Ometepec weather in January

In January, Ometepec sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 7 mm of rain across 1.8 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ometepec's 3rd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ometepec's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
5th warmest
Overnight low
18°
1st coldest
Rainfall
7 mm
1.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 06 min
7:10 AM – 6:16 PM
Cloud cover
26%
3rd clearest
Wind
5 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.9
out of 10

Ometepec is municipal seat of Ometepec, State of Guerrero, 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 32°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ometepec reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Ometepec

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Ometepec weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 18°71.811.14.9
Feb33° / 19°40.811.44.4
Mar34° / 20°60.911.93.8
Apr35° / 21°61.212.43.1
May34° / 23°8912.312.82.7
Jun31° / 23°31725.6132.6
Jul31° / 22°27727.712.92.7
Aug31° / 22°34128.912.62.7
Sep30° / 22°36628.812.12.7
Oct30° / 21°23824.911.63.3
Nov31° / 20°619.511.24.7
Dec32° / 19°122.3115.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ometepec gets around 7 mm of rain over 1.8 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 6% and peaks near 7% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the humid band about 48% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 23% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
131951261
231952251
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442051241
552150241
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Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of January to 11 h 18 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 7:06 AM to 7:09 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.07:066:07
211.07:076:08
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511.07:076:10
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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 5.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.78 kWh/m² to a high of 7.1 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.18 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ometepec

In seasonPeak

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

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

Ometepec's monsoon runs June–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is January a good time to visit Ometepec?

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

4.9
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
8.0
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Ometepec for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ometepec in January

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

In January, Ometepec sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Ometepec in January

The nearest coast averages about 29°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 42 km away) is warmest in August at about 31°C and coldest in March near 28°C.

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

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb28Tropical
Mar28Tropical
Apr28Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug31Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov30Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Ometepec in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ometepec peaks around April 9 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeExtremeVery highApr 9UV 13Dec 13UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Ometepec 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 Ometepec is worst in May — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 6.0× the cleanest month (January, 8 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateGoodMay 1446 µg/m³Jan 148 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar19Moderate
Apr35Moderate
May48Poor
Jun17Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov9Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ometepec?

Ometepec sits at 16.7°N, 98.4°W, 334 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Pinotepa Nacional, 54 km away.

Topography around Ometepec

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ometepec has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 367 m around an average of 329 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,029 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,970 m.

The land around Ometepec is covered by grassland (52%) and trees (29%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and grassland (38%) within 16 km, and trees (60%) and water (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
367 m
16 km
1,029 m
80 km
2,970 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Pinotepa Nacional 54 km · Ayutla de los Libres 79 km · Tlapa de Comonfort 97 km · Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco 101 km · Chilapa de Álvarez 130 km · Ciudad de Huajuapan de León 141 km · Tixtla de Guerrero 143 km · Chilpancingo 151 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 Ometepec (16.6901°, -98.408°, elevation 334 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. 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).