Silao de la Victoria weather in January

In January, Silao de la Victoria sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 12 mm of rain across 2.2 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 Silao de la Victoria's 4th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Silao de la Victoria's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
12 mm
2.2 wet days
Daylight
10 h 54 min
7:29 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
39%
4th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.01 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.4
out of 10

Silao de la Victoria is municipal seat of Silao, State of Guanajuato, Mexico.

Founded
1833

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 Silao de la Victoria 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 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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4228
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Silao de la Victoria 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° / 122.210.98.4
Feb25° / 10°111.611.38.6
Mar27° / 12°101.711.98.0
Apr30° / 14°102.212.56.3
May30° / 16°357135.3
Jun29° / 16°12114.313.25.1
Jul26° / 15°14818.213.15.4
Aug26° / 15°12916.712.75.6
Sep26° / 15°11414.512.15.9
Oct26° / 13°386.211.57.4
Nov25° / 10°102.2118.6
Dec23° / 51.210.88.6

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%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16535
26634
36634
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Silao de la Victoria gets around 12 mm of rain over 2.2 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 9% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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26
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278
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309
319

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 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 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
18calm
28calm
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118calm
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138calm
148calm
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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 7:26 AM to 7:28 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.77:266:11
210.87:276:12
310.87:276:12
410.87:276:13
510.87:286:14
610.87:286:14
710.87:286:15
810.87:286:16
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2010.97:296:23
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2511.07:296:27
2611.07:296:27
2711.07:296:28
2811.07:286:28
2911.07:286:29
3011.07:286:30
3111.07:286:30

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 4.83 kWh/m² to a high of 7.55 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.01 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
24.9Bright
34.9Bright
44.9Bright
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Silao de la Victoria

In seasonPeak

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

Silao de la Victoria'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 Silao de la Victoria?

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

8.4
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
6.2
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Silao de la Victoria in January

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

In January, Silao de la Victoria 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 Silao de la Victoria 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 Silao de la Victoria peaks around June 13 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 highJun 13UV 14Dec 15UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun14Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Silao de la Victoria 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 Silao de la Victoria 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 1521 µg/m³Oct 1614 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec20Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Silao de la Victoria?

Silao de la Victoria sits at 20.9°N, 101.4°W, 1,780 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Romita, 12 km away.

Topography around Silao de la Victoria

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Silao de la Victoria.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Silao de la Victoria has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m around an average of 1,780 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 831 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,277 m.

The land around Silao de la Victoria is covered by cropland (46%) and artificial surfaces (38%) within 3 km, cropland (44%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and shrubs (35%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
76 m
16 km
831 m
80 km
1,277 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Romita 12 km · Marfil 16 km · Guanajuato 19 km · Medina 31 km · Irapuato 31 km · León de los Aldama 33 km · La Ermita 39 km · Centro Familiar la Soledad 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
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 Silao de la Victoria (20.9436°, -101.427°, elevation 1,780 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).