Climate averages 1991–2020
West Palm Beach weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 3rd 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 West Palm Beach: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 3rd 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 Boynton Beach (21 km away). In January its highs average 22.9°C, about as warm as West Palm Beach, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, West Palm Beach ranks 18th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 126th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; West Palm Beach is 13.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 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
West Palm Beach climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 22.6°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 52 | 7.1 | 10.711 h |
| February | 23.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 48 | 6.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 24.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 66 | 7.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 65 | 8.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 28.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 100 | 12.4 | 13.413 h |
| June | 29.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 165 | 21.1 | 13.814 h |
| July | 30.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 134 | 22.4 | 13.614 h |
| August | 30.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 166 | 24.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 179 | 23.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 116 | 15.0 | 11.512 h |
| November | 25.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 56 | 9.3 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.6°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 42 | 7.4 | 10.510 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
- Boynton Beach in JanuaryUnited States · 21 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 16.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Boca Raton in JanuaryUnited States · 40 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Deerfield Beach in JanuaryUnited States · 44 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 16.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Pompano Beach in JanuaryUnited States · 54 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 16.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Coral Springs in JanuaryUnited States · 54 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Fort Lauderdale in JanuaryUnited States · 67 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Port Saint Lucie in JanuaryUnited States · 71 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Davie in JanuaryUnited States · 75 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 49 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 West Palm Beach) is explained once on the West Palm Beach year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.