Venustiano Carranza weather in January

In January, Venustiano Carranza sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 23 mm of rain across 5.3 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Venustiano Carranza's 3rd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Venustiano Carranza's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
11th warmest
Overnight low
18°
1st coldest
Rainfall
23 mm
5.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 06 min
6:46 AM – 5:53 PM
Cloud cover
27%
3rd clearest
Wind
4 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.1 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.1
out of 10

Venustiano Carranza is municipal seat of Venustiano Carranza, State of Chiapas, Mexico.

Founded
1560

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 26°C through the month.

A typical January day in Venustiano Carranza reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Venustiano Carranza weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 18°235.311.18.1
Feb28° / 19°113.411.57.8
Mar30° / 20°123.211.96.6
Apr31° / 21°367.912.45.1
May30° / 22°1352012.83.9
Jun28° / 21°28526.1133.5
Jul29° / 21°20223.112.93.9
Aug28° / 21°27626.512.53.6
Sep27° / 21°36728.512.13.5
Oct27° / 20°24523.911.64.4
Nov26° / 19°7212.211.26.5
Dec26° / 18°276.4117.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% 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 12%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Venustiano Carranza gets around 23 mm of rain over 5.3 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 17% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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2015
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the humid band about 65% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 6% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
12196910
2320689
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4321679
5421678
6422668
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9525637
10526627
11527626
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28226684
29326674
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Wind in January

Winds average 4 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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 11 hours at the start of January to 11 h 18 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 6:42 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 5:45 PM to 6:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 5.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.8 kWh/m² to a high of 6.77 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.1 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Venustiano Carranza

In seasonPeak

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

Venustiano Carranza's monsoon runs June–October, 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 Venustiano Carranza?

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

8.1
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Venustiano Carranza in January

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

In January, Venustiano Carranza sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 18°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Venustiano Carranza in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Venustiano Carranza peaks around April 11 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highApr 11UV 14Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun14Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Venustiano Carranza 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 Venustiano Carranza is worst in April — around 57 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.1× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateGoodApr 1955 µg/m³Dec 189 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb16Moderate
Mar33Moderate
Apr57Unhealthy
May45Poor
Jun19Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Venustiano Carranza?

Venustiano Carranza sits at 16.3°N, 92.6°W, 775 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Las Rosas, 21 km away.

Topography around Venustiano Carranza

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Venustiano Carranza has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 600 m around an average of 704 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,254 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,489 m.

The land around Venustiano Carranza is covered by grassland (43%), trees (24%) and shrubs (20%) within 3 km, grassland (48%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
600 m
16 km
1,254 m
80 km
2,489 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Las Rosas 21 km · Teopisca 25 km · San Cristóbal de las Casas 44 km · Comitán 47 km · Las Margaritas 62 km · Chiapas 63 km · Suchiapa 65 km · Tuxtla 75 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 Venustiano Carranza (16.3385°, -92.5632°, elevation 775 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).