Teotihuacan weather in January

In January, Teotihuacan sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 10 mm of rain across 2.5 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 48 min at the start of January to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Teotihuacan's 2nd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Teotihuacan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 10 mm; 2.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 7:17 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover: 36%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.22 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

Teotihuacan is municipal seat of Teotihuacán, State of México, Mexico.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical January day in Teotihuacan reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	5
2	19	5
3	19	5
4	19	5
5	19	5
6	19	5
7	19	5
8	19	5
9	19	5
10	19	5
11	19	5
12	19	5
13	19	5
14	19	5
15	19	5
16	19	5
17	20	5
18	20	5
19	20	5
20	20	5
21	20	5
22	20	5
23	20	6
24	20	6
25	20	6
26	20	6
27	20	6
28	20	6
29	20	6
30	20	6
31	20	6

Teotihuacan weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 5°	10	2.5	10.9	7.7
Feb	22° / 7°	11	2.6	11.3	8.2
Mar	24° / 8°	18	5	11.9	8.1
Apr	25° / 10°	36	7.7	12.4	7.5
May	25° / 11°	56	11.3	12.9	6.9
Jun	23° / 12°	127	16.4	13.2	5.7
Jul	22° / 11°	133	19.4	13.1	5.1
Aug	22° / 11°	137	20.2	12.7	5.0
Sep	21° / 11°	137	19.2	12.1	5.0
Oct	21° / 9°	63	10.6	11.5	6.3
Nov	21° / 7°	19	4	11.1	7.6
Dec	20° / 6°	7	1.5	10.8	8.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 26%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	70	71	71	71	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	75	75	75	75	75	75	76	76	76	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	74	74	73	72
Cloudier (%)	30	29	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	27	28

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	73	27
31	72	28

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Teotihuacan gets around 10 mm of rain over 2.5 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 8% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10

	Rain chance (%)
1	6
2	7
3	7
4	7
5	7
6	7
7	7
8	8
9	8
10	8
11	7
12	7
13	8
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	8
19	8
20	8
21	8
22	8
23	9
24	9
25	9
26	9
27	10
28	10
29	10
30	10
31	10

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 48 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 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:14 AM to 7:16 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 6:22 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16
Sunset (PM)	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	7:14	6:03
2	10.8	7:14	6:04
3	10.8	7:14	6:05
4	10.8	7:15	6:05
5	10.8	7:15	6:06
6	10.9	7:15	6:06
7	10.9	7:15	6:07
8	10.9	7:16	6:08
9	10.9	7:16	6:08
10	10.9	7:16	6:09
11	10.9	7:16	6:10
12	10.9	7:16	6:10
13	10.9	7:17	6:11
14	10.9	7:17	6:11
15	10.9	7:17	6:12
16	10.9	7:17	6:13
17	10.9	7:17	6:13
18	10.9	7:17	6:14
19	11.0	7:17	6:15
20	11.0	7:17	6:15
21	11.0	7:17	6:16
22	11.0	7:17	6:16
23	11.0	7:17	6:17
24	11.0	7:17	6:18
25	11.0	7:17	6:18
26	11.0	7:17	6:19
27	11.1	7:16	6:20
28	11.1	7:16	6:20
29	11.1	7:16	6:21
30	11.1	7:16	6:21
31	11.1	7:16	6:22

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.02 kWh/m² to a high of 7.14 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.22 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Teotihuacan

In seasonPeak

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

Teotihuacan's rainy season runs June–October, 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 Teotihuacan?

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

7.7

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

3.8

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Teotihuacan in January

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

In January, Teotihuacan sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Teotihuacan 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 Teotihuacan peaks around June 17 at about 14 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	9	11	14	14	11	15	12	14	11	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	15	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Teotihuacan 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 Teotihuacan is worst in December — around 179 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	149	141	126	113	134	126	135	127	136	137	174	179
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	149	Unhealthy
Feb	141	Unhealthy
Mar	126	Unhealthy
Apr	113	Unhealthy
May	134	Unhealthy
Jun	126	Unhealthy
Jul	135	Unhealthy
Aug	127	Unhealthy
Sep	136	Unhealthy
Oct	137	Unhealthy
Nov	174	Very unhealthy
Dec	179	Very unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Teotihuacan?

Teotihuacan sits at 19.7°N, 98.9°W, 0 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Teotihuacán de Arista, 0.0 km away.

Topography around Teotihuacan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Teotihuacan has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 327 m around an average of 2,303 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 823 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,977 m.

The land around Teotihuacan is covered by artificial surfaces (31%), shrubs (28%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, shrubs (35%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and cropland (30%) and trees (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

327 m

artificial surfaces 31%

16 km

823 m

shrubs 35%

80 km

3,977 m

cropland 30%

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← December Teotihuacan year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Teotihuacán de Arista 0.0 km · Tepexpan 11 km · Tecámac de Felipe Villanueva 12 km · Tecámac 12 km · San Martín Azcatepec 12 km · Tezoyuca 12 km · Santa María Ajoloapan 13 km · Chiconcuac 15 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

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 Teotihuacan (19.6886°, -98.8611°, elevation 0 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	5
2	19	5
3	19	5
4	19	5
5	19	5
6	19	5
7	19	5
8	19	5
9	19	5
10	19	5
11	19	5
12	19	5
13	19	5
14	19	5
15	19	5
16	19	5
17	20	5
18	20	5
19	20	5
20	20	5
21	20	5
22	20	5
23	20	6
24	20	6
25	20	6
26	20	6
27	20	6
28	20	6
29	20	6
30	20	6
31	20	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	73	27
31	72	28

	Rain chance (%)
1	6
2	7
3	7
4	7
5	7
6	7
7	7
8	8
9	8
10	8
11	7
12	7
13	8
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	8
19	8
20	8
21	8
22	8
23	9
24	9
25	9
26	9
27	10
28	10
29	10
30	10
31	10

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	5
2	19	5
3	19	5
4	19	5
5	19	5
6	19	5
7	19	5
8	19	5
9	19	5
10	19	5
11	19	5
12	19	5
13	19	5
14	19	5
15	19	5
16	19	5
17	20	5
18	20	5
19	20	5
20	20	5
21	20	5
22	20	5
23	20	6
24	20	6
25	20	6
26	20	6
27	20	6
28	20	6
29	20	6
30	20	6
31	20	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	73	27
31	72	28

	Rain chance (%)
1	6
2	7
3	7
4	7
5	7
6	7
7	7
8	8
9	8
10	8
11	7
12	7
13	8
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	8
19	8
20	8
21	8
22	8
23	9
24	9
25	9
26	9
27	10
28	10
29	10
30	10
31	10

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	5
2	19	5
3	19	5
4	19	5
5	19	5
6	19	5
7	19	5
8	19	5
9	19	5
10	19	5
11	19	5
12	19	5
13	19	5
14	19	5
15	19	5
16	19	5
17	20	5
18	20	5
19	20	5
20	20	5
21	20	5
22	20	5
23	20	6
24	20	6
25	20	6
26	20	6
27	20	6
28	20	6
29	20	6
30	20	6
31	20	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	73	27
31	72	28

	Rain chance (%)
1	6
2	7
3	7
4	7
5	7
6	7
7	7
8	8
9	8
10	8
11	7
12	7
13	8
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	8
19	8
20	8
21	8
22	8
23	9
24	9
25	9
26	9
27	10
28	10
29	10
30	10
31	10

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100