Nogales weather in January

In January, Nogales sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 35 mm of precipitation across 4 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 hours at the start of January to 10 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Nogales's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nogales's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 35 mm; 4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 12 min; 7:28 AM – 5:38 PM
Cloud cover: 36%; 8th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 3.83 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.2; out of 10

Nogales is municipal seat of Nogales, State of Sonora, Mexico.

Founded: 1841

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 16°C through the month.

A typical January day in Nogales reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

How January really feels in Nogales

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.

Nogales weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	16° / 3°	35	4	0.4	10.2	6.2
Feb	17° / 4°	37	4.5	0.5	10.9	6.6
Mar	20° / 6°	24	3.4	0.3	11.8	7.8
Apr	24° / 9°	8	1.6	0.2	12.7	8.8
May	29° / 13°	4	1.1	0	13.6	7.3
Jun	33° / 18°	10	2.4	0	14	4.2
Jul	32° / 20°	94	15.1	0	13.8	3.6
Aug	31° / 19°	92	16.4	0	13.1	4.1
Sep	30° / 17°	49	7.7	0	12.2	5.7
Oct	26° / 12°	22	3	0	11.2	8.3
Nov	21° / 7°	23	2.8	0	10.4	8.0
Dec	16° / 3°	36	4.6	0.5	10	6.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% 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 29%.

	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 (%)	70	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	71	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	73
Cloudier (%)	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	71	29
23	72	28
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Nogales gets around 35 mm of rain and snow over 4 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 13% and peaks near 15% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Snow chance (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

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 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.

	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)	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	9	9	9	9
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
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10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
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16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
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24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 hours at the start of January to 10 h 30 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 7:27 AM to 7:23 AM, and sunset from 5:27 PM to 5:51 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)	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:27	7:27	7:27	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:27	7:27	7:27	7:27	7:26	7:26	7:26	7:25	7:25	7:24	7:24	7:23	7:23
Sunset (PM)	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.0	7:27	5:27
2	10.0	7:27	5:27
3	10.0	7:27	5:28
4	10.0	7:28	5:29
5	10.0	7:28	5:30
6	10.0	7:28	5:30
7	10.0	7:28	5:31
8	10.1	7:28	5:32
9	10.1	7:28	5:33
10	10.1	7:28	5:33
11	10.1	7:28	5:34
12	10.1	7:28	5:35
13	10.1	7:28	5:36
14	10.1	7:28	5:37
15	10.2	7:28	5:37
16	10.2	7:28	5:38
17	10.2	7:28	5:39
18	10.2	7:28	5:40
19	10.2	7:27	5:41
20	10.2	7:27	5:42
21	10.3	7:27	5:42
22	10.3	7:27	5:43
23	10.3	7:26	5:44
24	10.3	7:26	5:45
25	10.3	7:26	5:46
26	10.4	7:25	5:47
27	10.4	7:25	5:48
28	10.4	7:24	5:49
29	10.4	7:24	5:49
30	10.4	7:23	5:50
31	10.5	7:23	5:51

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.52 kWh/m² to a high of 8.31 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 3.83 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)	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.6	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.6	Moderate
4	3.6	Moderate
5	3.6	Moderate
6	3.6	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.7	Moderate
9	3.7	Moderate
10	3.7	Moderate
11	3.7	Moderate
12	3.7	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.9	Moderate
18	3.9	Moderate
19	3.9	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	4.0	Moderate
22	4.0	Bright
23	4.0	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Nogales?

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

6.2

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

1.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Nogales for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nogales in January

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

In January, Nogales sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Nogales 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 Nogales peaks around June 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 4 (moderate).

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)	4	5	7	10	10	12	12	11	10	7	5	4
Level	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	7	High
Apr	10	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	5	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Nogales?

Nogales sits at 31.3°N, 110.9°W, 1,214 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Nogales, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Nogales

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nogales has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 231 m around an average of 1,263 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 710 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,297 m.

The land around Nogales is covered by artificial surfaces (62%) and shrubs (26%) within 3 km, shrubs (69%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (79%) within 80 km.

3 km

231 m

artificial surfaces 62%

16 km

710 m

shrubs 69%

80 km

2,297 m

shrubs 79%

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

January weather nearby: Nogales 4.0 km · Rio Rico 18 km · Green Valley 61 km · Sierra Vista 66 km · Cananea 71 km · Sahuarita 72 km · Magdalena de Kino 76 km · Vail 85 km

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Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Nogales (31.3086°, -110.9422°, elevation 1,214 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. 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	16	3
2	16	3
3	16	3
4	16	3
5	16	3
6	16	3
7	16	3
8	16	3
9	16	3
10	16	3
11	16	3
12	16	3
13	16	3
14	16	3
15	16	3
16	16	3
17	17	3
18	17	3
19	17	3
20	17	3
21	17	3
22	17	3
23	17	3
24	17	3
25	17	3
26	17	3
27	17	3
28	17	3
29	17	3
30	17	3
31	17	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	71	29
23	72	28
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	71	29
23	72	28
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	71	29
23	72	28
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

	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