Solin weather in January

In January, Solin sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 121 mm of precipitation across 11.2 wet days and about 9.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-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 40% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 48 min at the start of January to 9 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Solin's 10th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Solin's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
121 mm
11.2 wet days
Daylight
9 h 06 min
7:30 AM – 4:36 PM
Cloud cover
54%
10th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
1.74 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.9
out of 10

Solin is town in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia.

Density
614/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 Solin reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 4°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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Solin weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 12111.21.29.11.9
Feb10° / 1069.81.510.22.1
Mar12° / 1029.70.811.63.3
Apr15° / 11°99110.213.24.4
May19° / 15°719.2014.56.4
Jun23° / 19°426.8015.27.8
Jul25° / 21°254.7014.98.3
Aug26° / 21°404.5013.88.3
Sep22° / 18°1037.8012.37.3
Oct18° / 14°13711.1010.86.0
Nov14° / 10°22213.90.29.53.8
Dec10° / 17312.60.98.82.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15248
25149
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Solin gets around 121 mm of rain and snow over 11.2 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 36% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings 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 14 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 48 min at the start of January to 9 h 36 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 7:33 AM to 7:20 AM, and sunset from 4:22 PM to 4:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.87:334:22
28.87:334:22
38.87:334:23
48.97:334:24
58.97:334:25
68.97:334:26
78.97:334:27
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98.97:334:29
109.07:324:30
119.07:324:31
129.07:324:32
139.07:314:33
149.07:314:34
159.17:314:35
169.17:304:36
179.17:304:37
189.27:294:39
199.27:294:40
209.27:284:41
219.27:284:42
229.37:274:43
239.37:264:45
249.37:264:46
259.47:254:47
269.47:244:48
279.47:234:50
289.57:224:51
299.57:224:52
309.57:214:54
319.67:204:55

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.44 kWh/m² to a high of 6.95 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.74 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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282.0Moderate
292.0Moderate
302.1Moderate
312.1Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Solin

In seasonPeak

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

Solin's rainy season runs September–March, 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 Solin?

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

1.9
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 Solin.

What to pack for Solin in January

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

In January, Solin sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Solin in January

The nearest coast averages about 14°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 21 km away) is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 2 to Oct 27 — about 4.9 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan14Bracing
Feb13Bracing
Mar14Bracing
Apr15Bracing
May18Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul24Warm
Aug25Warm
Sep23Refreshing
Oct21Refreshing
Nov19Cool
Dec16Cool

UV index in Solin 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 Solin peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 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 highModerateLowJul 15UV 9Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Solin in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Solin is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1615 µg/m³Dec 159 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb12Moderate
Mar13Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul12Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep9Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Solin?

Solin sits at 43.5°N, 16.5°E, 15 m above sea level, in Croatia. The nearest listed city is Split, 6.0 km away.

HvarSibenikKorčulaBugojnoMeđugorjeJajceMostar

Topography around Solin

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Solin has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 669 m around an average of 146 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,316 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,986 m.

The land around Solin is covered by trees (43%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 3 km, water (31%), trees (29%) and shrubs (20%) within 16 km, and water (38%), trees (27%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
669 m
16 km
1,316 m
80 km
1,986 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Split 6.0 km · Hvar 41 km · Sibenik 53 km · Korčula 83 km · Bugojno 96 km · Međugorje 103 km · Jajce 108 km · Mostar 108 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 Solin (43.5432°, 16.4931°, elevation 15 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).