Navolato weather in January

In January, Navolato sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 13 mm of rain across 1.6 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% 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 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Navolato's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Navolato's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
12th warmest
Overnight low
14°
1st coldest
Rainfall
13 mm
1.6 wet days
Daylight
10 h 36 min
7:02 AM – 5:39 PM
Cloud cover
39%
8th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.39 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.4
out of 10

Navolato is municipal seat of Navolato, State of Sinaloa, Mexico.

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 26°C through the month.

A typical January day in Navolato reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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

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.

Navolato 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 14°131.610.68.4
Feb26° / 14°131.511.18.3
Mar28° / 15°20.411.88.0
Apr30° / 17°10.212.66.7
May32° / 20°10.213.25.5
Jun33° / 25°121.813.54.3
Jul34° / 26°9712.313.42.8
Aug34° / 26°14817.712.92.6
Sep33° / 26°15716.412.23.0
Oct33° / 23°384.211.44.4
Nov30° / 19°372.110.86.3
Dec26° / 15°161.610.58.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16634
26634
36634
46733
56733
66733
76733
86733
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106634
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126733
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Navolato gets around 13 mm of rain over 1.6 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 5% and peaks near 7% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 44% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13144232
23144232
33144242
43144242
53044242
63044242
73044232
83144232
93144232
103144232
113144232
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
178calm
188calm
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218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
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308calm
318calm

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 6:59 AM to 6:59 AM, and sunset from 5:29 PM to 5:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.56:595:29
210.57:005:29
310.57:005:30
410.57:005:30
510.57:005:31
610.57:015:32
710.57:015:32
810.57:015:33
910.57:015:34
1010.67:015:34
1110.67:015:35
1210.67:015:36
1310.67:015:36
1410.67:025:37
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2910.86:595:48
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3110.86:595:49

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.13 kWh/m² to a high of 7.85 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 4.39 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.3Bright
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34.3Bright
44.3Bright
54.3Bright
64.3Bright
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94.3Bright
104.3Bright
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304.7Bright
314.8Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Navolato

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

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

Is January a good time to visit Navolato?

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

8.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.8
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Navolato for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Navolato in January

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

In January, Navolato sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes.

light clothes

Sea temperature near Navolato 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 24 km away) is warmest in August at about 30°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
May25Warm
Jun28Warm
Jul29Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov26Warm
Dec23Refreshing

UV index in Navolato in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Navolato peaks around July 17 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 highHighJul 17UV 12Dec 22UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5High
Feb7Very high
Mar10Very high
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec5High
Location & terrain

Where is Navolato?

Navolato sits at 24.8°N, 107.7°W, 17 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Licenciado Benito Juárez, 20 km away.

Topography around Navolato

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Navolato has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,849 m.

The land around Navolato is covered by cropland (60%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, cropland (77%) within 16 km, and water (32%), trees (30%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
15 m
16 km
44 m
80 km
1,849 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves
January weather nearby: Licenciado Benito Juárez 20 km · Culiacán 31 km · Costa Rica 37 km · Guamúchil 86 km · Guasave 118 km · La Cruz 124 km · Gabriel Leyva Solano 137 km · Juan José Ríos 158 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 Navolato (24.7668°, -107.6977°, elevation 17 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).