Climate averages 1991–2020
Salerno weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: 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 Salerno: daytime highs average 12.0°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 37 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Torre del Greco (38 km away). In January its highs average 11.8°C, about as warm as Salerno, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Salerno ranks joint 15th of 79 for the warmest January highs and 79th of 79 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 79 cities is 9.7°C; Salerno is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 12.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 145 mm to 129 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
Salerno climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 12.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 145 | 12.4 | 9.610 h |
| February | 12.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 129 | 11.9 | 10.611 h |
| March | 14.6°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 127 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 110 | 12.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 78 | 8.8 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 37 | 6.0 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 21 | 4.2 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 28 | 4.7 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 105 | 9.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 21.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 155 | 11.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 16.8°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 217 | 13.6 | 10.010 h |
| December | 13.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 180 | 13.6 | 9.39 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
- Torre del Greco in JanuaryItaly · 38 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 6.5°C · 122 mm rain
- Naples in JanuaryItaly · 48 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 6.0°C · 122 mm rain
- Giugliano in Campania in JanuaryItaly · 57 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 110 mm rain
- Caserta in JanuaryItaly · 59 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 3.0°C · 110 mm rain
- Pozzuoli in JanuaryItaly · 62 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 7.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Foggia in JanuaryItaly · 108 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 3.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Andria in JanuaryItaly · 141 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 4.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Barletta in JanuaryItaly · 144 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 5.8°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 Salerno) is explained once on the Salerno year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.