Port Alberni weather in January

In January, Port Alberni sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 289 mm of precipitation across 18.5 wet days and about 8.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 5°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 hours at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Port Alberni's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Port Alberni's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
289 mm
18.5 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
8:16 AM – 4:41 PM
Cloud cover
79%
11th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.91 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.1
out of 10

Port Alberni is city in British Columbia, Canada.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 9 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
24/km²
people per km²
Founded
1912

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 5°C through the month.

A typical January day in Port Alberni reaches about 5°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°C and 8°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Port Alberni

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 19 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
19
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Port Alberni weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 28918.56.88.50.1
Feb / 17815.269.80.4
Mar / 21218.16.511.61.1
Apr11° / 14115.81.313.42.3
May15° / 8612.1015.14.2
Jun17° / 10°6610.3015.95.4
Jul20° / 13°376.4015.67.0
Aug21° / 13°556.8014.27.1
Sep17° / 11°909.6012.45.7
Oct12° / 19815.70.110.52.9
Nov / 296193.48.90.9
Dec / 28019.188.10.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Port Alberni gets around 289 mm of rain and snow over 18.5 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 60% and peaks near 62% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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.

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Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
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116calm
126calm
136calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 hours at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:21 AM to 8:02 AM, and sunset from 4:24 PM to 5:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.08:214:24
28.18:214:25
38.18:214:26
48.18:214:27
58.18:214:28
68.18:204:29
78.28:204:30
88.28:204:31
98.28:204:32
108.28:194:33
118.38:194:34
128.38:184:36
138.38:184:37
148.38:174:38
158.48:174:40
168.48:164:41
178.48:154:42
188.58:154:44
198.58:144:45
208.68:134:47
218.68:124:48
228.68:114:49
238.78:104:51
248.78:094:52
258.88:084:54
268.88:074:56
278.88:064:57
288.98:054:59
298.98:045:00
309.08:035:02
319.08:025:03

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.74 kWh/m² to a high of 6.15 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 0.91 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Port Alberni

In seasonPeak

In January, Port Alberni sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Port Alberni's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Port Alberni?

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

0.1
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Port Alberni.

What to pack for Port Alberni in January

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

In January, Port Alberni sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 19 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

Sea temperature near Port Alberni in January

The nearest coast averages about 7°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 20 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in January near 7°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
Feb7Bracing
Mar8Bracing
Apr10Bracing
May13Bracing
Jun15Cool
Jul17Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep15Bracing
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Port Alberni in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Port Alberni peaks around July 18 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 18UV 8Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May7High
Jun6High
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Port Alberni?

Port Alberni sits at 49.2°N, 124.8°W, 22 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Courtenay, 51 km away.

Topography around Port Alberni

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Port Alberni.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Port Alberni has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m around an average of 64 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,743 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,058 m.

The land around Port Alberni is covered by trees (49%) within 3 km, trees (81%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) and water (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
247 m
16 km
1,743 m
80 km
2,058 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Courtenay 51 km · Harewood 63 km · Nanaimo 63 km · Tofino 81 km · Campbell River 92 km · North Cowichan 93 km · Duncan 95 km · University Endowment Lands 114 km

Canada travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 83% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$55,698
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
97%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 53%none 35%Muslim 5%Hindu 2%

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 Port Alberni (49.2413°, -124.8028°, elevation 22 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).