Climate averages 1991–2020
Ragusa weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Ragusa: daytime highs average 11.2°C and nights cool to about 5.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 56 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gela (46 km away). In January its highs average 14.2°C, 2.9°C warmer than Ragusa, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Ragusa ranks 29th 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; Ragusa is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 11.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 57 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
Ragusa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 11.2°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 64 | 8.5 | 9.910 h |
| February | 11.5°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 57 | 8.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.6°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 52 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 40 | 7.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 24 | 4.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 25.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 17 | 2.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 6.8 | 1.5 | 14.414 h |
| August | 28.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 15 | 3.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 45 | 7.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 62 | 8.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 63 | 9.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 12.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 60 | 8.5 | 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
- Gela in JanuaryItaly · 46 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 7.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Siracusa in JanuaryItaly · 53 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Catania in JanuaryItaly · 70 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Valletta in JanuaryMalta · 116 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 12.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in JanuaryItaly · 156 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Messina in JanuaryItaly · 159 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 8.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Palermo in JanuaryItaly · 179 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 9.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Marsala in JanuaryItaly · 224 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 Ragusa) is explained once on the Ragusa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.