Climate averages 1991–2020
Setúbal weather
in January.
A cool, 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 cool month in Setúbal: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 48 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lisbon (32 km away). In January its highs average 13.4°C, 1.2°C cooler than Setúbal, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Setúbal ranks 3rd of 12 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 12 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 12 cities is 13.7°C; Setúbal is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 mm to 48 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
Setúbal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 63 | 8.4 | 9.810 h |
| February | 15.6°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 48 | 6.6 | 10.711 h |
| March | 18.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 48 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 45 | 7.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.3°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 35 | 5.1 | 14.214 h |
| June | 25.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 7.5 | 1.5 | 14.815 h |
| July | 28.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 14.615 h |
| August | 28.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 2.8 | 0.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 25 | 3.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 70 | 8.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 74 | 8.8 | 10.110 h |
| December | 15.4°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 77 | 9.1 | 9.510 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
- Lisbon in JanuaryPortugal · 32 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 9.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Amadora in JanuaryPortugal · 39 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 8.7°C · 68 mm rain
- Queluz in JanuaryPortugal · 41 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 9.7°C · 68 mm rain
- Leiria in JanuaryPortugal · 136 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 7.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Badajoz in JanuarySpain · 171 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Faro in JanuaryPortugal · 188 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 10.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Coimbra in JanuaryPortugal · 191 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 4.9°C · 108 mm rain
- Huelva in JanuarySpain · 221 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 45 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 Setúbal) is explained once on the Setúbal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.