Climate averages 1991–2020
Catania weather
in January.
A cool, 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 cool month in Catania: daytime highs average 14.1°C and nights cool to about 7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 54 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siracusa (50 km away). In January its highs average 14.4°C, about as warm as Catania, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Catania ranks joint 3rd of 79 for the warmest January highs and joint 59th of 79 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 79 cities is 9.7°C; Catania is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 14.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 76 mm to 60 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
Catania climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 76 | 7.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 14.6°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 60 | 7.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 57 | 7.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 47 | 7.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 29 | 4.5 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 20 | 3.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 31.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 9.5 | 1.9 | 14.514 h |
| August | 32.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 15 | 2.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 54 | 6.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 64 | 8.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 66 | 7.9 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 64 | 7.6 | 9.610 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
- Siracusa in JanuaryItaly · 50 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Ragusa in JanuaryItaly · 70 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 5.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in JanuaryItaly · 86 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Gela in JanuaryItaly · 87 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 7.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Messina in JanuaryItaly · 89 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 8.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Palermo in JanuaryItaly · 165 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 9.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Valletta in JanuaryMalta · 184 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 12.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Lamezia Terme in JanuaryItaly · 196 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 7.9°C · 128 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 Catania) is explained once on the Catania year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.