Encarnación de Díaz weather in January

In January, Encarnación de Díaz sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 16 mm of rain across 2.3 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 42 min at the start of January to 11 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Encarnación de Díaz's 5th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Encarnación de Díaz's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
16 mm
2.3 wet days
Daylight
10 h 48 min
7:34 AM – 6:23 PM
Cloud cover
39%
5th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.3
out of 10

Encarnación de Díaz is municipal seat of Encarnación, State of Jalisco, 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 22°C through the month.

A typical January day in Encarnación de Díaz reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Encarnación de Díaz weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan22° / 162.310.88.3
Feb25° / 111.511.38.7
Mar27° / 11°71.111.88.1
Apr30° / 14°51.312.56.4
May31° / 16°265.1135.3
Jun29° / 17°11813.413.34.9
Jul27° / 16°15418.213.25.4
Aug27° / 16°13316.612.75.6
Sep26° / 15°11114.312.15.9
Oct26° / 14°406.411.57.4
Nov25° / 11°102118.6
Dec23° / 81.110.78.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% 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 31%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16436
26535
36634
46634
56733
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76832
86931
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316832

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Encarnación de Díaz gets around 16 mm of rain over 2.3 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 7% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days.

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3110

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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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 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 42 min at the start of January to 11 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:31 AM to 7:32 AM, and sunset from 6:13 PM to 6:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.77:316:13
210.77:316:14
310.77:316:15
410.77:326:15
510.77:326:16
610.77:326:16
710.77:326:17
810.77:336:18
910.87:336:18
1010.87:336:19
1110.87:336:20
1210.87:336:20
1310.87:336:21
1410.87:346:22
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1610.87:346:23
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1810.87:346:24
1910.97:346:25
2010.97:346:26
2110.97:346:26
2210.97:346:27
2310.97:336:27
2410.97:336:28
2510.97:336:29
2610.97:336:29
2711.07:336:30
2811.07:336:31
2911.07:326:31
3011.07:326:32
3111.07:326:33

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.79 kWh/m² to a high of 7.8 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 5 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 Encarnación de Díaz

In seasonPeak

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

Encarnación de Díaz's rainy season runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
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May
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Oct
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Dec

Is January a good time to visit Encarnación de Díaz?

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

8.3
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
6.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Encarnación de Díaz for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Encarnación de Díaz in January

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

In January, Encarnación de Díaz sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: light clothes, a warm layer and sun protection.

light clothesa warm layersun protection

UV index in Encarnación de Díaz in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Encarnación de Díaz peaks around April 23 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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 highApr 23UV 14Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun14Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7High
Location & terrain

Where is Encarnación de Díaz?

Encarnación de Díaz sits at 21.5°N, 102.2°W, 1,809 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is San Juan de los Lagos, 32 km away.

Topography around Encarnación de Díaz

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Encarnación de Díaz has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 152 m around an average of 1,845 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 618 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,532 m.

The land around Encarnación de Díaz is covered by shrubs (35%), cropland (28%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, shrubs (56%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and shrubs (51%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
152 m
16 km
618 m
80 km
1,532 m
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January weather nearby: San Juan de los Lagos 32 km · Teocaltiche 36 km · Lagos de Moreno 37 km · Villa Hidalgo 40 km · Aguascalientes 40 km · Jalostotitlán 46 km · Jesús María 50 km · San Miguel el Alto 58 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 Encarnación de Díaz (21.5263°, -102.2402°, elevation 1,809 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).