Tepeaca weather in January

In January, Tepeaca sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 10 mm of rain across 1.9 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 Tepeaca's 3rd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tepeaca's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
10 mm
1.9 wet days
Daylight
11 hours
7:12 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover
31%
3rd clearest
Wind
9 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.29 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.4
out of 10

Tepeaca is municipal seat of Tepeaca, 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 Tepeaca reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°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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4227
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Tepeaca 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° / 101.9118.4
Feb24° / 91.911.48.8
Mar25° / 10°214.611.98.2
Apr26° / 12°459.612.46.9
May26° / 13°10217.312.95.7
Jun24° / 14°17920.413.15.1
Jul24° / 13°13518135.6
Aug24° / 13°15319.412.65.4
Sep23° / 13°18020.512.15.0
Oct24° / 12°7411.711.66.7
Nov23° / 20411.18.2
Dec23° / 61.310.98.7

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 23%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17723
27822
37822
47822
57822
67822
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Tepeaca gets around 10 mm of rain over 1.9 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 6% and peaks near 9% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
16
25
35
45
55
65
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105
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126
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186
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257
268
278
288
299
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 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
229calm
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319calm

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 7:08 AM to 7:11 AM, and sunset from 6:01 PM to 6:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.97:086:01
210.97:096:02
310.97:096:02
410.97:096:03
510.97:106:03
610.97:106:04
710.97:106:05
810.97:106:05
910.97:116:06
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1411.07:116:09
1511.07:126:09
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1911.07:126:12
2011.07:126:13
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2211.07:126:14
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2411.17:126:15
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2611.17:126:16
2711.17:116:17
2811.17:116:17
2911.17:116:18
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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 5.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.15 kWh/m² to a high of 7.18 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.29 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 Tepeaca

In seasonPeak

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

Tepeaca'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 Tepeaca?

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

8.4
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Tepeaca in January

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

In January, Tepeaca sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Tepeaca 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 Tepeaca peaks around April 11 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 11UV 14Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May10Very high
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Tepeaca 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 Tepeaca 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 Tepeaca?

Tepeaca sits at 19.0°N, 97.9°W, 2,244 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Los Reyes de Juárez, 10 km away.

Topography around Tepeaca

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tepeaca has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 308 m around an average of 2,244 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,014 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,590 m.

The land around Tepeaca is covered by cropland (36%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, cropland (37%), shrubs (22%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (31%), cropland (27%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
308 m
16 km
1,014 m
80 km
4,590 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Los Reyes de Juárez 10 km · Acatzingo 12 km · Tepatlaxco de Hidalgo 15 km · Acajete 17 km · Amozoc de Mota 18 km · Tecamachalco 20 km · Casa Blanca 25 km · Palmarito Tochapan 28 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 Tepeaca (18.9669°, -97.8998°, elevation 2,244 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).