Zacatlán weather in January

In January, Zacatlán sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 64 mm of precipitation across 12.5 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 48 min at the start of January to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Zacatlán's 4th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zacatlán's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 64 mm; 12.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 7:14 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 4th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.05 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.1; out of 10

Zacatlán is municipal seat of Zacatlán, State of Puebla, Mexico.

Founded: 1562

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month.

A typical January day in Zacatlán reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 21°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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

Zacatlán weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	17° / 7°	64	12.5	10.9	5.1
Feb	19° / 8°	64	12	11.3	5.6
Mar	20° / 9°	97	16.5	11.9	5.5
Apr	22° / 11°	135	19.4	12.4	5.2
May	23° / 12°	139	20.8	12.9	5.2
Jun	22° / 13°	279	24.2	13.2	4.3
Jul	21° / 13°	269	29.5	13.1	3.6
Aug	21° / 13°	275	28.9	12.7	3.6
Sep	21° / 13°	319	26.7	12.1	3.8
Oct	20° / 11°	248	20.7	11.5	4.6
Nov	18° / 9°	118	15.3	11.1	5.1
Dec	17° / 7°	60	12.4	10.8	5.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

	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 (%)	48	48	48	49	49	49	50	50	50	49	50	50	49	49	49	48	48	48	48	47	46	47	47	46	45	45	46	45	45	44	44
Cloudier (%)	52	52	52	51	51	51	50	50	50	51	50	50	51	51	51	52	52	52	52	53	54	53	53	54	55	55	54	55	55	56	56

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	47	53
21	46	54
22	47	53
23	47	53
24	46	54
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	46	54
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	44	56
31	44	56

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Zacatlán gets around 64 mm of rain and snow over 12.5 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 41% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	41	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	43	44	45	45	46	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	39
6	39
7	39
8	39
9	39
10	39
11	39
12	39
13	39
14	39
15	39
16	39
17	40
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	41
22	41
23	41
24	42
25	42
26	43
27	44
28	45
29	45
30	46
31	46

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 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 48 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 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:11 AM to 7:12 AM, and sunset from 5:59 PM to 6:18 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)	10.8	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	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:12
Sunset (PM)	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	7:11	5:59
2	10.8	7:11	6:00
3	10.8	7:11	6:01
4	10.8	7:12	6:01
5	10.8	7:12	6:02
6	10.8	7:12	6:02
7	10.8	7:12	6:03
8	10.9	7:13	6:04
9	10.9	7:13	6:04
10	10.9	7:13	6:05
11	10.9	7:13	6:05
12	10.9	7:13	6:06
13	10.9	7:13	6:07
14	10.9	7:13	6:07
15	10.9	7:14	6:08
16	10.9	7:14	6:09
17	10.9	7:14	6:09
18	10.9	7:14	6:10
19	10.9	7:14	6:11
20	11.0	7:14	6:11
21	11.0	7:14	6:12
22	11.0	7:14	6:12
23	11.0	7:14	6:13
24	11.0	7:14	6:14
25	11.0	7:13	6:14
26	11.0	7:13	6:15
27	11.0	7:13	6:16
28	11.1	7:13	6:16
29	11.1	7:13	6:17
30	11.1	7:13	6:17
31	11.1	7:12	6:18

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.95 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 4.05 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)	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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	3.9	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	4.0	Moderate
5	4.0	Moderate
6	4.0	Moderate
7	4.0	Moderate
8	4.0	Bright
9	4.0	Bright
10	4.0	Bright
11	4.0	Bright
12	4.0	Bright
13	4.0	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.1	Bright
20	4.1	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Zacatlán

In seasonPeak

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

Zacatlán's rainy season runs June–October, 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 Zacatlán?

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

5.1

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

1.1

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Zacatlán for sightseeing.

What to pack for Zacatlán in January

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

In January, Zacatlán sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Zacatlán in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Zacatlán peaks around April 12 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 8 (very 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)	8	11	13	14	10	14	12	14	11	10	8	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Zacatlán 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 Zacatlán is worst in December — around 95 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.0× the cleanest month (September, 49 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	88	89	85	90	85	59	56	52	49	52	70	95
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	88	Unhealthy
Feb	89	Unhealthy
Mar	85	Unhealthy
Apr	90	Unhealthy
May	85	Unhealthy
Jun	59	Unhealthy
Jul	56	Unhealthy
Aug	52	Poor
Sep	49	Poor
Oct	52	Poor
Nov	70	Unhealthy
Dec	95	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Zacatlán?

Zacatlán sits at 19.9°N, 98.0°W, 2,048 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Chignahuapan, 13 km away.

Topography around Zacatlán

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zacatlán has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 769 m around an average of 2,049 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,999 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,363 m.

The land around Zacatlán is covered by trees (48%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, trees (67%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

769 m

trees 48%

16 km

1,999 m

trees 67%

80 km

4,363 m

trees 50%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

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

January weather nearby: Chignahuapan 13 km · Huauchinango 28 km · Xicotepec de Juárez 38 km · Cuautepec de Hinojosa 38 km · Santiago Tulantepec 43 km · Tulancingo 45 km · Zaragoza 46 km · Tetla 57 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 Zacatlán (19.9355°, -97.9613°, elevation 2,048 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	47	53
21	46	54
22	47	53
23	47	53
24	46	54
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	46	54
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	44	56
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	39
6	39
7	39
8	39
9	39
10	39
11	39
12	39
13	39
14	39
15	39
16	39
17	40
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	41
22	41
23	41
24	42
25	42
26	43
27	44
28	45
29	45
30	46
31	46

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	47	53
21	46	54
22	47	53
23	47	53
24	46	54
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	46	54
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	44	56
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	39
6	39
7	39
8	39
9	39
10	39
11	39
12	39
13	39
14	39
15	39
16	39
17	40
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	41
22	41
23	41
24	42
25	42
26	43
27	44
28	45
29	45
30	46
31	46

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	47	53
21	46	54
22	47	53
23	47	53
24	46	54
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	46	54
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	44	56
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	39
6	39
7	39
8	39
9	39
10	39
11	39
12	39
13	39
14	39
15	39
16	39
17	40
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	41
22	41
23	41
24	42
25	42
26	43
27	44
28	45
29	45
30	46
31	46

	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