Pueblo West weather in January

In January, Pueblo West sees average daytime highs of 44°F and overnight lows near 19°F, with 0.6 in of precipitation across 3.8 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 44°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 24 min at the start of January to 10 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Pueblo West's 5th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pueblo West's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 44°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 0.6 in; 3.8 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 36 min; 7:20 AM – 4:56 PM
Cloud cover: 39%; 5th clearest
Wind: 7 mph; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 3.1 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.8; out of 10

Pueblo West is census-designated place in Pueblo County, Colorado, United States.

Density: 162/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1970

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 44°F through the month.

A typical January day in Pueblo West reaches about 44°F in the afternoon and slips back to 19°F overnight — a 25°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°F and 57°F. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 4°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)	42	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	44
Avg low (°F)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	42	18
2	42	18
3	42	18
4	42	18
5	42	18
6	42	18
7	43	18
8	43	18
9	43	18
10	43	18
11	43	18
12	43	18
13	44	18
14	44	18
15	44	19
16	44	19
17	44	19
18	44	19
19	44	19
20	44	19
21	44	19
22	44	19
23	45	19
24	45	19
25	45	19
26	45	19
27	44	19
28	44	19
29	44	19
30	44	19
31	44	19

How January really feels in Pueblo West

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 31 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

31 feel bitter (≤ 14°F)

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Pueblo West weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	44° / 19°	0.6	3.8	3.8	9.6	0.8
Feb	47° / 21°	0.6	4	3.8	10.5	1.8
Mar	56° / 29°	1.4	6.1	4	11.7	4.4
Apr	63° / 36°	1.9	7.4	3.1	13	5.9
May	73° / 46°	1.9	8.9	0.3	14.1	7.0
Jun	85° / 56°	1.4	7.5	0	14.6	5.8
Jul	89° / 62°	1.9	8.5	0	14.4	4.4
Aug	86° / 60°	1.9	8.7	0	13.5	5.3
Sep	79° / 52°	1.0	4.9	0.2	12.3	7.7
Oct	66° / 39°	1.1	4.1	1.3	11	7.2
Nov	53° / 27°	0.7	4	3.2	9.9	3.6
Dec	43° / 19°	0.5	3.8	3.8	9.4	0.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	74	74	74	74	74	73	73	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	71	72	72	72	72	72	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	69	69	68	68
Cloudier (%)	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	32

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	68	32
31	68	32

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Pueblo West gets around 0.6 in of rain and snow over 3.8 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 12% and peaks near 16% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring 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 (%)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	16
Snow chance (%)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	15	15

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

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 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.

	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)	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
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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
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27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 24 min at the start of January to 10 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:21 AM to 7:12 AM, and sunset from 4:43 PM to 5:12 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)	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0
Sunrise (AM)	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:18	7:18	7:17	7:17	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:14	7:14	7:13	7:12
Sunset (PM)	4:43	4:44	4:45	4:45	4:46	4:47	4:48	4:49	4:50	4:51	4:51	4:52	4:53	4:54	4:55	4:56	4:57	4:58	4:59	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.4	7:21	4:43
2	9.4	7:21	4:44
3	9.4	7:21	4:45
4	9.4	7:21	4:45
5	9.4	7:21	4:46
6	9.4	7:21	4:47
7	9.4	7:21	4:48
8	9.5	7:21	4:49
9	9.5	7:21	4:50
10	9.5	7:21	4:51
11	9.5	7:21	4:51
12	9.5	7:21	4:52
13	9.5	7:21	4:53
14	9.6	7:21	4:54
15	9.6	7:20	4:55
16	9.6	7:20	4:56
17	9.6	7:20	4:57
18	9.6	7:19	4:58
19	9.7	7:19	4:59
20	9.7	7:19	5:00
21	9.7	7:18	5:01
22	9.7	7:18	5:02
23	9.8	7:17	5:04
24	9.8	7:17	5:05
25	9.8	7:16	5:06
26	9.9	7:16	5:07
27	9.9	7:15	5:08
28	9.9	7:14	5:09
29	9.9	7:14	5:10
30	10.0	7:13	5:11
31	10.0	7:12	5:12

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.76 kWh/m² to a high of 7.61 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.1 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)	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.9	Moderate
2	2.9	Moderate
3	2.9	Moderate
4	2.9	Moderate
5	2.9	Moderate
6	2.9	Moderate
7	2.9	Moderate
8	2.9	Moderate
9	3.0	Moderate
10	3.0	Moderate
11	3.0	Moderate
12	3.0	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	3.1	Moderate
15	3.1	Moderate
16	3.1	Moderate
17	3.1	Moderate
18	3.1	Moderate
19	3.2	Moderate
20	3.2	Moderate
21	3.2	Moderate
22	3.3	Moderate
23	3.3	Moderate
24	3.3	Moderate
25	3.4	Moderate
26	3.4	Moderate
27	3.4	Moderate
28	3.5	Moderate
29	3.5	Moderate
30	3.5	Moderate
31	3.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Pueblo West?

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

0.8

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pueblo West.

What to pack for Pueblo West in January

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

In January, Pueblo West sees daytime highs around 44°F and nights near 19°F. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Pueblo West in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Pueblo West peaks around July 13 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	7	6	8	11	11	10	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Pueblo West?

Pueblo West sits at 38.4°N, 104.7°W, 5,066 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Pueblo, 9.3 mi away.

Topography around Pueblo West

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Pueblo West has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 230 ft around an average of 5,075 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,283 ft; within 50 miles, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 9,846 ft.

The land around Pueblo West is covered by grassland (67%) within 2 miles, grassland (70%) within 10 miles, and grassland (69%) and trees (24%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

230 ft

grassland 67%

10 miles

1,283 ft

grassland 70%

50 miles

9,846 ft

grassland 69%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: Pueblo 9.3 mi · Fountain 23 mi · Security-Widefield 27 mi · Cañon City 29 mi · Colorado Springs 34 mi · Cimarron Hills 35 mi · Castle Rock 71 mi · Parker 81 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 Pueblo West (38.35°, -104.7228°, elevation 5,066 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	42	18
2	42	18
3	42	18
4	42	18
5	42	18
6	42	18
7	43	18
8	43	18
9	43	18
10	43	18
11	43	18
12	43	18
13	44	18
14	44	18
15	44	19
16	44	19
17	44	19
18	44	19
19	44	19
20	44	19
21	44	19
22	44	19
23	45	19
24	45	19
25	45	19
26	45	19
27	44	19
28	44	19
29	44	19
30	44	19
31	44	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	68	32
31	68	32

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

	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	42	18
2	42	18
3	42	18
4	42	18
5	42	18
6	42	18
7	43	18
8	43	18
9	43	18
10	43	18
11	43	18
12	43	18
13	44	18
14	44	18
15	44	19
16	44	19
17	44	19
18	44	19
19	44	19
20	44	19
21	44	19
22	44	19
23	45	19
24	45	19
25	45	19
26	45	19
27	44	19
28	44	19
29	44	19
30	44	19
31	44	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	68	32
31	68	32

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

	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	42	18
2	42	18
3	42	18
4	42	18
5	42	18
6	42	18
7	43	18
8	43	18
9	43	18
10	43	18
11	43	18
12	43	18
13	44	18
14	44	18
15	44	19
16	44	19
17	44	19
18	44	19
19	44	19
20	44	19
21	44	19
22	44	19
23	45	19
24	45	19
25	45	19
26	45	19
27	44	19
28	44	19
29	44	19
30	44	19
31	44	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	68	32
31	68	32

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

	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