Chichén-Itzá Weather in January
Chichén-Itzá in January
The short of it: Chichén-Itzá in January averages a high of 31 °C (87 °F) and a low of 16 °C (61 °F), with 31 mm (1.2 in) of rain and about 11 h 0 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 31° · low 16° · rain 31 mm · daylight 11 h 0 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Chichén-Itzá an average January high of 31°, a low of 16° and some 31 mm of rain. Chichén-Itzá's coldest stretch of the year, 31° by day and 16° by night. Rain is modest, about 31 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 0 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates January 4 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Chichén-Itzá runs warmer than most and about as wet in January. Piste, 4 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
January in Chichén-Itzá, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- about the same, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 0 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h