Weather in Palermo in January 2025
- January is usually the coldest month of the year in Palermo;
Average weather
Average temperature in Palermo in January
The temperature in January is +59°F on average, with a range between a maximum of +66°F during the day and a minimum of +45°F at night.
The average maximum temperature goes down 33% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +64°F to +57°F.
Is Palermo warm or cold in January?
Palermo is typically mild in January.
Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +61°F to +59°F. The minimum temperature also goes down from +54°F to +50°F.
Pack a light jacket as it will be warm in the day and cool in the evenings.
January is the coldest month in Palermo, here is the comparison with other months:
Water temperature in Palermo in January
Water in Palermo in January is Cold. It varies from +57°F to +62°F, with an average of +60°F. Note that the air temperature is lower than the water temperature, averaging around +59°F.
The water temperature in January is one of the coldest of the entire year:
Can you swim in Palermo in January?
Climate in Palermo in January
| December | January | February | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| +61°F | +59°F | +59°F | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| +37°F | +34°F | +37°F | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +75°F | +75°F | +77°F | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 86 mm | 84 mm | 73 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 2 m/s | 2 m/s | 2 m/s | ||||
| Avg. water temperature | ||||||
| +62°F | +60°F | +58°F | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 79% | 78% | 76% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1016 HPa | 1017 HPa | 1016 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 12 | 13 | 10 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 16 | 15 | 14 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
January weather is still as ok as in December. It’s getting colder in January. From +61°F in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +59°F. As January arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 86 mm to 84 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 79% to 78%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during January, staying around 2 m/s. The amount of sunny days stay about the same, averaging 2 sunny days during the month.
February brings much the same weather, it remains ok.
Wind
The average wind speed is 2 m/s getting up to 6 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Palermo is gradually increasing during January, going from 0 m/s to 3 m/s over the course of the month.
Rain
How was the weather last January in Palermo?
Climate Change Over the Years
The climate in Palermo in January has not changed that much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1980 (+68°F) and the highest in 2012 (+75°F). The driest year was 1989 with only 353 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2021 with 1977 mm.
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Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Palermo, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.