Sahuayo de Morelos weather in January

In January, Sahuayo de Morelos sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 21 mm of rain across 2.9 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 48 min at the start of January to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Sahuayo de Morelos's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sahuayo de Morelos's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
21 mm
2.9 wet days
Daylight
10 h 54 min
7:33 AM – 6:27 PM
Cloud cover
40%
5th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.96 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.5
out of 10

Sahuayo de Morelos is municipal seat of Sahuayo, State of Michoacán, 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 24°C through the month.

A typical January day in Sahuayo de Morelos reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 27°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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2249
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4249
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Sahuayo de Morelos weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 212.910.98.5
Feb26° / 10°142.111.38.3
Mar28° / 12°142.111.97.6
Apr30° / 13°72.212.46.0
May31° / 15°419.312.94.9
Jun28° / 17°14721.613.24.1
Jul27° / 16°16226.413.14.1
Aug27° / 16°15725.812.74.1
Sep26° / 16°15122.512.14.6
Oct27° / 14°6712.311.56.3
Nov26° / 11°213.8118.0
Dec24° / 102.110.88.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16634
26634
36733
46733
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66832
76931
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Sahuayo de Morelos gets around 21 mm of rain over 2.9 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 10% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
18
28
38
48
58
68
78
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109
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139
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1810
1910
2010
2111
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2411
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2612
2712
2813
2913
3013
3113

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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
21000
31000
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51000
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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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
25calm
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65calm
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115calm
125calm
135calm
145calm
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165calm
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185calm
195calm
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315calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 48 min at the start of January to 11 h 06 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 7:30 AM to 7:32 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 6:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.87:306:18
210.87:306:19
310.87:306:19
410.87:316:20
510.87:316:21
610.87:316:21
710.87:326:22
810.87:326:22
910.97:326:23
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1110.97:326:24
1210.97:326:25
1310.97:336:26
1410.97:336:26
1510.97:336:27
1610.97:336:27
1710.97:336:28
1810.97:336:29
1910.97:336:29
2010.97:336:30
2111.07:336:31
2211.07:336:31
2311.07:336:32
2411.07:336:32
2511.07:336:33
2611.07:336:34
2711.07:326:34
2811.07:326:35
2911.17:326:36
3011.17:326:36
3111.17:326:37

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.76 kWh/m² to a high of 7.41 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 4.96 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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134.9Bright
145.0Bright
155.0Bright
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185.0Bright
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205.0Bright
215.1Bright
225.1Bright
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265.2Bright
275.2Bright
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305.2Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Sahuayo de Morelos

In seasonPeak

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

Sahuayo de Morelos's rainy season runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is January a good time to visit Sahuayo de Morelos?

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

8.5
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.1
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Sahuayo de Morelos in January

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

In January, Sahuayo de Morelos sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Sahuayo de Morelos in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sahuayo de Morelos peaks around May 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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 highMay 15UV 13Dec 16UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Sahuayo de Morelos 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 Sahuayo de Morelos is worst in May — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (July, 15 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1032 µg/m³Jul 2015 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar21Moderate
Apr31Moderate
May32Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec25Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Sahuayo de Morelos?

Sahuayo de Morelos sits at 20.1°N, 102.7°W, 1,592 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Jiquilpan de Juárez, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Sahuayo de Morelos

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sahuayo de Morelos has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 241 m around an average of 1,552 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,002 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,261 m.

The land around Sahuayo de Morelos is covered by cropland (37%) and artificial surfaces (33%) within 3 km, cropland (29%), trees (20%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (39%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
241 m
16 km
1,002 m
80 km
3,261 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Jiquilpan de Juárez 7.0 km · Jamay 26 km · La Barca 32 km · Ocotlán 33 km · Jacona de Plancarte 44 km · Zamora de Hidalgo 46 km · Yurécuaro 55 km · Chapala 56 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 Sahuayo de Morelos (20.057°, -102.7164°, elevation 1,592 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).