Linares weather in January

In January, Linares sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 26 mm of rain across 5.2 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of January to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Linares's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Linares's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
12th warmest
Overnight low
10°
1st coldest
Rainfall
26 mm
5.2 wet days
Daylight
10 h 36 min
7:29 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover
49%
11th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
3.84 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.4
out of 10

Linares is municipal seat of Linares, State of Nuevo León, Mexico.

Founded
1712

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 21°C through the month.

A typical January day in Linares reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Linares

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.

Linares weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 10°265.210.67.4
Feb24° / 12°275.511.17.7
Mar27° / 15°436.511.87.1
Apr30° / 18°667.312.65.4
May33° / 21°658.613.24.0
Jun34° / 23°587.713.53.1
Jul35° / 23°585.413.42.8
Aug35° / 23°587.412.92.6
Sep32° / 21°16713.312.24.0
Oct29° / 18°757.911.46.3
Nov25° / 14°294.910.87.9
Dec22° / 11°254.210.57.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 43%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15941
25941
35941
45941
55842
65842
75842
85842
95743
105743
115743
125644
135743
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Linares gets around 26 mm of rain over 5.2 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 17% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
117
217
317
417
517
617
717
816
916
1016
1115
1215
1315
1415
1514
1614
1714
1814
1915
2015
2115
2216
2316
2417
2517
2618
2719
2819
2920
3021
3121

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 72% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
174197
274197
373207
474206
574206
674206
773207
873207
973207
1073207
1173207
1274206
1373216
1473216
1573216
1673216
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1872226
1972226
2071236
2171236
2271236
2370246
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2770246
2869247
2970237
3069238
3168239

Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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49calm
59calm
69calm
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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 48 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 7:27 AM to 7:26 AM, and sunset from 5:56 PM to 6:17 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.57:275:56
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310.57:285:57
410.57:285:58
510.57:285:58
610.57:285:59
710.57:286:00
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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 3.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.65 kWh/m² to a high of 6.77 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.84 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.7Moderate
23.7Moderate
33.7Moderate
43.7Moderate
53.7Moderate
63.7Moderate
73.7Moderate
83.7Moderate
93.8Moderate
103.8Moderate
113.8Moderate
123.8Moderate
133.8Moderate
143.8Moderate
153.9Moderate
163.9Moderate
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203.9Moderate
214.0Moderate
224.0Moderate
234.0Moderate
244.0Moderate
254.0Bright
264.0Bright
274.0Bright
284.1Bright
294.1Bright
304.1Bright
314.1Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Linares

In seasonPeak

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

Linares's rainy season is concentrated in September.

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

Is January a good time to visit Linares?

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

7.4
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Linares in January

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

In January, Linares sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Little to plan around — just the basics. About 5 days see rain.

UV index in Linares 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 Linares peaks around June 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 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 highHighJun 19UV 12Dec 18UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb8Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct9Very high
Nov6High
Dec5High

Air quality in Linares 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 Linares is worst in May — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (January, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMay 1816 µg/m³Jan 17 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb7Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr12Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct8Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Linares?

Linares sits at 24.9°N, 99.6°W, 357 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Montemorelos, 45 km away.

Topography around Linares

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Linares has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m around an average of 355 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 310 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,619 m.

The land around Linares is covered by trees (31%), artificial surfaces (30%) and shrubs (29%) within 3 km, shrubs (39%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and shrubs (44%) within 80 km.

3 km
100 m
16 km
310 m
80 km
3,619 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Montemorelos 45 km · Ciudad de Allende 65 km · Santiago 86 km · Cadereyta 91 km · Cadereyta Jiménez 92 km · Ciudad Benito Juárez 102 km · Jardines de la Silla 106 km · Guadalupe 115 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 Linares (24.858°, -99.5677°, elevation 357 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).