Guadalupe weather in January

In January, Guadalupe sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 16 mm of rain across 2.6 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 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% 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 Guadalupe's 4th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Guadalupe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
16 mm
2.6 wet days
Daylight
10 h 42 min
7:37 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover
41%
4th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
4.88 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.5
out of 10

Guadalupe is city in Zacatecas.

Founded
1555

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 19°C through the month.

A typical January day in Guadalupe reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Guadalupe 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
Jan19° / 162.610.87.5
Feb21° / 131.911.28.1
Mar24° / 81.911.88.6
Apr26° / 11°102.712.58.0
May28° / 13°315.713.17.3
Jun27° / 14°9010.713.46.6
Jul25° / 13°12412.613.36.6
Aug25° / 13°9911.512.86.7
Sep23° / 13°10712.612.16.4
Oct23° / 10°375.911.57.7
Nov21° / 152.510.98.1
Dec20° / 81.610.67.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16337
26337
36337
46337
56337
66337
76337
86337
96238
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136337
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Guadalupe gets around 16 mm of rain over 2.6 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 8% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
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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 7:34 AM to 7:35 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 6:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.67:346:12
210.67:356:13
310.67:356:13
410.67:356:14
510.67:366:14
610.77:366:15
710.77:366:16
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2010.87:376:24
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2910.97:356:31
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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 4.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.63 kWh/m² to a high of 7.74 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 4.88 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 Guadalupe

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Guadalupe?

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

7.5
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
3.2
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Guadalupe for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Guadalupe in January

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

In January, Guadalupe sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe peaks around May 14 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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 14UV 14Dec 19UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun14Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov7Very high
Dec7High
Location & terrain

Where is Guadalupe?

Guadalupe sits at 22.7°N, 102.5°W, 2,280 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Zacatecas, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Guadalupe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Guadalupe has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 467 m around an average of 2,328 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 620 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,337 m.

The land around Guadalupe is covered by artificial surfaces (55%) and shrubs (34%) within 3 km, shrubs (48%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and shrubs (51%) and cropland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
467 m
16 km
620 m
80 km
1,337 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Zacatecas 7.0 km · Víctor Rosales 29 km · Jerez de García Salinas 50 km · Fresnillo 60 km · Rincón de Romos 61 km · Pabellón de Arteaga 71 km · Loreto 76 km · San Francisco de los Romo 79 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 Guadalupe (22.7468°, -102.5188°, elevation 2,280 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).