Salamanca weather in January

In January, Salamanca sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 10 mm of rain across 1.9 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% 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 Salamanca's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Salamanca's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 10 mm; 1.9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 7:28 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover: 39%; 5th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.6; out of 10

Salamanca is municipal seat of Salamanca, State of Guanajuato, Mexico.

Air quality: Moderate; PM10 38.5 µg/m³ · 2018
Founded: 1603

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 25°C through the month.

A typical January day in Salamanca reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 16°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.

	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)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

How January really feels in Salamanca

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.

Salamanca weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 8°	10	1.9	10.9	8.6
Feb	27° / 10°	12	2.1	11.3	8.2
Mar	29° / 12°	11	1.8	11.9	6.9
Apr	31° / 14°	9	2.2	12.5	5.3
May	32° / 16°	37	6.3	13	4.4
Jun	30° / 17°	135	14.7	13.2	4.4
Jul	28° / 16°	170	20.3	13.1	4.9
Aug	28° / 16°	146	18	12.7	5.2
Sep	27° / 15°	122	16	12.1	5.5
Oct	27° / 14°	39	6.9	11.5	7.0
Nov	26° / 11°	13	2.5	11	8.2
Dec	25° / 9°	4	1.1	10.8	8.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% 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 31%.

	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 (%)	65	66	67	67	68	69	69	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	70	69	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	69
Cloudier (%)	35	34	33	33	32	31	31	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	70	30
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	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	69	31
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Salamanca gets around 10 mm of rain over 1.9 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 7% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10

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

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 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

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 7:25 AM to 7:26 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:30 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)	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:25	7:25	7:25	7:26	7:26	7:26	7:26	7:27	7:27	7:27	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	7:27	7:27	7:27	7:27	7:27	7:27	7:26
Sunset (PM)	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	7:25	6:11
2	10.8	7:25	6:12
3	10.8	7:25	6:12
4	10.8	7:26	6:13
5	10.8	7:26	6:13
6	10.8	7:26	6:14
7	10.8	7:26	6:15
8	10.8	7:27	6:15
9	10.8	7:27	6:16
10	10.8	7:27	6:17
11	10.8	7:27	6:17
12	10.8	7:27	6:18
13	10.9	7:27	6:18
14	10.9	7:28	6:19
15	10.9	7:28	6:20
16	10.9	7:28	6:20
17	10.9	7:28	6:21
18	10.9	7:28	6:22
19	10.9	7:28	6:22
20	10.9	7:28	6:23
21	10.9	7:28	6:24
22	10.9	7:28	6:24
23	11.0	7:28	6:25
24	11.0	7:28	6:26
25	11.0	7:27	6:26
26	11.0	7:27	6:27
27	11.0	7:27	6:27
28	11.0	7:27	6:28
29	11.0	7:27	6:29
30	11.0	7:27	6:29
31	11.1	7:26	6:30

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.83 kWh/m² to a high of 7.47 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5 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)	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Salamanca

In seasonPeak

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

Salamanca'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 Salamanca?

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

8.6

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

7.5

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Salamanca in January

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

In January, Salamanca sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Salamanca 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 Salamanca peaks around June 14 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 7 (very high).

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)	8	10	13	13	13	14	12	13	11	10	8	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	7	Very high

Air quality in Salamanca 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 Salamanca is worst in May — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	24	23	20	24	27	18	21	18	19	17	21	26
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	24	Moderate
Feb	23	Moderate
Mar	20	Moderate
Apr	24	Moderate
May	27	Moderate
Jun	18	Moderate
Jul	21	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	17	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	26	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Salamanca?

Salamanca sits at 20.6°N, 101.2°W, 1,715 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Valle de Santiago, 20 km away.

Topography around Salamanca

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Salamanca has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m around an average of 1,714 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 483 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,431 m.

The land around Salamanca is covered by artificial surfaces (70%) within 3 km, cropland (65%) within 16 km, and cropland (36%) and shrubs (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

43 m

artificial surfaces 70%

16 km

483 m

cropland 65%

80 km

1,431 m

cropland 36%

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

January weather nearby: Valle de Santiago 20 km · Irapuato 20 km · Villagrán 22 km · Juventino Rosas 23 km · Jaral del Progreso 26 km · Cortazar 26 km · Abasolo 37 km · Celaya 40 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

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 Salamanca (20.5698°, -101.1977°, elevation 1,715 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	70	30
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	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	69	31
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	70	30
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	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	69	31
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	70	30
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	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	69	31
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

	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