Victoria de Durango weather in January

In January, Victoria de Durango sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 16 mm of precipitation across 2.2 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of January to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Victoria de Durango's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Victoria de Durango's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
16 mm
2.2 wet days
Daylight
10 h 42 min
7:48 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover
40%
7th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.6
out of 10

Victoria de Durango is capital of the State of Durango, Mexico.

Density
4,396/km²
people per km²
Founded
1563

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 19°C through the month.

A typical January day in Victoria de Durango reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°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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Victoria de Durango weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan19° / 162.210.77.6
Feb21° / 111.811.28.2
Mar24° / 91.611.88.7
Apr27° / 61.112.58.2
May29° / 12°143.213.17.0
Jun28° / 15°519.613.56.1
Jul26° / 15°10617.413.35.7
Aug25° / 14°10017.112.85.7
Sep24° / 13°11615.912.16.0
Oct24° / 10°375.611.48.0
Nov22° / 131.810.88.5
Dec20° / 101.910.57.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% 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 33%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16634
26634
36634
46634
56733
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Victoria de Durango gets around 16 mm of rain and snow over 2.2 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 8% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
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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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Dry (%)
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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 30 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 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:46 AM to 7:45 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 6:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.57:466:18
210.57:466:19
310.67:466:19
410.67:466:20
510.67:476:20
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2310.87:476:33
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2610.87:476:35
2710.87:476:36
2810.87:466:36
2910.87:466:37
3010.97:466:38
3110.97:456:38

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.58 kWh/m² to a high of 7.84 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 4.8 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.6Bright
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305.2Bright
315.2Bright
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Victoria de Durango?

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

7.6
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
3.5
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Victoria de Durango for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Victoria de Durango in January

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

In January, Victoria de Durango sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Victoria de Durango in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Victoria de Durango peaks around May 22 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighMay 22UV 14Dec 20UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7High
Feb10Very high
Mar11Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun14Extreme
Jul14Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov7Very high
Dec6High
Location & terrain

Where is Victoria de Durango?

Victoria de Durango sits at 24.0°N, 104.7°W, 1,884 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Guadalupe Victoria, 72 km away.

Topography around Victoria de Durango

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Victoria de Durango has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 107 m around an average of 1,889 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 520 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,041 m.

The land around Victoria de Durango is covered by artificial surfaces (95%) within 3 km, grassland (32%) and shrubs (29%) within 16 km, and trees (35%) and shrubs (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
107 m
16 km
520 m
80 km
2,041 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Guadalupe Victoria 72 km · Vicente Guerrero 76 km · El Salto 76 km · Pueblo Nuevo 101 km · Sombrerete 112 km · Juan Aldama 132 km · Santiago Papasquiaro 137 km · Río Grande 166 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 Victoria de Durango (24.0203°, -104.6576°, elevation 1,884 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).