🇲🇽 Weather in Cancún in January
This is what the weather in Cancún (Mexico) was like in January in 2017–2026.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
26.9 °C
25.7 °C – 27.9 °C
Avg. night-time low
22.6 °C
21.4 °C – 23.6 °C
Avg. rain days in period
12.0
39 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
92.9 mm
20.4 mm – 153 mm
Avg. cloud cover
58 %
This data source has no sunshine hours – average cloud cover shown instead.
Avg. sea temperature
–
Sea temperature unavailable for today (daily limit).
Extremes: Highest temperature 31.3 °C (22 Jan 2017) · Lowest temperature 18.4 °C (13 Jan 2018) · Avg. daily peak wind 15 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 46Sunny
- 92Partly cloudy
- 52Cloudy
- 69Light rain
- 51Rain
Summary
- On average 26.9 °C during the day and 22.6 °C at night.
- On average 12.0 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 92.9 mm of precipitation in total.
- Prevailing: Partly cloudy.
- Warmest year: 2017 (avg. 27.9 °C), coolest: 2018 (avg. 25.7 °C).
- Wettest year: 2022 (153 mm), driest: 2026 (20.4 mm).
- Extremes: 31.3 °C on 22 Jan 2017 and 18.4 °C on 13 Jan 2018.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
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Temperatures per year
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Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2026
Avg. max27.2°Avg. min22.0°- Rain days
- 4 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 20.4 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 56 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 30.0 °C · Min 19.2 °C
2025
Avg. max26.2°Avg. min22.9°- Rain days
- 10 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 101 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 64 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.3 °C · Min 20.5 °C
2024
Avg. max27.4°Avg. min23.6°- Rain days
- 13 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 112 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 67 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.2 °C · Min 19.8 °C
2023
Avg. max27.7°Avg. min23.5°- Rain days
- 10 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 103 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 43 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.3 °C · Min 19.5 °C
2022
Avg. max26.5°Avg. min22.2°- Rain days
- 17 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 153 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 59 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.9 °C · Min 19.1 °C
2021
Avg. max25.9°Avg. min22.5°- Rain days
- 13 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 94.6 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 65 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 27.9 °C · Min 19.1 °C
2020
Avg. max27.6°Avg. min23.3°- Rain days
- 10 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 52.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 53 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.7 °C · Min 19.3 °C
2019
Avg. max26.8°Avg. min21.8°- Rain days
- 17 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 135 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 58 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.6 °C · Min 18.5 °C
2018
Avg. max25.7°Avg. min21.4°- Rain days
- 13 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 122 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 77 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.6 °C · Min 18.4 °C
2017
Avg. max27.9°Avg. min22.9°- Rain days
- 13 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 34.6 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 38 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 31.3 °C · Min 19.2 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Cancún in January?
- Daytime highs averaged 26.9 °C, night-time lows 22.6 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 31.3 °C (22 Jan 2017), the lowest 18.4 °C (13 Jan 2018).
- How often does it rain in Cancún in January?
- On average there were 12.0 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 92.9 mm of precipitation in total.
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Data sources
- Weather data
- Data obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations) on a coarse grid of about 50 km. Values represent a large area and can differ from local conditions, especially on islands, coasts and in mountains. No sunshine duration.
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations)
Reanalysis values represent a grid cell (approx. 25–50 km) and may differ from local measurements on coasts, islands and in mountains. - Sea temperature
- MUR SST data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program; accessed via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP
Daily multi-scale ultra-high resolution (≈ 1 km) analysis of satellite measurements (infrared, microwave) and in-situ data. Represents the foundation temperature below the daily warm surface layer. (Satellite and in-situ analysis) - Place search
- Natural Earth (public domain) · GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) / OpenStreetMap (ODbL)