Santiago Momoxpan weather in January

In January, Santiago Momoxpan sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 9 mm of rain across 1.4 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 22°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 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 Santiago Momoxpan's 3rd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santiago Momoxpan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
9 mm
1.4 wet days
Daylight
11 hours
7:13 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover
31%
3rd clearest
Wind
9 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.32 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.6
out of 10

Santiago Momoxpan is town in San Pedro Cholula Municipality, State of Puebla, 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 22°C through the month.

A typical January day in Santiago Momoxpan reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 25°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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Santiago Momoxpan 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
Jan22° / 91.4118.6
Feb24° / 10°81.611.48.9
Mar26° / 11°173.811.98.3
Apr27° / 13°367.912.47.1
May26° / 14°8916.112.95.9
Jun24° / 14°17420.213.15.2
Jul24° / 14°13918.3135.5
Aug24° / 14°15320.212.65.3
Sep23° / 14°1842112.15.0
Oct24° / 13°7311.711.66.7
Nov24° / 10°183.511.18.4
Dec23° / 51.110.98.8

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 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17723
27822
37822
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Santiago Momoxpan gets around 9 mm of rain over 1.4 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 (%)
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54
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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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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 9 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
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
209calm
219calm
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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 7:10 AM to 7:12 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 6:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.97:106:02
210.97:106:03
310.97:116:03
410.97:116:04
510.97:116:05
610.97:126:05
710.97:126:06
810.97:126:06
910.97:126:07
1010.97:136:08
1110.97:136:08
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1511.07:136:11
1611.07:136:11
1711.07:136:12
1811.07:136:13
1911.07:146:13
2011.07:146:14
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2211.07:136:15
2311.07:136:16
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2511.17:136:17
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2711.17:136:18
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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 5.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.17 kWh/m² to a high of 7.17 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.32 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 Santiago Momoxpan

In seasonPeak

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

Santiago Momoxpan's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is January a good time to visit Santiago Momoxpan?

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

8.6
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
6.0
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Santiago Momoxpan in January

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

In January, Santiago Momoxpan sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Santiago Momoxpan in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Santiago Momoxpan peaks around April 11 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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 highApr 11UV 15Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun14Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Santiago Momoxpan 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 Santiago Momoxpan is worst in November — around 83 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyNov 2283 µg/m³Mar 2153 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan64Unhealthy
Feb59Unhealthy
Mar53Poor
Apr54Poor
May73Unhealthy
Jun66Unhealthy
Jul65Unhealthy
Aug63Unhealthy
Sep72Unhealthy
Oct72Unhealthy
Nov83Unhealthy
Dec81Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Santiago Momoxpan?

Santiago Momoxpan sits at 19.1°N, 98.3°W, 2,142 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Cuautlancingo, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Santiago Momoxpan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santiago Momoxpan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m around an average of 2,137 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 510 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,428 m.

The land around Santiago Momoxpan is covered by artificial surfaces (76%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (42%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and cropland (32%), trees (26%) and shrubs (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
76 m
16 km
510 m
80 km
4,428 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Cuautlancingo 2.0 km · Sanctorum 3.0 km · San Andrés Cholula 4.0 km · Cholula 4.0 km · San Bernardino Tlaxcalancingo 5.0 km · Puebla 7.0 km · Villa Vicente Guerrero 12 km · Papalotla 12 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 Santiago Momoxpan (19.0736°, -98.2669°, elevation 2,142 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).