San Juan de los Lagos weather in January

In January, San Juan de los Lagos sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 16 mm of rain across 2 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 23°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 42 min at the start of January to 11 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is San Juan de los Lagos's 5th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Juan de los Lagos's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
16 mm
2 wet days
Daylight
10 h 48 min
7:33 AM – 6:24 PM
Cloud cover
39%
5th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.01 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.5
out of 10

San Juan de los Lagos is municipal seat of San Juan, State of Jalisco, Mexico.

Density
56/km²
people per km²
Founded
1542

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 23°C through the month.

A typical January day in San Juan de los Lagos reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 26°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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4238
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San Juan de los Lagos 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
Jan23° / 16210.98.5
Feb25° / 10°101.611.38.6
Mar28° / 12°71.111.87.9
Apr30° / 14°50.912.56.2
May31° / 17°245.1135.1
Jun30° / 17°11513.813.34.8
Jul27° / 16°15319.813.25.2
Aug27° / 16°13718.212.75.4
Sep26° / 15°11115.212.15.7
Oct27° / 14°406.711.57.3
Nov25° / 11°102.2118.5
Dec24° / 71.110.78.7

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 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16436
26535
36535
46634
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76832
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

San Juan de los Lagos gets around 16 mm of rain over 2 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.

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2910
3010
3110

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 (%)
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Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
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119calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 42 min at the start of January to 11 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:31 AM to 7:32 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.77:316:14
210.77:316:15
310.77:316:15
410.77:326:16
510.77:326:17
610.87:326:17
710.87:326:18
810.87:336:19
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1810.97:346:25
1910.97:346:26
2010.97:346:26
2110.97:336:27
2210.97:336:28
2310.97:336:28
2410.97:336:29
2510.97:336:30
2611.07:336:30
2711.07:336:31
2811.07:336:32
2911.07:326:32
3011.07:326:33
3111.07:326:33

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.01 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.81 kWh/m² to a high of 7.7 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 5.01 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Hazard calendar for San Juan de los Lagos

In seasonPeak

None of San Juan de los Lagos'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 Juan de los Lagos'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 San Juan de los Lagos?

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

8.5
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
6.5
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for San Juan de los Lagos in January

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

In January, San Juan de los Lagos sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: light clothes, a warm layer and sun protection.

light clothesa warm layersun protection

UV index in San Juan de los Lagos in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 8 — 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 Juan de los Lagos peaks around May 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMay 14UV 14Dec 15UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun14Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in San Juan de los Lagos 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 Juan de los Lagos is worst in May — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1420 µg/m³Oct 1814 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan18Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec20Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is San Juan de los Lagos?

San Juan de los Lagos sits at 21.2°N, 102.3°W, 1,749 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Jalostotitlán, 16 km away.

Topography around San Juan de los Lagos

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of San Juan de los Lagos.

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Juan de los Lagos has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 175 m around an average of 1,767 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 356 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,615 m.

The land around San Juan de los Lagos is covered by artificial surfaces (31%), shrubs (24%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, shrubs (40%) and cropland (40%) within 16 km, and shrubs (42%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
175 m
16 km
356 m
80 km
1,615 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Jalostotitlán 16 km · San Miguel el Alto 25 km · Encarnación de Díaz 32 km · Teocaltiche 33 km · Lagos de Moreno 43 km · Purísima de Bustos 53 km · Villa Hidalgo 54 km · Nochistlán de Mejía 55 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 Juan de los Lagos (21.2489°, -102.3304°, elevation 1,749 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).