Climate averages 1991–2020
Fort Myers weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Fort Myers: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 40 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cape Coral (13 km away). In January its highs average 22.5°C, about as warm as Fort Myers, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fort Myers ranks joint 16th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 97th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Fort Myers is 13.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 35 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
Fort Myers climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 22.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 45 | 5.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 24.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 35 | 4.7 | 11.211 h |
| March | 26.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 43 | 4.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 50 | 6.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 30.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 74 | 9.5 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 176 | 20.8 | 13.814 h |
| July | 31.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 165 | 23.1 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 164 | 24.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 156 | 19.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 74 | 8.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 26.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 33 | 4.2 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 33 | 4.3 | 10.511 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
- Cape Coral in JanuaryUnited States · 13 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Lehigh Acres in JanuaryUnited States · 21 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 12.7°C · 47 mm rain
- St. Petersburg in JanuaryUnited States · 152 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 13.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Brandon in JanuaryUnited States · 153 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Lakeland in JanuaryUnited States · 158 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Tampa in JanuaryUnited States · 160 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Coral Springs in JanuaryUnited States · 161 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Port Saint Lucie in JanuaryUnited States · 166 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 51 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 Fort Myers) is explained once on the Fort Myers year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.