La Paz weather in January

In January, La Paz sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 8 mm of rain across 1.4 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in January, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of January to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is La Paz's 10th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see La Paz's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
12th warmest
Overnight low
18°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
8 mm
1.4 wet days
Daylight
10 h 42 min
7:11 AM – 5:50 PM
Cloud cover
39%
10th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.0
out of 10

La Paz is capital city of Baja California Sur, México.

Founded
1535

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 20°C through the month.

A typical January day in La Paz reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in La Paz

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.

La Paz 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
Jan20° / 18°81.410.78.0
Feb21° / 17°71.111.28.1
Mar22° / 18°10.411.88.7
Apr24° / 19°0012.59.0
May26° / 21°00.113.28.9
Jun28° / 23°20.513.58.1
Jul30° / 26°112.513.36.4
Aug30° / 27°286.312.85.4
Sep30° / 26°61612.15.9
Oct28° / 25°13211.47.6
Nov25° / 22°121.110.88.8
Dec22° / 19°101.110.58.2

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 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16832
26931
36931
46832
56832
66832
76832
86733
96634
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116634
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216634
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296931
306832
316832

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

La Paz gets around 8 mm of rain over 1.4 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 4% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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34
44
54
64
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94
104
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304
314

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the comfortable band about 49% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13653101
23653101
33554101
43553111
53553111
63553111
73553111
83553111
93653101
103752101
113752101
123851101
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14405091
15415090
16414990
17424990
18424890
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21444790
22444690
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24464590
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26464490
27474390
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31484391

Wind in January

Winds average 13 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
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514light breeze
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913light breeze
1013light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 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 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:08 AM to 7:08 AM, and sunset from 5:40 PM to 6:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.57:085:40
210.57:095:41
310.57:095:42
410.57:095:42
510.67:105:43
610.67:105:43
710.67:105:44
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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 4.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.2 kWh/m² to a high of 8.01 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 4.5 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.3Bright
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44.4Bright
54.4Bright
64.4Bright
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84.4Bright
94.4Bright
104.4Bright
114.4Bright
124.4Bright
134.5Bright
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204.6Bright
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for La Paz

In seasonPeak

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

La Paz sits in the eastern Pacific hurricane zone; the season peaks August–September.

Pacific hurricane
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit La Paz?

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

8.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for La Paz in January

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

In January, La Paz sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 18°C. Worth packing: sun protection.

sun protection

Sea temperature near La Paz in January

The nearest coast averages about 21°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 27 km away) is warmest in September at about 29°C and coldest in February near 21°C.

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

20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan21Refreshing
Feb21Refreshing
Mar21Refreshing
Apr22Refreshing
May23Refreshing
Jun25Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov26Warm
Dec23Refreshing

UV index in La Paz 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 La Paz peaks around May 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 5 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighMay 19UV 12Dec 22UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb7Very high
Mar10Very high
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov7High
Dec5High
Location & terrain

Where is La Paz?

La Paz sits at 24.1°N, 110.3°W, 33 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Todos Santos, 78 km away.

Los MochisJuan José RíosGabriel Leyva Solano

Topography around La Paz

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around La Paz has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 212 m around an average of 27 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 844 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,064 m.

The land around La Paz is covered by artificial surfaces (72%) within 3 km, shrubs (59%) and water (24%) within 16 km, and water (51%) and shrubs (43%) within 80 km.

3 km
212 m
16 km
844 m
80 km
2,064 m
treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Todos Santos 78 km · San José del Cabo 136 km · Colonia del Sol 142 km · Cabo San Lucas 145 km · Ciudad Constitución 169 km · Los Mochis 226 km · Juan José Ríos 234 km · Gabriel Leyva Solano 239 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 La Paz (24.1423°, -110.3132°, elevation 33 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).