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Rancho Santa Fe in January

Mild and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Rancho Santa Fe is mild: highs near 66°F, lows near 46°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 21 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Rancho Santa Fe is mild: highs near 19°C, lows near 8°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 21 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
66°F19°Caverage
Low
46°F8°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 21% of days
Daylight
10h 14mon average

Is January a good time to visit Rancho Santa Fe?

January sits outside Rancho Santa Fe's best months, which run in two parts: April to July, or September to November. Expect mild days and rain on about one day a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 66°F in January, against 66°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 19°C in January, against 19°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

21% of days in January, against 1% to 24% through the year.

Cloud cover

45% cover in January, against 13% to 45% through the year.

Daylight

10h 14m in January, against 10h 00m to 14h 18m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December67°19°low 47°low 8°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. January66°19°low 46°low 8°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February67°19°low 47°low 8°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Rancho Santa Fe sits, in January

America/Los Angeles
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:52 AMsets 5:03 PM
Above the sea
70 mlow-lying
Latitude
33.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Newport Coast87 km north-west

The land around Rancho Santa Fe, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United States in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Rancho Santa Fe

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Rancho Santa Fe. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.