Escuinapa de Hidalgo weather in January

In January, Escuinapa de Hidalgo sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 19 mm of rain across 2 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 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Escuinapa de Hidalgo's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Escuinapa de Hidalgo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
12th warmest
Overnight low
14°
1st coldest
Rainfall
19 mm
2 wet days
Daylight
10 h 42 min
6:50 AM – 5:35 PM
Cloud cover
40%
6th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.2
out of 10

Escuinapa de Hidalgo is municipal seat of Escuinapa, State of Sinaloa, 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 28°C through the month.

A typical January day in Escuinapa de Hidalgo reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Escuinapa de Hidalgo

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 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
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Escuinapa de Hidalgo 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
Jan28° / 14°19210.87.2
Feb29° / 15°171.211.26.8
Mar30° / 15°40.611.86.2
Apr32° / 17°10.212.55.3
May33° / 20°20.313.14.4
Jun34° / 24°506.513.43.4
Jul33° / 25°18820.613.32.6
Aug32° / 25°24424.212.82.5
Sep32° / 24°22922.612.12.8
Oct32° / 23°889.611.54.2
Nov31° / 19°262.310.95.7
Dec29° / 15°152.110.66.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% 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 34%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Escuinapa de Hidalgo gets around 19 mm of rain over 2 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 7% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the humid band about 40% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
11534448
21534437
31535437
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61636416
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Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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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 6:48 AM to 6:48 AM, and sunset from 5:25 PM to 5:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.66:485:25
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.29 kWh/m² to a high of 7.65 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 4.51 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Escuinapa de Hidalgo

In seasonPeak

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

Escuinapa de Hidalgo sits in the eastern Pacific hurricane zone; the season peaks August–September.

Escuinapa de Hidalgo's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Pacific hurricane
Monsoon
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Is January a good time to visit Escuinapa de Hidalgo?

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

7.2
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.5
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Escuinapa de Hidalgo for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Escuinapa de Hidalgo in January

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

In January, Escuinapa de Hidalgo sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 14°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Escuinapa de Hidalgo in January

The nearest coast averages about 24°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 25 km away) is warmest in August at about 30°C and coldest in March near 23°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan24Warm
Feb23Refreshing
Mar23Refreshing
Apr24Refreshing
May26Warm
Jun28Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov28Warm
Dec25Warm

UV index in Escuinapa de Hidalgo in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Escuinapa de Hidalgo peaks around May 15 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 6 (high).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb9Very high
Mar11Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov6High
Dec6High
Location & terrain

Where is Escuinapa de Hidalgo?

Escuinapa de Hidalgo sits at 22.8°N, 105.8°W, 41 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is El Rosario, 19 km away.

Topography around Escuinapa de Hidalgo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Escuinapa de Hidalgo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m around an average of 28 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 915 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,746 m.

The land around Escuinapa de Hidalgo is covered by trees (37%) and cropland (28%) within 3 km, trees (49%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and water (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
147 m
16 km
915 m
80 km
2,746 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves
January weather nearby: El Rosario 19 km · Acaponeta 57 km · Pueblo Nuevo 74 km · Mazatlan 78 km · Tuxpan 111 km · El Salto 113 km · Santiago Ixcuintla 128 km · La Cruz 166 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 Escuinapa de Hidalgo (22.8347°, -105.7777°, elevation 41 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).