Mexicali weather in January

In January, Mexicali sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 9 mm of rain across 1.7 wet days and about 10.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 54 min at the start of January to 10 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Mexicali's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mexicali's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 9 mm; 1.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 6:49 AM – 4:53 PM
Cloud cover: 34%; 11th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 3.61 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.4; out of 10

Mexicali is capital of the State of Baja California, Mexico.

Air quality: High; PM2.5 25.5 µg/m³ · 2018
Density: 9,059/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1901

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

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical January day in Mexicali reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than 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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

How January really feels in Mexicali

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Mexicali weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 9°	9	1.7	10.1	8.4
Feb	24° / 10°	12	2	10.8	8.7
Mar	28° / 12°	8	1.1	11.8	7.9
Apr	31° / 15°	3	0.5	12.8	5.8
May	36° / 19°	1	0.2	13.7	3.1
Jun	40° / 23°	0	0	14.1	0.4
Jul	43° / 27°	5	1.5	13.9	0.0
Aug	42° / 28°	9	2.5	13.2	0.0
Sep	39° / 24°	9	1.4	12.2	0.8
Oct	33° / 18°	5	0.7	11.2	4.8
Nov	26° / 12°	4	0.6	10.3	8.6
Dec	21° / 8°	9	1.5	9.9	8.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 26%.

	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 (%)	72	71	72	72	72	72	72	72	73	74	74	75	75	75	75	76	76	76	76	76	75	75	75	75	76	76	76	75	75	75	76
Cloudier (%)	28	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	25	25	25	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	71	29
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	73	27
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	75	25
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	76	24
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	76	24

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Mexicali gets around 9 mm of rain over 1.7 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 5% and peaks near 6% 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 (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5

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

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.

	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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 54 min at the start of January to 10 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:48 AM to 6:43 AM, and sunset from 4:42 PM to 5:07 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)	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:43
Sunset (PM)	4:42	4:42	4:43	4:44	4:44	4:45	4:46	4:47	4:47	4:48	4:49	4:50	4:51	4:52	4:52	4:53	4:54	4:55	4:56	4:57	4:58	4:59	4:59	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.9	6:48	4:42
2	9.9	6:49	4:42
3	9.9	6:49	4:43
4	9.9	6:49	4:44
5	9.9	6:49	4:44
6	9.9	6:49	4:45
7	9.9	6:49	4:46
8	10.0	6:49	4:47
9	10.0	6:49	4:47
10	10.0	6:49	4:48
11	10.0	6:49	4:49
12	10.0	6:49	4:50
13	10.0	6:49	4:51
14	10.0	6:49	4:52
15	10.1	6:49	4:52
16	10.1	6:49	4:53
17	10.1	6:49	4:54
18	10.1	6:49	4:55
19	10.1	6:48	4:56
20	10.1	6:48	4:57
21	10.2	6:48	4:58
22	10.2	6:47	4:59
23	10.2	6:47	4:59
24	10.2	6:47	5:00
25	10.2	6:46	5:01
26	10.3	6:46	5:02
27	10.3	6:46	5:03
28	10.3	6:45	5:04
29	10.3	6:45	5:05
30	10.4	6:44	5:06
31	10.4	6:43	5:07

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.33 kWh/m² to a high of 8.52 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.61 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)	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.4	Moderate
2	3.4	Moderate
3	3.4	Moderate
4	3.4	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.5	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.5	Moderate
13	3.5	Moderate
14	3.6	Moderate
15	3.6	Moderate
16	3.6	Moderate
17	3.6	Moderate
18	3.7	Moderate
19	3.7	Moderate
20	3.7	Moderate
21	3.8	Moderate
22	3.8	Moderate
23	3.8	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	3.9	Moderate
27	4.0	Moderate
28	4.0	Moderate
29	4.0	Bright
30	4.0	Bright
31	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Mexicali?

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

8.4

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

5.7

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Mexicali in January

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

In January, Mexicali sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 9°C. Little to plan around — just the basics.

UV index in Mexicali in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mexicali peaks around June 21 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	5	5	8	8	11	10	10	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	8	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Mexicali 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 Mexicali is worst in June — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Mexicali's WHO annual average of 25.5 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	24	25	26	24	21	33	31	25	26	22	21	26
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	24	Moderate
Feb	25	Moderate
Mar	26	Moderate
Apr	24	Moderate
May	21	Moderate
Jun	33	Moderate
Jul	31	Moderate
Aug	25	Moderate
Sep	26	Moderate
Oct	22	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	26	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Mexicali?

Mexicali sits at 32.6°N, 115.5°W, 4 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Calexico, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Mexicali

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mexicali has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 125 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,923 m.

The land around Mexicali is covered by artificial surfaces (91%) within 3 km, cropland (40%), bare terrain (32%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (57%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

22 m

artificial surfaces 91%

16 km

125 m

cropland 40%

80 km

1,923 m

bare terrain 57%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: Calexico 7.0 km · Santa Isabel 11 km · Puebla 12 km · El Centro 21 km · Imperial 27 km · Brawley 40 km · Ciudad Guadalupe Victoria 50 km · San Luis 65 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 Mexicali (32.6278°, -115.4545°, elevation 4 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	21	8
2	21	8
3	21	8
4	21	8
5	21	8
6	21	8
7	21	8
8	21	8
9	21	8
10	21	9
11	22	9
12	22	9
13	22	9
14	22	9
15	22	9
16	22	9
17	22	9
18	22	9
19	22	9
20	22	9
21	22	9
22	22	9
23	22	9
24	23	9
25	23	9
26	23	9
27	23	9
28	23	9
29	23	9
30	23	9
31	23	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	71	29
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	73	27
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	75	25
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	76	24
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	76	24

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	71	29
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	73	27
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	75	25
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	76	24
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	76	24

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	71	29
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	73	27
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	75	25
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	76	24
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	76	24

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100