Rovinj weather in January

In January, Rovinj sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 74 mm of precipitation across 9 wet days and about 9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 9°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 36 min at the start of January to 9 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Rovinj's 10th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rovinj's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
74 mm
9 wet days
Daylight
8 h 54 min
7:47 AM – 4:43 PM
Cloud cover
59%
10th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
1.56 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.7
out of 10

Rovinj is town and settlement in Istria County, Croatia.

Density
186/km²
people per km²

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 9°C through the month.

A typical January day in Rovinj reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 12°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Rovinj weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7490.491.7
Feb / 818.70.910.11.9
Mar12° / 728.90.411.63.2
Apr15° / 11°709.50.113.24.6
May19° / 15°759.5014.66.4
Jun24° / 20°547.6015.47.6
Jul26° / 22°435.7015.17.8
Aug26° / 22°647.2013.97.6
Sep22° / 18°1219.6012.37.0
Oct18° / 15°11611.1010.75.8
Nov14° / 11°14712.809.33.7
Dec10° / 10610.70.58.62.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14654
24654
34654
44753
54753
64753
74753
84753
94753
104753
114852
124753
134753
144852
154654
164654
174753
184654
194654
204654
214357
224357
234357
244357
254159
264159
274159
284357
294456
304456
314456

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Rovinj gets around 74 mm of rain and snow over 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 29% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1341
2341
3331
4331
5321
6311
7301
8301
9291
10291
11281
12281
13281
14281
15271
16271
17271
18271
19271
20271
21281
22281
23282
24282
25292
26292
27292
28292
29302
30302
31302

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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Dry (%)
1100
2100
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Wind in January

Winds average 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
1215light breeze
1315light breeze
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2015light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 36 min at the start of January to 9 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:50 AM to 7:35 AM, and sunset from 4:27 PM to 5:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.67:504:27
28.67:504:28
38.77:504:29
48.77:504:30
58.77:504:31
68.77:504:32
78.77:504:33
88.77:504:34
98.87:494:35
108.87:494:36
118.87:494:37
128.87:494:38
138.97:484:39
148.97:484:40
158.97:474:41
168.97:474:43
179.07:464:44
189.07:464:45
199.07:454:46
209.17:454:48
219.17:444:49
229.17:434:50
239.17:424:51
249.27:424:53
259.27:414:54
269.37:404:55
279.37:394:57
289.37:384:58
299.47:374:59
309.47:365:01
319.47:355:02

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.29 kWh/m² to a high of 6.82 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.56 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.3Dim
21.3Dim
31.4Dim
41.4Dim
51.4Dim
61.4Dim
71.4Dim
81.4Dim
91.4Dim
101.4Dim
111.5Dim
121.5Dim
131.5Dim
141.5Dim
151.5Dim
161.6Dim
171.6Dim
181.6Dim
191.6Dim
201.6Dim
211.6Dim
221.7Dim
231.7Dim
241.7Dim
251.8Dim
261.8Dim
271.8Dim
281.8Dim
291.9Dim
301.9Dim
311.9Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Rovinj?

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

1.7
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Rovinj.

What to pack for Rovinj in January

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

In January, Rovinj sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 6°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Rovinj in January

The nearest coast averages about 11°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 10°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 1 to Oct 12 — about 4.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan11Bracing
Feb10Bracing
Mar11Bracing
Apr13Bracing
May18Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep23Refreshing
Oct20Cool
Nov17Cool
Dec14Bracing

UV index in Rovinj 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 Rovinj peaks around July 16 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 16UV 8Jan 10UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May7High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Rovinj?

Rovinj sits at 45.1°N, 13.6°E, 0 m above sea level, in Croatia. The nearest listed city is Pula, 29 km away.

PulaPiranKoperCresTriesteRijekaDivačaMonfalcone

Topography around Rovinj

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rovinj has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 301 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,494 m.

The land around Rovinj is covered by water (52%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, water (57%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and water (60%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
70 m
16 km
301 m
80 km
1,494 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Pula 29 km · Piran 50 km · Koper 52 km · Cres 63 km · Trieste 64 km · Rijeka 69 km · Divača 72 km · Monfalcone 81 km

Croatia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 53% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$27,104
2025
Happiness
6.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
87%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
7.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 617
Religion
Roman Catholic 79%other Christian 5%none or atheist 5%Orthodox 3%

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 Rovinj (45.0827°, 13.6346°, elevation 0 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).