Puente de Ixtla weather in January

In January, Puente de Ixtla sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 8 mm of rain across 1 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of January to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Puente de Ixtla's 4th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Puente de Ixtla's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
11th warmest
Overnight low
15°
1st coldest
Rainfall
8 mm
1 wet days
Daylight
11 hours
7:17 AM – 6:16 PM
Cloud cover
30%
4th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.26 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.2
out of 10

Puente de Ixtla is municipal seat of Puente de Ixtla, State of Morelos, 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 29°C through the month.

A typical January day in Puente de Ixtla reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Puente de Ixtla

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.

Puente de Ixtla weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 15°81117.2
Feb31° / 16°71.211.45.9
Mar33° / 18°71.711.94.4
Apr35° / 20°11312.43.0
May35° / 21°7011.612.92.7
Jun31° / 20°28623.513.12.9
Jul30° / 20°30324133.2
Aug30° / 20°34226.612.63.0
Sep29° / 19°34726.212.13.3
Oct30° / 18°1461611.64.5
Nov30° / 16°335.711.16.1
Dec29° / 15°51.110.97.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% 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 21%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17723
27723
37822
47822
57822
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Puente de Ixtla gets around 8 mm of rain over 1 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 4% and peaks near 5% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
13
23
33
43
53
63
73
83
94
104
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274
284
295
305
315

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 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1964
2964
3973
4973
5973
6973
7973
8973
9982
10982
11982
12982
13982
14982
15982
16982
17982
18982
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21982
22982
23973
24973
25973
26973
27973
28973
29973
30964
31964

Wind in January

Winds average 4 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
24calm
34calm
44calm
54calm
64calm
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314calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of January to 11 h 12 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 7:13 AM to 7:16 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:25 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.97:136:07
210.97:146:08
310.97:146:09
410.97:146:09
510.97:156:10
610.97:156:10
710.97:156:11
810.97:156:11
910.97:166:12
1010.97:166:13
1111.07:166:13
1211.07:166:14
1311.07:166:15
1411.07:176:15
1511.07:176:16
1611.07:176:16
1711.07:176:17
1811.07:176:18
1911.07:176:18
2011.07:176:19
2111.07:176:19
2211.17:176:20
2311.17:176:21
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2611.17:176:22
2711.17:176:23
2811.17:166:24
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3111.27:166:25

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.09 kWh/m² to a high of 7.46 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.26 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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305.5Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Puente de Ixtla

In seasonPeak

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

Puente de Ixtla's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is January a good time to visit Puente de Ixtla?

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

7.2
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.9
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Puente de Ixtla in January

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

In January, Puente de Ixtla sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 15°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Puente de Ixtla 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 Puente de Ixtla peaks around April 9 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 9UV 13Dec 14UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Puente de Ixtla 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 Puente de Ixtla is worst in November — around 103 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (April, 57 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyNov 21103 µg/m³Apr 957 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan79Unhealthy
Feb70Unhealthy
Mar58Unhealthy
Apr57Unhealthy
May78Unhealthy
Jun69Unhealthy
Jul69Unhealthy
Aug70Unhealthy
Sep82Unhealthy
Oct90Unhealthy
Nov103Unhealthy
Dec101Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Puente de Ixtla?

Puente de Ixtla sits at 18.6°N, 99.3°W, 900 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Xoxocotla, 11 km away.

Topography around Puente de Ixtla

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Puente de Ixtla has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 120 m around an average of 908 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,380 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,142 m.

The land around Puente de Ixtla is covered by trees (30%), grassland (22%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, shrubs (33%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and shrubs (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
120 m
16 km
1,380 m
80 km
4,142 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Xoxocotla 11 km · Zacatepec 14 km · Jojutla 15 km · Tlaquiltenango 16 km · Santa Rosa Treinta 17 km · Xochitepec 21 km · Temixco 28 km · Emiliano Zapata 29 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 Puente de Ixtla (18.6147°, -99.3181°, elevation 900 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).