Climate averages 1991–2020
Florence 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 Florence: daytime highs average 9.2°C and nights cool to about 1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 19 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prato (16 km away). In January its highs average 8.8°C, about as warm as Florence, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Florence ranks 43rd of 79 for the warmest January highs and joint 48th of 79 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 79 cities is 9.7°C; Florence is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 10.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 77 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
Florence climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 9.2°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 67 | 9.9 | 9.39 h |
| February | 10.5°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 77 | 9.6 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.1°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 73 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.5°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 82 | 11.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 21.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 72 | 9.2 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 45 | 6.9 | 15.415 h |
| July | 29.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 29 | 4.0 | 15.115 h |
| August | 29.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 31 | 5.0 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 82 | 8.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 114 | 11.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 13.8°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 128 | 12.6 | 9.710 h |
| December | 9.9°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 97 | 11.6 | 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
- Prato in JanuaryItaly · 16 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 1.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Pistoia in JanuaryItaly · 31 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 1.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Lucca in JanuaryItaly · 60 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 2.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Arezzo in JanuaryItaly · 62 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 1.5°C · 69 mm rain
- Pisa in JanuaryItaly · 68 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 78 mm rain
- Livorno in JanuaryItaly · 78 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 5.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Bologna in JanuaryItaly · 80 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 0.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Forlì in JanuaryItaly · 80 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 Florence) is explained once on the Florence year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.