Fortín de las Flores weather in January

In January, Fortín de las Flores sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 123 mm of rain across 15.8 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of January to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Fortín de las Flores's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fortín de las Flores's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 123 mm; 15.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 7:08 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 5th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.33 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.2; out of 10

Fortín de las Flores is municipal seat of Fortín, State of Veracruz, Mexico.

Founded: 1750

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month.

A typical January day in Fortín de las Flores reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°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)	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

Fortín de las Flores weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	19° / 9°	123	15.8	11	5.2
Feb	20° / 10°	114	13.6	11.4	5.6
Mar	22° / 12°	202	16.9	11.9	5.7
Apr	23° / 13°	265	17.8	12.4	5.7
May	24° / 15°	238	20.2	12.9	5.4
Jun	24° / 16°	236	21.2	13.1	5.0
Jul	24° / 15°	123	16.5	13	5.8
Aug	24° / 15°	130	18.6	12.6	5.6
Sep	23° / 16°	196	22.5	12.1	4.7
Oct	22° / 14°	177	19.5	11.6	5.1
Nov	20° / 12°	137	15.5	11.1	5.4
Dec	19° / 10°	101	13.8	10.9	5.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%.

	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 (%)	39	39	40	40	41	41	41	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	41	41	41	41	40	40	41	40	39	39
Cloudier (%)	61	61	60	60	59	59	59	58	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	58	59	59	59	59	60	60	59	60	61	61

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	43	57
21	42	58
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	40	60
30	39	61
31	39	61

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Fortín de las Flores gets around 123 mm of rain over 15.8 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 51% and peaks near 56% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	51	51	51	52	52	53	53	53	54	54	55	55	56	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	47
2	47
3	48
4	48
5	48
6	48
7	48
8	49
9	49
10	49
11	49
12	49
13	49
14	49
15	50
16	50
17	50
18	51
19	51
20	51
21	52
22	52
23	53
24	53
25	53
26	54
27	54
28	55
29	55
30	56
31	56

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 79% 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 (%)	78	78	78	79	79	80	80	81	81	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	83	82	82	81	80	79	79	78	77	76	75	75	74	73	73
Comfortable (%)	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	20	21	21	22	23	24	25	25	26	27	27

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	78	22
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	83	17
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	81	19
21	80	20
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	78	22
25	77	23
26	76	24
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	74	26
30	73	27
31	73	27

Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 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 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:05 AM to 7:07 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 6:16 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)	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:07	7:07	7:07
Sunset (PM)	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	7:05	5:58
2	10.9	7:05	5:58
3	10.9	7:05	5:59
4	10.9	7:06	5:59
5	10.9	7:06	6:00
6	10.9	7:06	6:00
7	10.9	7:07	6:01
8	10.9	7:07	6:02
9	10.9	7:07	6:02
10	10.9	7:07	6:03
11	10.9	7:07	6:03
12	10.9	7:08	6:04
13	11.0	7:08	6:05
14	11.0	7:08	6:05
15	11.0	7:08	6:06
16	11.0	7:08	6:07
17	11.0	7:08	6:07
18	11.0	7:08	6:08
19	11.0	7:08	6:08
20	11.0	7:08	6:09
21	11.0	7:08	6:10
22	11.0	7:08	6:10
23	11.0	7:08	6:11
24	11.1	7:08	6:11
25	11.1	7:08	6:12
26	11.1	7:08	6:13
27	11.1	7:08	6:13
28	11.1	7:08	6:14
29	11.1	7:07	6:14
30	11.1	7:07	6:15
31	11.1	7:07	6:16

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.31 kWh/m² to a high of 6.44 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 4.33 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)	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.3	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.4	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.6	Bright
31	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Fortín de las Flores?

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

5.2

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

2.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Fortín de las Flores for sightseeing.

What to pack for Fortín de las Flores in January

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

In January, Fortín de las Flores sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Pack rain gear. About 16 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Fortín de las Flores 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 Fortín de las Flores peaks around August 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (very high).

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)	8	10	11	13	7	12	12	13	11	10	8	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	7	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	7	Very high

Air quality in Fortín de las Flores 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 Fortín de las Flores is worst in May — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.3× the cleanest month (October, 21 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	24	28	32	38	48	31	30	24	25	21	22	25
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	24	Moderate
Feb	28	Moderate
Mar	32	Moderate
Apr	38	Poor
May	48	Poor
Jun	31	Moderate
Jul	30	Moderate
Aug	24	Moderate
Sep	25	Moderate
Oct	21	Moderate
Nov	22	Moderate
Dec	25	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Fortín de las Flores?

Fortín de las Flores sits at 18.9°N, 97.0°W, 1,048 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Córdoba, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Fortín de las Flores

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Fortín de las Flores.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fortín de las Flores has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 357 m around an average of 1,027 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,913 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,558 m.

The land around Fortín de las Flores is covered by trees (73%) within 3 km, trees (83%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) within 80 km.

3 km

357 m

trees 73%

16 km

1,913 m

trees 83%

80 km

5,558 m

trees 52%

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← December Fortín de las Flores year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Córdoba 8.0 km · Ixtaczoquitlán 9.0 km · Orizaba 12 km · Río Blanco 19 km · Coscomatepec de Bravo 19 km · Nogales 19 km · Ciudad Mendoza 22 km · Huatusco 27 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 Fortín de las Flores (18.9081°, -97°, elevation 1,048 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	19	10
2	19	10
3	19	10
4	18	9
5	18	9
6	18	9
7	18	9
8	18	9
9	18	9
10	18	9
11	18	9
12	18	9
13	18	9
14	18	9
15	18	9
16	18	9
17	18	9
18	18	9
19	18	9
20	19	9
21	19	9
22	19	9
23	19	9
24	19	10
25	19	10
26	19	10
27	19	10
28	19	10
29	19	10
30	19	10
31	19	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	43	57
21	42	58
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	40	60
30	39	61
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	47
2	47
3	48
4	48
5	48
6	48
7	48
8	49
9	49
10	49
11	49
12	49
13	49
14	49
15	50
16	50
17	50
18	51
19	51
20	51
21	52
22	52
23	53
24	53
25	53
26	54
27	54
28	55
29	55
30	56
31	56

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	78	22
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	83	17
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	81	19
21	80	20
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	78	22
25	77	23
26	76	24
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	74	26
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	43	57
21	42	58
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	40	60
30	39	61
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	47
2	47
3	48
4	48
5	48
6	48
7	48
8	49
9	49
10	49
11	49
12	49
13	49
14	49
15	50
16	50
17	50
18	51
19	51
20	51
21	52
22	52
23	53
24	53
25	53
26	54
27	54
28	55
29	55
30	56
31	56

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	78	22
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	83	17
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	81	19
21	80	20
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	78	22
25	77	23
26	76	24
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	74	26
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	43	57
21	42	58
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	40	60
30	39	61
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	47
2	47
3	48
4	48
5	48
6	48
7	48
8	49
9	49
10	49
11	49
12	49
13	49
14	49
15	50
16	50
17	50
18	51
19	51
20	51
21	52
22	52
23	53
24	53
25	53
26	54
27	54
28	55
29	55
30	56
31	56

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	78	22
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	83	17
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	81	19
21	80	20
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	78	22
25	77	23
26	76	24
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	74	26
30	73	27
31	73	27