Climate averages 1991–2020
Gela weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Gela: daytime highs average 14.2°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 56 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ragusa (46 km away). In January its highs average 11.2°C, 2.9°C cooler than Gela, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Gela ranks 2nd of 79 for the warmest January highs and 47th of 79 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 79 cities is 9.7°C; Gela is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 14.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 66 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
Gela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.2°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 66 | 8.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 14.4°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 54 | 7.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 41 | 6.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 27 | 5.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 11 | 2.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 5.0 | 1.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 1.6 | 0.2 | 14.414 h |
| August | 30.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 4.6 | 0.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 29 | 4.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 54 | 6.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.0°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 70 | 9.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 65 | 8.8 | 9.710 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
- Ragusa in JanuaryItaly · 46 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 5.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Catania in JanuaryItaly · 87 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Siracusa in JanuaryItaly · 93 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Valletta in JanuaryMalta · 133 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 12.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Palermo in JanuaryItaly · 139 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 9.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Messina in JanuaryItaly · 170 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 8.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in JanuaryItaly · 170 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Marsala in JanuaryItaly · 179 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 64 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 Gela) is explained once on the Gela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.