Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román weather in January

In January, Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 24 mm of rain across 3.4 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-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 53% 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 Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román's 4th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
24 mm
3.4 wet days
Daylight
10 h 48 min
7:38 AM – 6:27 PM
Cloud cover
41%
4th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
4.95 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.6
out of 10

Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román is human settlement in Mexico.

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 20°C through the month.

A typical January day in Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román 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
Jan20° / 243.410.87.6
Feb22° / 182.211.38.4
Mar25° / 102.211.88.6
Apr28° / 10°92.312.57.7
May29° / 13°306.6136.2
Jun27° / 15°16916.913.35.2
Jul25° / 14°24122.713.24.9
Aug25° / 14°20721.712.75.1
Sep24° / 14°17418.812.15.5
Oct24° / 11°629.111.57.3
Nov23° / 183.1118.3
Dec21° / 142.610.77.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% 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 34%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román gets around 24 mm of rain over 3.4 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 11% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days.

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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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Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 7:36 AM to 7:37 AM, and sunset from 6:17 PM to 6:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.77:366:17
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310.77:366:18
410.77:366:19
510.77:376:20
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910.77:386:22
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2811.07:376:35
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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 4.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.71 kWh/m² to a high of 7.69 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 4.95 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 Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román

In seasonPeak

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

Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
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Feb
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Is January a good time to visit Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román?

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

7.6
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román in January

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

In January, Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román 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 Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román peaks around April 22 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 22UV 14Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román 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 Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román is worst in May — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 5.0× the cleanest month (January, 4 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMay 1820 µg/m³Jan 204 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan4Good
Feb5Good
Mar5Good
Apr9Good
May21Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul9Good
Aug9Good
Sep9Good
Oct6Good
Nov5Good
Dec5Good
Location & terrain

Where is Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román?

Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román sits at 21.8°N, 103.3°W, 1,674 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Calvillo, 61 km away.

Topography around Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m around an average of 1,702 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,025 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,214 m.

The land around Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román is covered by shrubs (38%) and cropland (26%) within 3 km, shrubs (49%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (54%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
99 m
16 km
1,025 m
80 km
2,214 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Calvillo 61 km · Nochistlán de Mejía 66 km · Villa Hidalgo 75 km · Teocaltiche 85 km · Jesús María 101 km · Jerez de García Salinas 102 km · Aguascalientes 106 km · Jalostotitlán 111 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 Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román (21.7813°, -103.3044°, elevation 1,674 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).