Climate averages 1991–2020
Reggio Calabria 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 Reggio Calabria: daytime highs average 12.4°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 11th 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 Messina (13 km away). In January its highs average 13.5°C, 1.2°C warmer than Reggio Calabria, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Reggio Calabria ranks joint 10th of 79 for the warmest January highs and joint 54th of 79 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 79 cities is 9.7°C; Reggio Calabria is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 12.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 64 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
Reggio Calabria climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 12.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 72 | 9.5 | 9.810 h |
| February | 12.6°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 64 | 9.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 63 | 9.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 46 | 8.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 24 | 4.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 14 | 2.5 | 14.815 h |
| July | 30.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 4.6 | 1.1 | 14.515 h |
| August | 31.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 15 | 2.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 50 | 6.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 71 | 8.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.4°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 70 | 9.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 13.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 74 | 10.1 | 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
- Messina in JanuaryItaly · 13 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 8.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Catania in JanuaryItaly · 86 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Lamezia Terme in JanuaryItaly · 110 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 7.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Catanzaro in JanuaryItaly · 119 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 6.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Siracusa in JanuaryItaly · 120 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Ragusa in JanuaryItaly · 156 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 5.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Gela in JanuaryItaly · 170 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 7.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Palermo in JanuaryItaly · 201 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 9.0°C · 65 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 Reggio Calabria) is explained once on the Reggio Calabria year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.