Climate averages 1991–2020
Split weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Split: daytime highs average 10.0°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 21 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mostar (112 km away). In January its highs average 8.1°C, 2.0°C cooler than Split, with 138 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Croatia, Split ranks 1st of 4 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 4 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 4 cities is 6.5°C; Split is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 10.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 121 mm to 107 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Split climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 10.0°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 121 | 11.2 | 9.39 h |
| February | 10.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 107 | 9.8 | 10.510 h |
| March | 13.8°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 102 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 99 | 11.0 | 13.413 h |
| May | 21.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 71 | 9.2 | 14.715 h |
| June | 25.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 42 | 6.7 | 15.415 h |
| July | 28.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 25 | 4.6 | 15.115 h |
| August | 29.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 40 | 4.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 103 | 7.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 137 | 11.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 15.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 222 | 13.9 | 9.710 h |
| December | 11.1°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 173 | 12.6 | 9.09 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Mostar in JanuaryBosnia and Herzegovina · 112 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -0.2°C · 138 mm rain
- Zenica in JanuaryBosnia and Herzegovina · 140 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -2.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Bihać in JanuaryBosnia and Herzegovina · 152 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -1.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Banja Luka in JanuaryBosnia and Herzegovina · 154 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -2.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Ilidža in JanuaryBosnia and Herzegovina · 154 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -2.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Sarajevo in JanuaryBosnia and Herzegovina · 159 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -3.3°C · 83 mm rain
- Tuzla in JanuaryBosnia and Herzegovina · 212 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -3.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Pescara in JanuaryItaly · 216 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 3.4°C · 73 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Split) is explained once on the Split year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.