Climate averages 1991–2020
Larnaca weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Larnaca: daytime highs average 15.3°C and nights cool to about 9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 06 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nicosia (37 km away). In January its highs average 14.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Larnaca, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Cyprus, Larnaca ranks joint 1st of 3 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 3 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 3 cities is 15.1°C; Larnaca is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 15.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 30 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
Larnaca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 15.3°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 40 | 6.7 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 30 | 5.3 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 20 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 15 | 3.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 12 | 2.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 2.9 | 0.9 | 14.514 h |
| July | 33.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 14.314 h |
| August | 33.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 13.513 h |
| September | 31.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 3.8 | 0.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 16 | 3.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 28 | 4.7 | 10.410 h |
| December | 17.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 44 | 6.9 | 9.910 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
- Nicosia in JanuaryCyprus · 37 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 7.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Limassol in JanuaryCyprus · 60 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 9.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Silifke in JanuaryTurkey · 164 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in JanuarySyria · 206 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 8.5°C · 135 mm rain
- Beirut in JanuaryLebanon · 206 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.8°C · 144 mm rain
- Latakia in JanuarySyria · 208 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 9.0°C · 226 mm rain
- Tripoli, Lebanon in JanuaryLebanon · 210 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 8.4°C · 146 mm rain
- Jounieh in JanuaryLebanon · 210 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 7.9°C · 144 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 Larnaca) is explained once on the Larnaca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.