Climate averages 1991–2020
Sassari weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Sassari: daytime highs average 11.9°C and nights cool to about 6.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 8th 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 Cagliari (173 km away). In January its highs average 13.3°C, 1.4°C warmer than Sassari, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Sassari ranks joint 19th of 79 for the warmest January highs and joint 23rd of 79 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 79 cities is 9.7°C; Sassari is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 12.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 54 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
Sassari climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 11.9°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 56 | 9.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 12.0°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 54 | 8.7 | 10.611 h |
| March | 14.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 54 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.9°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 60 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 45 | 6.4 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 22 | 3.4 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 6.5 | 1.3 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.7°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 10 | 2.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 43 | 6.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 21.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 71 | 8.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 16.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 96 | 11.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 12.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 76 | 10.7 | 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
- Cagliari in JanuaryItaly · 173 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 7.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Fiumicino in JanuaryItaly · 329 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Acilia-Castel Fusano-Ostia Antica in JanuaryItaly · 336 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 6.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Antibes in JanuaryFrance · 339 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 4.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Cannes in JanuaryFrance · 339 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 4.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Toulon in JanuaryFrance · 344 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 6.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Livorno in JanuaryItaly · 346 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 5.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Monaco in JanuaryMonaco · 348 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 5.3°C · 69 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 Sassari) is explained once on the Sassari year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.