Climate averages 1991–2020
Ferrara weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Ferrara: daytime highs average 8.1°C and nights cool to about 0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 13 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bologna (44 km away). In January its highs average 8.2°C, about as warm as Ferrara, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Ferrara ranks 51st of 79 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 79 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 79 cities is 9.7°C; Ferrara is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 10.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 54 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
Ferrara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 8.1°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 41 | 6.8 | 9.29 h |
| February | 10.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 54 | 7.4 | 10.410 h |
| March | 14.7°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 56 | 7.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.6°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 73 | 10.4 | 13.513 h |
| May | 23.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 76 | 10.5 | 14.815 h |
| June | 28.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 67 | 9.3 | 15.516 h |
| July | 31.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 61 | 8.4 | 15.215 h |
| August | 30.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 66 | 9.2 | 14.114 h |
| September | 25.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 75 | 8.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 75 | 9.0 | 11.011 h |
| November | 13.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 78 | 9.4 | 9.610 h |
| December | 8.5°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 57 | 8.0 | 8.99 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
- Bologna in JanuaryItaly · 44 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 0.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Modena in JanuaryItaly · 59 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 0.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Carpi in JanuaryItaly · 59 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 0.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Ravenna in JanuaryItaly · 66 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 1.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Padua in JanuaryItaly · 67 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -0.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Forlì in JanuaryItaly · 76 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 0.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Vicenza in JanuaryItaly · 79 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -1.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Reggio nell'Emilia in JanuaryItaly · 80 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 0.0°C · 48 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 Ferrara) is explained once on the Ferrara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.