Green Valley weather in January

In January, Green Valley sees average daytime highs of 63°F and overnight lows near 38°F, with 1.0 in of precipitation across 3.9 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 63°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 hours at the start of January to 10 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Green Valley's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Green Valley's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 63°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 38°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 1.0 in; 3.9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 7:29 AM – 5:37 PM
Cloud cover: 36%; 8th clearest
Wind: 6 mph; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.6; out of 10

Green Valley is census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States.

Density: 256/km²; people per km²

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 63°F through the month.

A typical January day in Green Valley reaches about 63°F in the afternoon and slips back to 38°F overnight — a 24°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 52°F and 72°F. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 3°F 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 (°F)	61	61	61	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	64	64
Avg low (°F)	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	61	38
2	61	38
3	61	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	63	38
14	63	38
15	63	38
16	63	39
17	63	39
18	63	39
19	63	39
20	63	39
21	63	39
22	63	39
23	63	39
24	63	39
25	63	39
26	63	39
27	63	39
28	63	39
29	63	39
30	64	39
31	64	39

How January really feels in Green Valley

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 32°F

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.

Green Valley weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	63° / 38°	1.0	3.9	10.2	6.6
Feb	65° / 41°	1.0	4	10.8	7.1
Mar	71° / 46°	0.7	3	11.8	8.2
Apr	78° / 51°	0.2	1.5	12.8	8.8
May	87° / 58°	0.1	1.1	13.6	6.4
Jun	95° / 67°	0.3	2	14	3.4
Jul	93° / 72°	2.5	11.5	13.9	3.0
Aug	91° / 70°	2.3	11.6	13.2	3.6
Sep	89° / 66°	1.4	5.6	12.2	5.1
Oct	81° / 56°	0.7	2.8	11.2	7.9
Nov	71° / 46°	0.6	2.5	10.4	8.3
Dec	62° / 38°	1.1	4.2	10	6.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%.

	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 (%)	70	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	70	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	72	73	73	73	74
Cloudier (%)	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	27	27	27	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	70	30
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	72	28
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	74	26

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Green Valley gets around 1.0 in of rain and snow over 3.9 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 13% and peaks near 14% 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 (%)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

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 6 mph in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 mph on the calmest days to 6 mph 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 (mph)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	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 (mph)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	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 hours at the start of January to 10 h 24 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 7:29 AM to 7:24 AM, and sunset from 5:26 PM to 5:50 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)	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:27	7:27	7:27	7:26	7:26	7:25	7:25	7:24
Sunset (PM)	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.0	7:29	5:26
2	10.0	7:29	5:26
3	10.0	7:29	5:27
4	10.0	7:29	5:28
5	10.0	7:29	5:28
6	10.0	7:29	5:29
7	10.0	7:30	5:30
8	10.0	7:30	5:31
9	10.0	7:30	5:31
10	10.0	7:30	5:32
11	10.1	7:30	5:33
12	10.1	7:30	5:34
13	10.1	7:30	5:35
14	10.1	7:30	5:35
15	10.1	7:29	5:36
16	10.1	7:29	5:37
17	10.1	7:29	5:38
18	10.2	7:29	5:39
19	10.2	7:29	5:40
20	10.2	7:29	5:41
21	10.2	7:28	5:41
22	10.2	7:28	5:42
23	10.3	7:28	5:43
24	10.3	7:27	5:44
25	10.3	7:27	5:45
26	10.3	7:27	5:46
27	10.3	7:26	5:47
28	10.4	7:26	5:48
29	10.4	7:25	5:49
30	10.4	7:25	5:50
31	10.4	7:24	5:50

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.45 kWh/m² to a high of 8.29 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.76 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)	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.5	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.6	Moderate
6	3.6	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.7	Moderate
13	3.7	Moderate
14	3.7	Moderate
15	3.7	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.8	Moderate
19	3.8	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	4.0	Moderate
24	4.0	Bright
25	4.0	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Green Valley?

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

6.6

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

1.6

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Green Valley for sightseeing.

What to pack for Green Valley in January

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

In January, Green Valley sees daytime highs around 63°F and nights near 38°F. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Green Valley in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Green Valley peaks around June 22 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 4 (moderate).

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)	4	5	6	9	9	12	11	11	10	7	5	4
Level	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	6	High
Apr	9	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Green Valley?

Green Valley sits at 31.9°N, 111.0°W, 2,904 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Sahuarita, 7.5 mi away.

Topography around Green Valley

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Green Valley has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 351 ft around an average of 2,940 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,159 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 7,277 ft.

The land around Green Valley is covered by shrubs (46%) and artificial surfaces (33%) within 2 miles, shrubs (78%) within 10 miles, and shrubs (80%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

351 ft

shrubs 46%

10 miles

3,159 ft

shrubs 78%

50 miles

7,277 ft

shrubs 80%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: Sahuarita 7.5 mi · Drexel Heights 20 mi · Vail 21 mi · Tucson 25 mi · Rio Rico 27 mi · Flowing Wells 30 mi · Catalina Foothills 31 mi · Tanque Verde 31 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

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 Green Valley (31.8543°, -110.9937°, elevation 2,904 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).

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	61	38
2	61	38
3	61	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	63	38
14	63	38
15	63	38
16	63	39
17	63	39
18	63	39
19	63	39
20	63	39
21	63	39
22	63	39
23	63	39
24	63	39
25	63	39
26	63	39
27	63	39
28	63	39
29	63	39
30	64	39
31	64	39

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	70	30
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	72	28
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	74	26

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

	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 (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	61	38
2	61	38
3	61	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	63	38
14	63	38
15	63	38
16	63	39
17	63	39
18	63	39
19	63	39
20	63	39
21	63	39
22	63	39
23	63	39
24	63	39
25	63	39
26	63	39
27	63	39
28	63	39
29	63	39
30	64	39
31	64	39

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	70	30
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	72	28
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	74	26

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

	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 (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	61	38
2	61	38
3	61	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	63	38
14	63	38
15	63	38
16	63	39
17	63	39
18	63	39
19	63	39
20	63	39
21	63	39
22	63	39
23	63	39
24	63	39
25	63	39
26	63	39
27	63	39
28	63	39
29	63	39
30	64	39
31	64	39

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	70	30
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	72	28
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	74	26

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

	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