Tuzantla weather in January

In January, Tuzantla sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 10 mm of rain across 1 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% 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 Tuzantla's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tuzantla's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
8th warmest
Overnight low
12°
1st coldest
Rainfall
10 mm
1 wet days
Daylight
11 hours
7:23 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover
32%
3rd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.4
out of 10

Tuzantla is municipal seat of Tuzantla, State of Michoacán, 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 27°C through the month.

A typical January day in Tuzantla reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°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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How January really feels in Tuzantla

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.

Tuzantla weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 8th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 12°101118.4
Feb29° / 13°70.511.37.4
Mar31° / 14°80.611.96.1
Apr33° / 17°10.312.44.8
May33° / 18°294.612.94.2
Jun29° / 19°23520.313.14.1
Jul27° / 18°27225.3134.1
Aug27° / 17°31027.312.73.9
Sep26° / 17°32826.712.13.9
Oct27° / 16°12116.611.65.6
Nov28° / 14°193.811.17.7
Dec27° / 13°40.710.98.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17624
27624
37723
47723
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67822
77921
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Tuzantla gets around 10 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 4% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
12
22
32
42
52
62
73
83
93
103
113
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133
143
153
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274
284
294
304
314

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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1982
2982
3982
4982
5982
6982
7991
8991
9991
10991
11991
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13991
14991
15991
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18991
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20991
21991
22991
23991
24991
25982
26982
27982
28982
29982
30982
31982

Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
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217calm
227calm
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317calm

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 7:20 AM to 7:22 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.97:206:11
210.97:206:12
310.97:206:12
410.97:216:13
510.97:216:14
610.97:216:14
710.97:216:15
810.97:226:15
910.97:226:16
1010.97:226:17
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1410.97:236:19
1511.07:236:20
1611.07:236:20
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1811.07:236:22
1911.07:236:22
2011.07:236:23
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2711.17:226:27
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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 5.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.96 kWh/m² to a high of 7.56 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.15 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Tuzantla

In seasonPeak

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

Tuzantla's monsoon runs June–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 Tuzantla?

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

8.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.5
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Tuzantla in January

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

In January, Tuzantla sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 12°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Tuzantla 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 Tuzantla peaks around March 22 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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 highMar 22UV 13Dec 14UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Tuzantla 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 Tuzantla is worst in September — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.8× the cleanest month (March, 22 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorPoorModerateSep 1439 µg/m³Mar 1223 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb25Moderate
Mar22Moderate
Apr37Poor
May39Poor
Jun33Moderate
Jul38Poor
Aug37Poor
Sep40Poor
Oct35Poor
Nov36Poor
Dec34Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Tuzantla?

Tuzantla sits at 19.2°N, 100.6°W, 655 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Heróica Zitácuaro, 34 km away.

Topography around Tuzantla

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tuzantla has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 615 m around an average of 705 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,030 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,546 m.

The land around Tuzantla is covered by trees (59%) and shrubs (29%) within 3 km, shrubs (44%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) within 80 km.

3 km
615 m
16 km
1,030 m
80 km
3,546 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Heróica Zitácuaro 34 km · Valle de Bravo 46 km · Ciudad Hidalgo 54 km · Tejupilco de Hidalgo 55 km · Huetamo de Núñez 73 km · Maravatío de Ocampo 78 km · Zinapécuaro de Figueroa 78 km · San Antonio Acahualco 84 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 Tuzantla (19.2029°, -100.5668°, elevation 655 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).