San Antonio Acahualco weather in January

In January, San Antonio Acahualco sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 27 mm of rain across 4.9 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°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 54 min at the start of January to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is San Antonio Acahualco's 3rd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Antonio Acahualco's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
27 mm
4.9 wet days
Daylight
11 hours
7:20 AM – 6:17 PM
Cloud cover
39%
3rd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.14 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

San Antonio Acahualco is town in Zinacantepec municipality, State of Mexico, 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 17°C through the month.

A typical January day in San Antonio Acahualco reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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San Antonio Acahualco 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 274.9116.5
Feb19° / 255.111.37.2
Mar20° / 296.611.97.3
Apr22° / 478.512.47.0
May22° / 11316.212.95.8
Jun21° / 20421.613.14.5
Jul19° / 25727.1133.7
Aug19° / 24226.312.73.7
Sep19° / 2042312.14.1
Oct19° / 9514.211.65.4
Nov19° / 356.411.16.7
Dec18° / 153.110.96.9

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 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17030
27129
37129
47129
57228
67228
77228
87228
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287030
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317129

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

San Antonio Acahualco gets around 27 mm of rain over 4.9 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 15% and peaks near 19% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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213
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413
513
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1114
1214
1314
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1716
1816
1916
2017
2117
2217
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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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Wind in January

Winds average 6 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 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 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:17 AM to 7:19 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 6:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.97:176:08
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310.97:176:09
410.97:176:10
510.97:186:10
610.97:186:11
710.97:186:11
810.97:196:12
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2611.17:206:23
2711.17:196:24
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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 5.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.96 kWh/m² to a high of 7.27 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.14 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for San Antonio Acahualco

In seasonPeak

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

San Antonio Acahualco's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
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Jul
Aug
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Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit San Antonio Acahualco?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
1.6
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit San Antonio Acahualco for sightseeing.

What to pack for San Antonio Acahualco in January

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

In January, San Antonio Acahualco sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in San Antonio Acahualco in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in San Antonio Acahualco peaks around March 23 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 23UV 14Dec 14UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun15Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in San Antonio Acahualco 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 San Antonio Acahualco is worst in December — around 79 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyDec 1078 µg/m³Apr 1353 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan67Unhealthy
Feb62Unhealthy
Mar55Poor
Apr52Poor
May57Unhealthy
Jun59Unhealthy
Jul69Unhealthy
Aug65Unhealthy
Sep70Unhealthy
Oct66Unhealthy
Nov77Unhealthy
Dec79Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is San Antonio Acahualco?

San Antonio Acahualco sits at 19.3°N, 99.8°W, 2,806 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is San Francisco Tlalcilalcalpan, 2.0 km away.

Topography around San Antonio Acahualco

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Antonio Acahualco has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 177 m around an average of 2,809 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,536 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,048 m.

The land around San Antonio Acahualco is covered by cropland (49%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 3 km, trees (31%), cropland (30%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) within 80 km.

3 km
177 m
16 km
1,536 m
80 km
4,048 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: San Francisco Tlalcilalcalpan 2.0 km · Zinacantepec 4.0 km · Santiago Tlacotepec 12 km · Toluca 13 km · San Pablo Autopan 15 km · San Jorge Pueblo Nuevo 15 km · San Francisco Cuaxusco 16 km · Metepec 18 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 San Antonio Acahualco (19.274°, -99.7717°, elevation 2,806 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).