Climate averages 1991–2020
Faro weather
in January.
A mild, moderately 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 mild month in Faro: daytime highs average 15.0°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 56 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huelva (92 km away). In January its highs average 15.3°C, about as warm as Faro, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Faro ranks 2nd of 12 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 12 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 12 cities is 13.7°C; Faro is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 15.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 55 mm to 47 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
Faro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 15.0°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 55 | 7.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 47 | 5.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 53 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 42 | 5.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.7°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 24 | 4.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 23.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 4.9 | 0.9 | 14.715 h |
| July | 26.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 26.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 2.0 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 19 | 2.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 67 | 6.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 70 | 7.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 90 | 7.7 | 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
- Huelva in JanuarySpain · 92 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Cadiz, Spain in JanuarySpain · 156 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 8.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Jerez de la Frontera in JanuarySpain · 164 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.5°C · 56 mm rain
- San Fernando, Spain in JanuarySpain · 165 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 8.7°C · 74 mm rain
- Chiclana de la Frontera in JanuarySpain · 172 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 9.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Sevilla in JanuarySpain · 178 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Dos Hermanas in JanuarySpain · 180 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 5.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Setúbal in JanuaryPortugal · 188 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 8.3°C · 63 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 Faro) is explained once on the Faro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.