Climate averages 1991–2020
Columbia (South Carolina), United States weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Columbia (South Carolina), United States: daytime highs average 12.3°C and nights cool to about 2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 10 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rock Hill (103 km away). In January its highs average 10.5°C, 1.8°C cooler than Columbia (South Carolina), United States, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Columbia (South Carolina), United States ranks joint 223rd of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 345th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Columbia (South Carolina), United States is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 14.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 89 mm to 87 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
Columbia (South Carolina), United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 12.3°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 89 | 9.1 | 10.210 h |
| February | 14.4°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 87 | 8.3 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 89 | 9.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.4°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 85 | 8.1 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.6°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 76 | 9.3 | 13.914 h |
| June | 30.7°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 108 | 13.4 | 14.414 h |
| July | 32.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 112 | 15.2 | 14.214 h |
| August | 31.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 107 | 13.4 | 13.413 h |
| September | 28.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 94 | 8.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 84 | 7.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.8°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 72 | 7.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 13.6°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 93 | 8.8 | 9.910 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
- Rock Hill in JanuaryUnited States · 103 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 1.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Charlotte in JanuaryUnited States · 137 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Gastonia in JanuaryUnited States · 141 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 0.8°C · 98 mm rain
- North Charleston in JanuaryUnited States · 161 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.8°C · 81 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 162 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 0.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Charleston in JanuaryUnited States · 170 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Savannah in JanuaryUnited States · 213 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 6.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Athens, United States in JanuaryUnited States · 216 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 2.2°C · 112 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 Columbia) is explained once on the Columbia (South Carolina), United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.