Bullhead City weather in January

In January, Bullhead City sees average daytime highs of 58°F and overnight lows near 40°F, with 1.1 in of rain across 3.6 wet days and about 9.9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 56°F in the first days to 60°F by the end. 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 9 h 42 min at the start of January to 10 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Bullhead City's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bullhead City's year-round climate.

Daytime high
58°
11th warmest
Overnight low
40°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
1.1 in
3.6 wet days
Daylight
9 h 54 min
7:51 AM – 5:44 PM
Cloud cover
40%
11th clearest
Wind
7 mph
6th windiest
Solar energy
3.27 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Bullhead City is city in Mohave County, Arizona, United States.

Density
253/km²
people per km²
Founded
1942

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 56°F in the first days to 60°F by the end.

A typical January day in Bullhead City reaches about 58°F in the afternoon and slips back to 40°F overnight — a 18°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 50°F and 67°F. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 4°F cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Bullhead City

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 0 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ 32°F
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Bullhead City weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan58° / 40°1.13.69.95.3
Feb62° / 44°1.54.410.76.4
Mar70° / 49°0.83.111.77.9
Apr77° / 55°0.31.612.98.6
May87° / 64°0.10.813.86.3
Jun96° / 73°0.00.214.32.9
Jul101° / 80°0.42.214.11.2
Aug100° / 79°0.42.613.31.6
Sep93° / 71°0.41.812.24.1
Oct80° / 59°0.61.911.18.1
Nov67° / 47°0.61.810.27.8
Dec57° / 40°0.839.75.0

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 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Bullhead City gets around 1.1 in of rain over 3.6 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 11% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days.

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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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Wind in January

Winds average 7 mph in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 mph on the calmest days to 7 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
17calm
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67calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 42 min at the start of January to 10 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:51 AM to 7:45 AM, and sunset from 5:32 PM to 5:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.77:515:32
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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 3.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.01 kWh/m² to a high of 8.61 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.27 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.0Moderate
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33.1Moderate
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Bullhead City?

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

5.3
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
0.1
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Bullhead City for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bullhead City in January

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

In January, Bullhead City sees daytime highs around 58°F and nights near 40°F. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Bullhead City in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bullhead City peaks around July 13 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Bullhead City?

Bullhead City sits at 35.1°N, 114.6°W, 558 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Kingman, 29 mi away.

Topography around Bullhead City

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Bullhead City.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Bullhead City has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 584 ft around an average of 692 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,570 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 7,835 ft.

The land around Bullhead City is covered by bare terrain (76%) within 2 miles, bare terrain (80%) within 10 miles, and bare terrain (48%) and shrubs (38%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
584 ft
10 miles
3,570 ft
50 miles
7,835 ft
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Kingman 29 mi · Lake Havasu City 48 mi · Boulder City 59 mi · Henderson 66 mi · Whitney 71 mi · Enterprise 71 mi · Paradise 73 mi · Winchester 75 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

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 Bullhead City (35.1478°, -114.5683°, elevation 558 ft), 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).