Todos Santos weather in January

In January, Todos Santos sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 6 mm of rain across 1 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 36 min at the start of January to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Todos Santos's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Todos Santos's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
12th warmest
Overnight low
15°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
6 mm
1 wet days
Daylight
10 h 42 min
7:09 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover
37%
8th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
4.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.9
out of 10

Todos Santos is town in La Paz Municipality, State of Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Founded
1734

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 24°C through the month.

A typical January day in Todos Santos reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Todos Santos

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Todos Santos weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 15°6110.78.9
Feb24° / 15°70.811.28.9
Mar24° / 15°20.411.89.0
Apr25° / 16°00.112.58.9
May26° / 17°00.113.18.9
Jun27° / 19°71.113.48.4
Jul30° / 23°366.513.35.9
Aug30° / 24°9013.312.84.7
Sep29° / 24°13613.912.14.9
Oct29° / 22°193.411.46.9
Nov27° / 19°121.610.98.2
Dec25° / 16°70.810.68.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%.

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

Any precipitation

Todos Santos gets around 6 mm of rain over 1 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 3% and peaks near 5% 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 80% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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278184
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680164
780164
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981154
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Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 36 min at the start of January to 10 h 54 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 7:07 AM to 7:07 AM, and sunset from 5:41 PM to 6:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.67:075:41
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310.67:075:43
410.67:085:43
510.67:085:44
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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 4.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.39 kWh/m² to a high of 7.91 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 4.65 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Todos Santos

In seasonPeak

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

Todos Santos sits in the eastern Pacific hurricane zone; the season peaks August–September.

Pacific hurricane
Jan
Feb
Mar
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May
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Is January a good time to visit Todos Santos?

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

8.9
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.5
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Todos Santos in January

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

In January, Todos Santos sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Todos Santos in January

The nearest coast averages about 23°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 13 km away) is warmest in September at about 28°C and coldest in April near 20°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan23Refreshing
Feb21Refreshing
Mar21Refreshing
Apr20Refreshing
May20Refreshing
Jun21Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug28Warm
Sep28Tropical
Oct28Tropical
Nov27Warm
Dec25Warm

UV index in Todos Santos in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Todos Santos peaks around May 18 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 6 (high).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb8Very high
Mar10Very high
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov7High
Dec6High
Location & terrain

Where is Todos Santos?

Todos Santos sits at 23.4°N, 110.2°W, 0 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Colonia del Sol, 67 km away.

Ciudad ConstituciónLos MochisJuan José RíosGabriel Leyva Solano

Topography around Todos Santos

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Todos Santos has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 184 m around an average of 50 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 600 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,063 m.

The land around Todos Santos is covered by shrubs (65%) within 3 km, shrubs (54%) and water (41%) within 16 km, and shrubs (55%) and water (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
184 m
16 km
600 m
80 km
2,063 m
treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Colonia del Sol 67 km · San José del Cabo 69 km · Cabo San Lucas 70 km · La Paz 78 km · Ciudad Constitución 229 km · Los Mochis 289 km · Juan José Ríos 293 km · Gabriel Leyva Solano 294 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 Todos Santos (23.4469°, -110.2231°, 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).