Climate averages 1991–2020
Palermo 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 Palermo: daytime highs average 14.1°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 65 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 50 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marsala (89 km away). In January its highs average 14.0°C, about as warm as Palermo, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Palermo ranks joint 3rd of 79 for the warmest January highs and 46th of 79 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 79 cities is 9.7°C; Palermo is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 14.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 68 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
Palermo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.1°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 65 | 10.3 | 9.810 h |
| February | 14.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 68 | 10.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 64 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 61 | 9.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 37 | 6.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 16 | 3.6 | 14.815 h |
| July | 30.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 5.6 | 1.6 | 14.515 h |
| August | 30.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 19 | 3.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 61 | 8.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 81 | 9.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 18.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 64 | 10.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 67 | 11.3 | 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
- Marsala in JanuaryItaly · 89 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Gela in JanuaryItaly · 139 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 7.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Catania in JanuaryItaly · 165 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Ragusa in JanuaryItaly · 179 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 5.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Messina in JanuaryItaly · 192 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 8.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in JanuaryItaly · 201 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Siracusa in JanuaryItaly · 205 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Valletta in JanuaryMalta · 267 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 12.1°C · 54 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 Palermo) is explained once on the Palermo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.