Cancún climate

Cancún Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Cancún, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 27°C on January 1 to 27°C on January 31, and lows from 23°C to 22°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 74 mm over about 9 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Cancún, in °C, with the record for each date.1520253035151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
26°C
Average low
22°C
Precipitation
74 mm
Reanalysis high
31°CJan 22, 2017
Reanalysis low
17°CJan 9, 2002
Daylight
10 h 52 min to 11 h 12 min
Cloud cover
51%
Humidity
76%
Dew point
19°C
Wind
12.6 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 127°C23°C29°C 199421°C 200132%
Jan 227°C22°C30°C 199420°C 200832%
Jan 327°C22°C30°C 201719°C 200832%
Jan 427°C22°C30°C 201718°C 200233%
Jan 527°C22°C30°C 201718°C 200136%
Jan 627°C22°C29°C 201717°C 200137%
Jan 727°C22°C30°C 199518°C 200239%
Jan 827°C22°C28°C 200918°C 200240%
Jan 926°C22°C29°C 199717°C 200240%
Jan 1026°C22°C29°C 201318°C 201039%
Jan 1126°C22°C29°C 202018°C 201038%
Jan 1226°C22°C29°C 201819°C 201037%
Jan 1326°C22°C29°C 199418°C 201835%
Jan 1426°C22°C29°C 202019°C 201035%
Jan 1526°C22°C28°C 201319°C 199535%
Jan 1626°C22°C29°C 199118°C 201435%
Jan 1726°C22°C28°C 201719°C 201435%
Jan 1826°C22°C29°C 200420°C 201435%
Jan 1926°C22°C29°C 202019°C 200934%
Jan 2026°C22°C29°C 199119°C 200334%
Jan 2126°C22°C29°C 201119°C 200133%
Jan 2226°C22°C31°C 201718°C 200131%
Jan 2326°C22°C29°C 199518°C 201630%
Jan 2426°C22°C28°C 201018°C 201630%
Jan 2527°C22°C29°C 200218°C 200030%
Jan 2627°C22°C29°C 200218°C 200031%
Jan 2727°C22°C30°C 202019°C 201931%
Jan 2827°C22°C29°C 202018°C 199832%
Jan 2927°C22°C29°C 202018°C 201133%
Jan 3027°C22°C29°C 201320°C 201131%
Jan 3127°C22°C29°C 199420°C 201730%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Cancún, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (EST).

January 1
sunrise 7:25 AM, sunset 6:17 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:25 AM, sunset 6:37 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.