San Felipe weather in January

In January, San Felipe sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 8 mm of rain across 1.6 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 hours at the start of January to 10 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is San Felipe's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Felipe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
12th warmest
Overnight low
14°
1st coldest
Rainfall
8 mm
1.6 wet days
Daylight
10 h 12 min
6:43 AM – 4:54 PM
Cloud cover
30%
10th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
3.88 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.9
out of 10

San Felipe is municipal seat of San Felipe, State of Baja California, Mexico.

Founded
1916

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 19°C through the month.

A typical January day in San Felipe reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 22°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 San Felipe

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.

San Felipe weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan19° / 14°81.610.27.9
Feb20° / 14°9210.97.9
Mar22° / 16°71.511.88.7
Apr25° / 19°30.712.79.2
May28° / 22°10.313.68.2
Jun32° / 26°00145.8
Jul34° / 29°10.313.83.9
Aug35° / 30°40.613.13.5
Sep33° / 28°131.212.24.5
Oct29° / 23°130.611.27.5
Nov23° / 18°6110.48.9
Dec19° / 14°101.8107.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%.

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

Any precipitation

San Felipe gets around 8 mm of rain over 1.6 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 5% and peaks near 7% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
14
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34
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54
64
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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 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1973
2973
3973
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5973
6964
7964
8964
9964
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Wind in January

Winds average 14 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 hours at the start of January to 10 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:42 AM to 6:38 AM, and sunset from 4:43 PM to 5:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.06:424:43
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410.06:434:45
510.16:434:46
610.16:434:47
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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 3.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.56 kWh/m² to a high of 8.41 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.88 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.7Moderate
23.7Moderate
33.7Moderate
43.7Moderate
53.7Moderate
63.7Moderate
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93.7Moderate
103.8Moderate
113.8Moderate
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214.0Bright
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314.3Bright
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit San Felipe?

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

7.9
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.3
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit San Felipe for general sightseeing.

What to pack for San Felipe in January

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

In January, San Felipe sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 14°C. Little to plan around — just the basics.

Sea temperature near San Felipe in January

The nearest coast averages about 16°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 31°C and coldest in January near 16°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Apr 5 to Dec 4 — about 8 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan16Cool
Feb16Cool
Mar18Cool
Apr21Refreshing
May24Refreshing
Jun26Warm
Jul29Tropical
Aug31Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct27Warm
Nov23Refreshing
Dec18Cool

UV index in San Felipe in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in San Felipe peaks around June 23 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 23UV 10Dec 18UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar5High
Apr8Very high
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is San Felipe?

San Felipe sits at 31.0°N, 114.8°W, 21 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Lázaro Cárdenas, 118 km away.

Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada

Topography around San Felipe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Felipe has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 307 m around an average of 29 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,256 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,027 m.

The land around San Felipe is covered by bare terrain (58%) and water (26%) within 3 km, bare terrain (56%) and water (42%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (40%), water (35%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
307 m
16 km
1,256 m
80 km
3,027 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Lázaro Cárdenas 118 km · Puerto Peñasco 128 km · Ciudad Guadalupe Victoria 143 km · San Luis Río Colorado 159 km · San Luis 163 km · Somerton 175 km · Puebla 178 km · Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada 182 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 Felipe (31.0253°, -114.8417°, elevation 21 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. 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).