Climate averages 1991–2020
Marsala weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: one of the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Marsala: daytime highs average 14.0°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 52 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palermo (89 km away). In January its highs average 14.1°C, about as warm as Marsala, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Marsala ranks 5th 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; Marsala is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 14.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 62 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
Marsala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 64 | 9.9 | 9.910 h |
| February | 14.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 62 | 9.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.8°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 51 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.2°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 41 | 7.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 19 | 4.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 14.715 h |
| July | 29.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 14.515 h |
| August | 30.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 6.2 | 1.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 42 | 5.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 74 | 8.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 76 | 10.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.2°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 70 | 10.8 | 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
- Palermo in JanuaryItaly · 89 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 9.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Gela in JanuaryItaly · 179 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 7.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Nabeul in JanuaryTunisia · 212 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 44 mm rain
- La Marsa in JanuaryTunisia · 213 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 9.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Sukrah in JanuaryTunisia · 219 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Hammamet in JanuaryTunisia · 224 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Ragusa in JanuaryItaly · 224 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 5.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Tunis in JanuaryTunisia · 229 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 8.4°C · 47 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 Marsala) is explained once on the Marsala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.