Climate averages 1991–2020
Ancona weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Ancona: daytime highs average 10.0°C and nights cool to about 4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 20 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pesaro (58 km away). In January its highs average 9.5°C, 0.5°C cooler than Ancona, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Ancona ranks joint 37th of 79 for the warmest January highs and joint 10th of 79 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 79 cities is 9.7°C; Ancona is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 10.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 53 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
Ancona 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°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 49 | 8.7 | 9.39 h |
| February | 10.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 53 | 8.8 | 10.510 h |
| March | 13.2°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 63 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.3°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 62 | 9.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 57 | 8.3 | 14.715 h |
| June | 25.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 38 | 6.2 | 15.415 h |
| July | 28.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 28 | 4.5 | 15.115 h |
| August | 28.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 41 | 5.8 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 60 | 7.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 59 | 8.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 71 | 10.5 | 9.710 h |
| December | 11.1°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 67 | 10.1 | 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
- Pesaro in JanuaryItaly · 58 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 4.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Rimini in JanuaryItaly · 91 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 4.3°C · 59 mm rain
- San Marino in JanuarySan Marino · 93 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -1.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Perugia in JanuaryItaly · 106 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -0.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Cesena in JanuaryItaly · 118 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 1.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Arezzo in JanuaryItaly · 132 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 1.5°C · 69 mm rain
- Terni in JanuaryItaly · 136 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 2.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Forlì in JanuaryItaly · 136 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 0.8°C · 46 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 Ancona) is explained once on the Ancona year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.