Climate averages 1991–2020
Como weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Como: daytime highs average 7.3°C and nights cool to about -0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 07 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Varese (20 km away). In January its highs average 6.1°C, 1.3°C cooler than Como, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Como ranks joint 58th of 79 for the warmest January highs and joint 41st of 79 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 79 cities is 9.7°C; Como is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 9.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 64 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
Como climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 7.3°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 64 | 6.6 | 9.19 h |
| February | 9.0°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 64 | 7.0 | 10.310 h |
| March | 13.3°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 83 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 122 | 12.1 | 13.514 h |
| May | 20.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 137 | 13.5 | 14.915 h |
| June | 25.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 142 | 12.8 | 15.716 h |
| July | 27.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 112 | 11.3 | 15.315 h |
| August | 26.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 146 | 12.4 | 14.114 h |
| September | 22.0°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 155 | 10.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.9°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 161 | 10.7 | 11.011 h |
| November | 11.7°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 172 | 10.6 | 9.510 h |
| December | 7.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 78 | 7.3 | 8.79 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
- Varese in JanuaryItaly · 20 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -1.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Busto Arsizio in JanuaryItaly · 28 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -0.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Monza in JanuaryItaly · 29 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -1.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Cinisello Balsamo in JanuaryItaly · 30 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -1.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Milan in JanuaryItaly · 39 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -1.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Bergamo in JanuaryItaly · 47 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -2.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Novara in JanuaryItaly · 54 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -1.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Brescia in JanuaryItaly · 93 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -0.4°C · 51 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 Como) is explained once on the Como year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.