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The driest places in North America in January: ranked by rainfall

San Miguel tops the list at 1.3 mm in January. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in North America.

Top three in January: San Miguel (1.3 mm) , Managua (1.8 mm) , Santa Ana (2.0 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 13 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 San Miguel El Salvador 1.3 mm 35 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 344 h –
2 Managua Nicaragua 1.8 mm 33 °C 23 °C 2 mm 0 345 h –
3 Santa Ana El Salvador 2.0 mm 30 °C 19 °C 2 mm 0 337 h –
4 Soyapango El Salvador 2.1 mm 30 °C 20 °C 2 mm 1 338 h –
5 San Salvador El Salvador 2.3 mm 30 °C 19 °C 2 mm 1 338 h –
6 Oaxaca Mexico 3.2 mm 25 °C 11 °C 3 mm 0 330 h –
7 Mixco Guatemala 4.0 mm 23 °C 12 °C 4 mm 1 332 h –
8 Cuautla Mexico 4.7 mm 26 °C 12 °C 5 mm 1 324 h –
9 Guatemala City Guatemala 4.9 mm 24 °C 13 °C 5 mm 1 332 h –
10 Jiutepec Mexico 5.4 mm 25 °C 11 °C 5 mm 1 322 h –
11 Villa Canales Guatemala 5.7 mm 26 °C 15 °C 6 mm 1 335 h –
12 Tuxtla Mexico 6.8 mm 28 °C 17 °C 7 mm 2 327 h –
13 Tehuacán Mexico 7.2 mm 22 °C 9.8 °C 7 mm 2 325 h –
14 Jalapa Guatemala 7.2 mm 24 °C 13 °C 7 mm 2 323 h –
15 Comitán Mexico 7.3 mm 22 °C 12 °C 7 mm 1 330 h –
16 Cabo San Lucas Mexico 7.6 mm 25 °C 18 °C 8 mm 1 311 h 23 °C
17 La Paz Mexico 8.0 mm 24 °C 15 °C 8 mm 1 310 h 21 °C
18 Puebla Mexico 8.1 mm 21 °C 7.4 °C 8 mm 1 324 h –
19 Tegucigalpa Honduras 8.3 mm 26 °C 17 °C 8 mm 2 335 h –
20 Coacalco Mexico 8.9 mm 20 °C 5.7 °C 9 mm 2 312 h –
21 Ojo de Agua Mexico 8.9 mm 20 °C 5.9 °C 9 mm 2 312 h –
22 Torreón Mexico 9.3 mm 22 °C 8.6 °C 9 mm 2 290 h –
23 Mexicali Mexico 9.3 mm 21 °C 9.6 °C 9 mm 1 291 h –
24 San Luis Río Colorado Mexico 9.4 mm 21 °C 8.5 °C 9 mm 2 292 h –
25 Dessalines Haiti 9.8 mm 31 °C 21 °C 10 mm 2 318 h –
26 Cuernavaca Mexico 9.9 mm 24 °C 9.5 °C 10 mm 1 320 h –
27 Escuintla Guatemala 10 mm 30 °C 19 °C 10 mm 3 337 h –
28 Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl Mexico 10 mm 21 °C 6.5 °C 10 mm 2 314 h –
29 Irapuato Mexico 10 mm 24 °C 8.6 °C 10 mm 2 309 h –
30 Salamanca Mexico 10 mm 24 °C 8.8 °C 10 mm 2 310 h –
31 Celaya Mexico 10 mm 23 °C 8.0 °C 10 mm 2 310 h –
32 Chihuahua Mexico 11 mm 19 °C 3.8 °C 11 mm 2 295 h –
33 Gustavo Adolfo Madero Mexico 11 mm 20 °C 5.9 °C 11 mm 2 313 h –
34 Santiago de Querétaro Mexico 11 mm 23 °C 8.3 °C 11 mm 2 309 h –
35 Ciudad Obregón Mexico 11 mm 26 °C 11 °C 11 mm 2 302 h –
36 Hermosillo Mexico 11 mm 24 °C 9.4 °C 11 mm 2 301 h –
37 Acapulco de Juárez Mexico 12 mm 30 °C 21 °C 12 mm 1 327 h 29 °C
38 Pachuca de Soto Mexico 12 mm 19 °C 5.3 °C 12 mm 3 310 h –
39 Saint-Marc Haiti 12 mm 30 °C 22 °C 12 mm 3 322 h 28 °C
40 Cuauhtémoc Mexico 12 mm 15 °C 1.0 °C 12 mm 3 298 h –
41 Calgary Canada 12 mm -2.3 °C -12 °C 12 mm 3 187 h –
42 San Miguel de Allende Mexico 12 mm 22 °C 8.2 °C 12 mm 2 304 h –
43 Santiago de Cuba Cuba 13 mm 29 °C 21 °C 13 mm 3 322 h 27 °C
44 Los Mochis Mexico 13 mm 26 °C 13 °C 13 mm 1 304 h 20 °C
45 San Cristóbal de las Casas Mexico 13 mm 20 °C 10.0 °C 13 mm 3 329 h –
46 León de los Aldama Mexico 13 mm 22 °C 8.3 °C 13 mm 2 308 h –
47 Ciudad Juárez Mexico 14 mm 15 °C 1.6 °C 14 mm 3 288 h –
48 Colorado Springs United States 14 mm 6.1 °C -8.1 °C 14 mm 4 272 h –
49 Mazatlán Mexico 14 mm 25 °C 16 °C 14 mm 1 304 h 23 °C
50 Aurora United States 14 mm 6.1 °C -7.3 °C 14 mm 3 262 h –

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

December: top 5

  1. Jiutepec 2.6 mm
  2. Cuautla 2.7 mm
  3. Oaxaca 3.5 mm
  4. Celaya 3.9 mm
  5. Irapuato 4.1 mm

Full ranking for December

February: top 5

  1. San Miguel 1.5 mm
  2. Santa Ana 1.6 mm
  3. Managua 1.8 mm
  4. Soyapango 2.3 mm
  5. San Salvador 2.7 mm

Full ranking for February

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Total precipitation, in mm, in January, lowest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in North America with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by fewest wet days.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.