510.77:506:30
1610.77:506:31
1710.77:506:32
1810.77:506:33
1910.77:506:33
2010.77:506:34
2110.77:506:35
2210.87:506:35
2310.87:506:36
2410.87:506:37
2510.87:496:37
2610.87:496:38
2710.87:496:39
2810.87:496:40
2910.97:486:40
3010.97:486:41
3110.97:486:42

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.56 kWh/m² to a high of 7.71 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 4.79 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.6Bright
24.6Bright
34.6Bright
44.6Bright
54.6Bright
64.6Bright
74.7Bright
84.7Bright
94.7Bright
104.7Bright
114.7Bright
124.7Bright
134.7Bright
144.8Bright
154.8Bright
164.8Bright
174.8Bright
184.8Bright
194.9Bright
204.9Bright
214.9Bright
224.9Bright
235.0Bright
245.0Bright
255.0Bright
265.0Bright
275.1Bright
285.1Bright
295.1Bright
305.2Bright
315.2Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for El Salto

In seasonPeak

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

El Salto'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 El Salto?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
0.3
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit El Salto for sightseeing.

What to pack for El Salto in January

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

In January, El Salto sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 1°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in El Salto in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in El Salto peaks around May 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighMay 21UV 14Dec 21UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7High
Feb10Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun14Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov7Very high
Dec7High
Location & terrain

Where is El Salto?

El Salto sits at 23.8°N, 105.4°W, 2,520 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Pueblo Nuevo, 44 km away.

Topography around El Salto

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around El Salto has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 375 m around an average of 2,568 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,385 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,188 m.

The land around El Salto is covered by trees (61%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, trees (78%) within 16 km, and trees (83%) within 80 km.

3 km
375 m
16 km
1,385 m
80 km
3,188 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Pueblo Nuevo 44 km · Victoria de Durango 76 km · El Rosario 101 km · Escuinapa de Hidalgo 113 km · Mazatlan 124 km · Vicente Guerrero 140 km · Santiago Papasquiaro 141 km · Acaponeta 143 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 El Salto (23.7785°, -105.3604°, elevation 2,520 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).