Fier-Çifçi weather in January

In January, Fier-Çifçi sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 76 mm of precipitation across 9.9 wet days and about 9.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 12°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Fier-Çifçi's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fier-Çifçi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 76 mm; 9.9 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 24 min; 7:09 AM – 4:33 PM
Cloud cover: 50%; 9th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 2.08 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.3; out of 10

Fier-Çifçi is settlement in Albania.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 12°C through the month.

A typical January day in Fier-Çifçi reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	6
2	12	6
3	12	6
4	12	5
5	12	5
6	12	5
7	12	5
8	12	5
9	12	5
10	12	5
11	12	5
12	12	5
13	12	5
14	12	5
15	12	5
16	12	5
17	12	5
18	12	5
19	12	5
20	12	5
21	12	5
22	12	5
23	12	5
24	12	5
25	12	5
26	12	5
27	12	5
28	12	5
29	12	5
30	12	5
31	12	5

How January really feels in Fier-Çifçi

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Fier-Çifçi weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 5°	76	9.9	9.4	3.3
Feb	13° / 6°	81	10	10.4	3.7
Mar	16° / 8°	88	10.2	11.7	5.1
Apr	19° / 11°	76	10.2	13.1	6.3
May	24° / 16°	56	7.5	14.2	7.6
Jun	28° / 19°	35	5.6	14.9	6.9
Jul	31° / 22°	26	4.2	14.6	5.7
Aug	31° / 22°	27	4.4	13.6	5.4
Sep	27° / 19°	89	8.9	12.3	6.9
Oct	23° / 15°	100	9	10.9	7.2
Nov	18° / 11°	116	10.8	9.7	5.6
Dec	13° / 7°	108	11.9	9.1	3.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 42%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	59	60	61	61	61	61	61	61	60	60	60	59	59	59	58	58	57	57	56	57	56	55	55	56	55	55	55	55	56	55	55
Cloudier (%)	41	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	43	43	44	43	44	45	45	44	45	45	45	45	44	45	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	56	44
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	56	44
30	55	45
31	55	45

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Fier-Çifçi gets around 76 mm of rain and snow over 9.9 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 32% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	34	33	32	32	31	30	30	29	29	28	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	33
3	32
4	32
5	31
6	30
7	30
8	29
9	29
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	29
14	29
15	30
16	30
17	31
18	32
19	33
20	33
21	34
22	34
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	34
31	34

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
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25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:11 AM to 7:00 AM, and sunset from 4:19 PM to 4:50 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:08	7:08	7:07	7:07	7:06	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00
Sunset (PM)	4:19	4:20	4:20	4:21	4:22	4:23	4:24	4:25	4:26	4:27	4:27	4:28	4:29	4:30	4:32	4:33	4:34	4:35	4:36	4:37	4:38	4:39	4:40	4:41	4:43	4:44	4:45	4:46	4:47	4:49	4:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.1	7:11	4:19
2	9.1	7:11	4:20
3	9.2	7:11	4:20
4	9.2	7:11	4:21
5	9.2	7:11	4:22
6	9.2	7:11	4:23
7	9.2	7:11	4:24
8	9.2	7:11	4:25
9	9.2	7:11	4:26
10	9.3	7:11	4:27
11	9.3	7:11	4:27
12	9.3	7:11	4:28
13	9.3	7:10	4:29
14	9.3	7:10	4:30
15	9.4	7:10	4:32
16	9.4	7:09	4:33
17	9.4	7:09	4:34
18	9.4	7:09	4:35
19	9.5	7:08	4:36
20	9.5	7:08	4:37
21	9.5	7:07	4:38
22	9.5	7:07	4:39
23	9.6	7:06	4:40
24	9.6	7:06	4:41
25	9.6	7:05	4:43
26	9.7	7:04	4:44
27	9.7	7:04	4:45
28	9.7	7:03	4:46
29	9.8	7:02	4:47
30	9.8	7:01	4:49
31	9.8	7:00	4:50

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.74 kWh/m² to a high of 7.23 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.08 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.8	Dim
2	1.8	Dim
3	1.9	Dim
4	1.9	Dim
5	1.9	Dim
6	1.9	Dim
7	1.9	Dim
8	1.9	Dim
9	2.0	Dim
10	2.0	Dim
11	2.0	Moderate
12	2.0	Moderate
13	2.0	Moderate
14	2.0	Moderate
15	2.1	Moderate
16	2.1	Moderate
17	2.1	Moderate
18	2.1	Moderate
19	2.1	Moderate
20	2.1	Moderate
21	2.2	Moderate
22	2.2	Moderate
23	2.2	Moderate
24	2.2	Moderate
25	2.3	Moderate
26	2.3	Moderate
27	2.3	Moderate
28	2.3	Moderate
29	2.4	Moderate
30	2.4	Moderate
31	2.4	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Fier-Çifçi?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.3

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Fier-Çifçi.

What to pack for Fier-Çifçi in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Fier-Çifçi sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Fier-Çifçi in January

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 24 km away) is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 27 to Nov 6 — about 5.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	14	14	16	19	22	24	25	24	22	19	17
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Bracing
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	16	Cool
May	19	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	24	Warm
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	24	Refreshing
Oct	22	Refreshing
Nov	19	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Fier-Çifçi in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Fier-Çifçi peaks around July 19 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	7	7	9	9	9	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Fier-Çifçi?

Fier-Çifçi sits at 40.7°N, 19.6°E, 17 m above sea level, in Albania. The nearest listed city is Fier, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Fier-Çifçi

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Fier-Çifçi.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fier-Çifçi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m around an average of 23 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 639 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,377 m.

The land around Fier-Çifçi is covered by grassland (35%), artificial surfaces (27%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, grassland (39%), cropland (32%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and trees (34%), water (32%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

134 m

grassland 35%

16 km

639 m

grassland 39%

80 km

2,377 m

trees 34%

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← December Fier-Çifçi year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Fier 1.0 km · Patos 6.0 km · Patos Fshat 11 km · Lushnjë 28 km · Vlorë 28 km · Kuçovë 31 km · Berat 33 km · Peqin 40 km

Albania travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 43% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $12,998; 2025
Happiness: 5.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 71%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.4; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 11.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 532
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Fier-Çifçi (40.7167°, 19.5667°, elevation 17 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	6
2	12	6
3	12	6
4	12	5
5	12	5
6	12	5
7	12	5
8	12	5
9	12	5
10	12	5
11	12	5
12	12	5
13	12	5
14	12	5
15	12	5
16	12	5
17	12	5
18	12	5
19	12	5
20	12	5
21	12	5
22	12	5
23	12	5
24	12	5
25	12	5
26	12	5
27	12	5
28	12	5
29	12	5
30	12	5
31	12	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	56	44
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	56	44
30	55	45
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	33
3	32
4	32
5	31
6	30
7	30
8	29
9	29
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	29
14	29
15	30
16	30
17	31
18	32
19	33
20	33
21	34
22	34
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	34
31	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	6
2	12	6
3	12	6
4	12	5
5	12	5
6	12	5
7	12	5
8	12	5
9	12	5
10	12	5
11	12	5
12	12	5
13	12	5
14	12	5
15	12	5
16	12	5
17	12	5
18	12	5
19	12	5
20	12	5
21	12	5
22	12	5
23	12	5
24	12	5
25	12	5
26	12	5
27	12	5
28	12	5
29	12	5
30	12	5
31	12	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	56	44
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	56	44
30	55	45
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	33
3	32
4	32
5	31
6	30
7	30
8	29
9	29
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	29
14	29
15	30
16	30
17	31
18	32
19	33
20	33
21	34
22	34
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	34
31	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	6
2	12	6
3	12	6
4	12	5
5	12	5
6	12	5
7	12	5
8	12	5
9	12	5
10	12	5
11	12	5
12	12	5
13	12	5
14	12	5
15	12	5
16	12	5
17	12	5
18	12	5
19	12	5
20	12	5
21	12	5
22	12	5
23	12	5
24	12	5
25	12	5
26	12	5
27	12	5
28	12	5
29	12	5
30	12	5
31	12	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	56	44
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	56	44
30	55	45
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	33
3	32
4	32
5	31
6	30
7	30
8	29
9	29
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	29
14	29
15	30
16	30
17	31
18	32
19	33
20	33
21	34
22	34
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	34
31	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0