Huatusco weather in January

In January, Huatusco sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 156 mm of rain across 17.2 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 Huatusco's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Huatusco's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 156 mm; 17.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 7:08 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 7th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.25 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.9; out of 10

Huatusco is municipal seat of Huatusco, State of Veracruz, Mexico.

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 18°C through the month.

A typical January day in Huatusco reaches about 18°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 1°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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	9
2	18	9
3	18	9
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	18	9
21	18	9
22	18	9
23	18	9
24	18	9
25	18	9
26	18	9
27	18	9
28	18	10
29	18	10
30	18	10
31	18	10

Huatusco weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	18° / 9°	156	17.2	11	4.9
Feb	19° / 10°	141	14.4	11.3	5.4
Mar	21° / 11°	218	17.9	11.9	5.4
Apr	23° / 13°	256	18.4	12.4	5.5
May	24° / 15°	205	20.4	12.9	5.3
Jun	23° / 15°	216	22.9	13.1	4.7
Jul	23° / 14°	117	17.4	13	5.6
Aug	23° / 15°	143	20.9	12.6	5.2
Sep	23° / 15°	226	24.4	12.1	4.3
Oct	22° / 14°	192	22.2	11.6	4.7
Nov	20° / 12°	161	17.3	11.1	5.1
Dec	19° / 10°	139	15.8	10.9	5.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 64%.

	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 (%)	36	36	36	38	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	33	33	33
Cloudier (%)	64	64	64	62	62	62	61	61	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	63	63	63	63	63	65	65	65	65	65	65	66	66	67	67	67

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Huatusco gets around 156 mm of rain over 17.2 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 56% and peaks near 57% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	54	54	54	55	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	55	55	55	55	55	56	56	57	57	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	54
3	54
4	55
5	55
6	55
7	55
8	56
9	56
10	56
11	56
12	56
13	56
14	56
15	56
16	56
17	56
18	56
19	56
20	56
21	56
22	55
23	55
24	55
25	55
26	55
27	56
28	56
29	57
30	57
31	57

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 82% 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 (%)	80	81	81	81	82	82	83	83	84	84	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	85	84	84	83	82	81	80	80	79	78	77	76	76
Comfortable (%)	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	17	18	19	20	20	21	22	23	24	24

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	80	20
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	85	15
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	83	17
23	82	18
24	81	19
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	79	21
28	78	22
29	77	23
30	76	24
31	76	24

Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
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29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	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 5:57 PM to 6:15 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	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	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	7:08	7:08	7:07	7:07
Sunset (PM)	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:15

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	7:05	5:57
2	10.9	7:05	5:58
3	10.9	7:06	5:58
4	10.9	7:06	5:59
5	10.9	7:06	5:59
6	10.9	7:07	6:00
7	10.9	7:07	6:00
8	10.9	7:07	6:01
9	10.9	7:07	6:02
10	10.9	7:07	6:02
11	10.9	7:08	6:03
12	10.9	7:08	6:04
13	10.9	7:08	6:04
14	10.9	7:08	6:05
15	11.0	7:08	6:05
16	11.0	7:08	6:06
17	11.0	7:08	6:07
18	11.0	7:08	6:07
19	11.0	7:08	6:08
20	11.0	7:08	6:09
21	11.0	7:08	6:09
22	11.0	7:08	6:10
23	11.0	7:08	6:10
24	11.0	7:08	6:11
25	11.1	7:08	6:12
26	11.1	7:08	6:12
27	11.1	7:08	6:13
28	11.1	7:08	6:13
29	11.1	7:08	6:14
30	11.1	7:07	6:15
31	11.1	7:07	6:15

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.24 kWh/m² to a high of 6.39 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 4.25 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)	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	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
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	4.2	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.2	Bright
9	4.2	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.5	Bright
31	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Huatusco?

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

4.9

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

1.7

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Huatusco for sightseeing.

What to pack for Huatusco in January

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

In January, Huatusco sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 9°C. Pack rain gear. About 17 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Huatusco 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 Huatusco peaks around August 15 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	8	12	12	13	12	10	8	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high

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

Air quality in Huatusco 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 Huatusco is worst in May — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.8× the cleanest month (October, 17 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)	19	21	25	34	47	30	30	24	21	17	18	20
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	19	Moderate
Feb	21	Moderate
Mar	25	Moderate
Apr	34	Moderate
May	47	Poor
Jun	30	Moderate
Jul	30	Moderate
Aug	24	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	17	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	20	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Huatusco?

Huatusco sits at 19.1°N, 97.0°W, 1,290 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Coscomatepec de Bravo, 12 km away.

Topography around Huatusco

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Huatusco has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 426 m around an average of 1,288 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,909 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,559 m.

The land around Huatusco is covered by trees (78%) within 3 km, trees (91%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

426 m

trees 78%

16 km

1,909 m

trees 91%

80 km

5,559 m

trees 55%

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← December Huatusco year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Coscomatepec de Bravo 12 km · Fortín de las Flores 27 km · Córdoba 30 km · Xico 31 km · Coatepec 34 km · Ixtaczoquitlán 34 km · Orizaba 36 km · Río Blanco 41 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 Huatusco (19.1488°, -96.9676°, elevation 1,290 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	18	9
2	18	9
3	18	9
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	18	9
21	18	9
22	18	9
23	18	9
24	18	9
25	18	9
26	18	9
27	18	9
28	18	10
29	18	10
30	18	10
31	18	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	54
3	54
4	55
5	55
6	55
7	55
8	56
9	56
10	56
11	56
12	56
13	56
14	56
15	56
16	56
17	56
18	56
19	56
20	56
21	56
22	55
23	55
24	55
25	55
26	55
27	56
28	56
29	57
30	57
31	57

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	80	20
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	85	15
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	83	17
23	82	18
24	81	19
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	79	21
28	78	22
29	77	23
30	76	24
31	76	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	9
2	18	9
3	18	9
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	18	9
21	18	9
22	18	9
23	18	9
24	18	9
25	18	9
26	18	9
27	18	9
28	18	10
29	18	10
30	18	10
31	18	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	54
3	54
4	55
5	55
6	55
7	55
8	56
9	56
10	56
11	56
12	56
13	56
14	56
15	56
16	56
17	56
18	56
19	56
20	56
21	56
22	55
23	55
24	55
25	55
26	55
27	56
28	56
29	57
30	57
31	57

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	80	20
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	85	15
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	83	17
23	82	18
24	81	19
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	79	21
28	78	22
29	77	23
30	76	24
31	76	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	9
2	18	9
3	18	9
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	18	9
21	18	9
22	18	9
23	18	9
24	18	9
25	18	9
26	18	9
27	18	9
28	18	10
29	18	10
30	18	10
31	18	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	54
3	54
4	55
5	55
6	55
7	55
8	56
9	56
10	56
11	56
12	56
13	56
14	56
15	56
16	56
17	56
18	56
19	56
20	56
21	56
22	55
23	55
24	55
25	55
26	55
27	56
28	56
29	57
30	57
31	57

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	80	20
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	85	15
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	83	17
23	82	18
24	81	19
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	79	21
28	78	22
29	77	23
30	76	24
31	76	24