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Telluride in January

Cold and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Telluride is cold: highs near 36°F, lows near 11°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 26 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Telluride is cold: highs near 2°C, lows near -12°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 26 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
36°F2°Caverage
Low
11°F-12°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 37% of days
Daylight
9h 51mon average

Is January a good time to visit Telluride?

January sits outside Telluride's best months, which run from June to July. Expect cold days and rain or snow on about three days 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 36°F in January, against 36°F to 76°F through the year.Highs near 2°C in January, against 2°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

37% of days in January, against 27% to 65% through the year.

Cloud cover

47% cover in January, against 30% to 51% through the year.

Daylight

9h 51m in January, against 9h 34m to 14h 45m 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. December37°3°low 10°low -12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. January36°2°low 11°low -12°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February37°3°low 13°low -11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Telluride sits, in January

America/Denver
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:26 AMsets 5:14 PM
Above the sea
2,667 mhigh country
Latitude
37.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Dolores31 km south-west

The land around Telluride, 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 Telluride

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Telluride. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,667 m) against the climate model's (3,444 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,667 m) against the climate model's (3,444 m). 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.