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Typical January weather

El Paso

Texas · January

Easy sun, cold nights, and bouldering season in full swing.

59° days
35° nights

maybe one rainy day · 10½ hours of daylight

What to pack

What January feels like

Winter is Hueco Tanks season — the park runs on reservations and the guided tours book out weeks ahead, so sort that before you fly. Nights get properly cold, and every few winters a hard freeze arrives that breaks pipes across the city; the days, though, are made for the Franklin Mountains trails.

Real rain shows up maybe one day all month; the rest stay dry. The air runs dry — whatever the thermometer says, it wears easy. about 15 nights dip below freezing.

The numbers

Typical high59°
Typical low35°
Days with real rain1
Total rain0.4 in
Snowfall0.8 in
Humiditydry air
Sunrise / sunset (mid-month)7:06 am / 5:24 pm

How January compares

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