Yautepec weather in January

In January, Yautepec sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 11 mm of rain across 1.7 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% 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 Yautepec's 4th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yautepec's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
11 mm
1.7 wet days
Daylight
11 hours
7:16 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover
32%
4th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.3
out of 10

Yautepec is municipal seat of Yautepec, State of Morelos, 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 22°C through the month.

A typical January day in Yautepec reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Yautepec 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
Jan22° / 111.7118.3
Feb23° / 91.611.48.9
Mar25° / 11°112.711.98.5
Apr27° / 13°33712.47.3
May26° / 13°15918.212.95.6
Jun24° / 14°41626.913.14.1
Jul23° / 13°44829133.8
Aug23° / 13°50329.712.63.8
Sep23° / 13°5172812.13.8
Oct23° / 12°20418.411.65.5
Nov22° / 10°447.211.17.6
Dec22° / 71.210.98.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% 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 22%.

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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Yautepec gets around 11 mm of rain over 1.7 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 6% and peaks near 8% 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 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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 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 7:13 AM to 7:15 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:24 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 5.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.05 kWh/m² to a high of 7.09 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.19 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Yautepec

In seasonPeak

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

Yautepec'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 Yautepec?

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

8.3
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Yautepec for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Yautepec in January

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

In January, Yautepec sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Yautepec 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 Yautepec peaks around April 9 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 highApr 9UV 13Dec 14UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Yautepec 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 Yautepec is worst in November — around 103 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (April, 57 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyNov 21103 µg/m³Apr 957 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan79Unhealthy
Feb70Unhealthy
Mar58Unhealthy
Apr57Unhealthy
May78Unhealthy
Jun69Unhealthy
Jul69Unhealthy
Aug70Unhealthy
Sep82Unhealthy
Oct90Unhealthy
Nov103Unhealthy
Dec101Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Yautepec?

Yautepec sits at 18.9°N, 99.1°W, 1,225 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Jiutepec, 12 km away.

Topography around Yautepec

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yautepec has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 258 m around an average of 1,229 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,645 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,744 m.

The land around Yautepec is covered by shrubs (29%), cropland (24%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, shrubs (33%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) within 80 km.

3 km
258 m
16 km
1,645 m
80 km
4,744 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Jiutepec 12 km · Emiliano Zapata 13 km · Tres de Mayo 15 km · Cuautla 16 km · Temixco 17 km · Cuernavaca 18 km · Xochitepec 21 km · Yecapixtla 21 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 Yautepec (18.8819°, -99.0671°, elevation 1,225 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).