Climate averages 1991–2020
Limassol weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Limassol: daytime highs average 15.3°C and nights cool to about 9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 07 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Larnaca (60 km away). In January its highs average 15.3°C, about as warm as Limassol, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Cyprus, Limassol ranks joint 1st of 3 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 3 cities is 15.1°C; Limassol is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 15.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 40 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
Limassol 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°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 53 | 8.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 40 | 7.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 26 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 17 | 4.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 14 | 3.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 3.9 | 1.2 | 14.414 h |
| July | 33.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 14.214 h |
| August | 33.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 13.513 h |
| September | 30.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 14 | 4.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 28 | 5.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 17.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 51 | 8.0 | 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
- Larnaca in JanuaryCyprus · 60 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 9.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Nicosia in JanuaryCyprus · 62 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 7.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Silifke in JanuaryTurkey · 205 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Alanya in JanuaryTurkey · 227 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 5.4°C · 179 mm rain
- Beirut in JanuaryLebanon · 243 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.8°C · 144 mm rain
- Sidon in JanuaryLebanon · 249 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 8.6°C · 213 mm rain
- Jounieh in JanuaryLebanon · 249 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 7.9°C · 144 mm rain
- Tyre in JanuaryLebanon · 253 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 193 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 Limassol) is explained once on the Limassol year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.