Zacatecas weather in January

In January, Zacatecas sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 16 mm of rain across 2.6 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-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 54% 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 Zacatecas's 4th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zacatecas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 16 mm; 2.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 7:37 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover: 41%; 4th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.88 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.5; out of 10

Zacatecas is city in Zacatecas Municipality, Zacatecas State, Mexico.

Density: 362/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1548

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

← December Zacatecas year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

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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 Zacatecas reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	5
2	19	5
3	19	5
4	19	5
5	19	5
6	19	5
7	19	5
8	19	5
9	19	5
10	19	5
11	19	5
12	19	5
13	19	5
14	19	5
15	19	5
16	19	5
17	19	5
18	19	5
19	19	5
20	19	5
21	19	5
22	19	5
23	19	5
24	19	5
25	19	6
26	19	6
27	19	6
28	19	6
29	19	6
30	20	6
31	20	6

Zacatecas weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	19° / 5°	16	2.6	10.8	7.5
Feb	21° / 7°	13	1.9	11.2	8.1
Mar	24° / 8°	8	1.9	11.8	8.6
Apr	26° / 11°	10	2.7	12.5	8.0
May	28° / 13°	31	5.7	13.1	7.3
Jun	27° / 14°	90	10.7	13.4	6.6
Jul	25° / 13°	124	12.6	13.3	6.6
Aug	25° / 13°	99	11.5	12.8	6.7
Sep	23° / 13°	107	12.6	12.1	6.4
Oct	23° / 10°	37	5.9	11.5	7.7
Nov	21° / 8°	15	2.5	10.9	8.1
Dec	20° / 6°	8	1.6	10.6	7.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% 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 36%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	65	65	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66
Cloudier (%)	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	66	34

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Zacatecas gets around 16 mm of rain over 2.6 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 8% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	7
4	7
5	8
6	8
7	8
8	8
9	8
10	8
11	8
12	8
13	8
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	8
19	8
20	8
21	8
22	9
23	9
24	9
25	9
26	10
27	10
28	10
29	10
30	11
31	11

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

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 7:35 AM to 7:35 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 6:32 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:35	7:35	7:35	7:36	7:36	7:36	7:36	7:36	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:36	7:36	7:36	7:36	7:35	7:35
Sunset (PM)	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.6	7:35	6:12
2	10.6	7:35	6:13
3	10.6	7:35	6:13
4	10.6	7:36	6:14
5	10.6	7:36	6:15
6	10.7	7:36	6:15
7	10.7	7:36	6:16
8	10.7	7:36	6:17
9	10.7	7:37	6:17
10	10.7	7:37	6:18
11	10.7	7:37	6:19
12	10.7	7:37	6:19
13	10.7	7:37	6:20
14	10.7	7:37	6:21
15	10.7	7:37	6:21
16	10.7	7:37	6:22
17	10.8	7:37	6:23
18	10.8	7:37	6:23
19	10.8	7:37	6:24
20	10.8	7:37	6:25
21	10.8	7:37	6:25
22	10.8	7:37	6:26
23	10.8	7:37	6:27
24	10.8	7:37	6:27
25	10.9	7:37	6:28
26	10.9	7:36	6:29
27	10.9	7:36	6:29
28	10.9	7:36	6:30
29	10.9	7:36	6:31
30	10.9	7:35	6:31
31	10.9	7:35	6:32

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.63 kWh/m² to a high of 7.74 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 4.88 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Zacatecas

In seasonPeak

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

Zacatecas's rainy season runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Zacatecas?

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

7.5

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

3.2

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Zacatecas in January

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

In January, Zacatecas sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Zacatecas 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 Zacatecas peaks around May 14 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 7 (high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	7	10	12	14	14	14	13	14	13	10	7	7
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	7	Very high
Feb	10	Very high
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	7	Very high
Dec	7	High

Location & terrain

Where is Zacatecas?

Zacatecas sits at 22.8°N, 102.6°W, 2,480 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Guadalupe, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Zacatecas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zacatecas has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 333 m around an average of 2,461 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 578 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,339 m.

The land around Zacatecas is covered by artificial surfaces (49%) and shrubs (43%) within 3 km, shrubs (40%) and cropland (40%) within 16 km, and shrubs (51%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

333 m

artificial surfaces 49%

16 km

578 m

shrubs 40%

80 km

1,339 m

shrubs 51%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← December Zacatecas year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Guadalupe 7.0 km · Víctor Rosales 24 km · Jerez de García Salinas 44 km · Fresnillo 54 km · Rincón de Romos 66 km · Pabellón de Arteaga 76 km · Loreto 82 km · San Francisco de los Romo 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

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 Zacatecas (22.7684°, -102.5814°, elevation 2,480 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	5
2	19	5
3	19	5
4	19	5
5	19	5
6	19	5
7	19	5
8	19	5
9	19	5
10	19	5
11	19	5
12	19	5
13	19	5
14	19	5
15	19	5
16	19	5
17	19	5
18	19	5
19	19	5
20	19	5
21	19	5
22	19	5
23	19	5
24	19	5
25	19	6
26	19	6
27	19	6
28	19	6
29	19	6
30	20	6
31	20	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	66	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	7
4	7
5	8
6	8
7	8
8	8
9	8
10	8
11	8
12	8
13	8
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	8
19	8
20	8
21	8
22	9
23	9
24	9
25	9
26	10
27	10
28	10
29	10
30	11
31	11

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	5
2	19	5
3	19	5
4	19	5
5	19	5
6	19	5
7	19	5
8	19	5
9	19	5
10	19	5
11	19	5
12	19	5
13	19	5
14	19	5
15	19	5
16	19	5
17	19	5
18	19	5
19	19	5
20	19	5
21	19	5
22	19	5
23	19	5
24	19	5
25	19	6
26	19	6
27	19	6
28	19	6
29	19	6
30	20	6
31	20	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	66	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	7
4	7
5	8
6	8
7	8
8	8
9	8
10	8
11	8
12	8
13	8
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	8
19	8
20	8
21	8
22	9
23	9
24	9
25	9
26	10
27	10
28	10
29	10
30	11
31	11

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	5
2	19	5
3	19	5
4	19	5
5	19	5
6	19	5
7	19	5
8	19	5
9	19	5
10	19	5
11	19	5
12	19	5
13	19	5
14	19	5
15	19	5
16	19	5
17	19	5
18	19	5
19	19	5
20	19	5
21	19	5
22	19	5
23	19	5
24	19	5
25	19	6
26	19	6
27	19	6
28	19	6
29	19	6
30	20	6
31	20	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	66	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	7
4	7
5	8
6	8
7	8
8	8
9	8
10	8
11	8
12	8
13	8
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	8
19	8
20	8
21	8
22	9
23	9
24	9
25	9
26	10
27	10
28	10
29	10
30	11
31	11

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100