Zadar weather in January

In January, Zadar sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 84 mm of precipitation across 10 wet days and about 9.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 42 min at the start of January to 9 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Zadar's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zadar's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 84 mm; 10 wet days
Daylight: 9 hours; 7:37 AM – 4:40 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 11th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 1.67 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.4; out of 10

Zadar is city and settlement in Zadar County, Croatia.

Density: 1,312/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~383 BCE

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 10°C through the month.

A typical January day in Zadar reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Avg low (°C)	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	5	5	5

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

Zadar weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 5°	84	10	0.5	9.1	2.4
Feb	11° / 5°	81	9.1	0.7	10.2	2.7
Mar	14° / 8°	76	9.5	0.4	11.6	4.3
Apr	17° / 11°	76	9.9	0	13.2	5.7
May	22° / 16°	71	8.8	0	14.5	7.1
Jun	26° / 20°	47	6.5	0	15.2	7.5
Jul	29° / 22°	30	4.3	0	15	6.6
Aug	29° / 22°	51	4.7	0	13.8	6.6
Sep	25° / 18°	100	7.8	0	12.3	7.4
Oct	20° / 14°	112	10.4	0	10.8	6.5
Nov	15° / 10°	139	12.4	0.1	9.4	4.4
Dec	11° / 6°	109	11	0.3	8.8	2.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% 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 48%.

	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 (%)	51	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	52
Cloudier (%)	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	52	48

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Zadar gets around 84 mm of rain and snow over 10 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 33% on the wettest days, and about 1 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 (%)	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	31	31
Snow chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2

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

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 (%)	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	100	100	100

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

Wind in January

Winds average 15 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.

	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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 42 min at the start of January to 9 h 30 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 7:40 AM to 7:26 AM, and sunset from 4:25 PM to 4:59 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)	8.7	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:40	7:40	7:40	7:40	7:40	7:40	7:40	7:40	7:40	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:37	7:37	7:36	7:36	7:35	7:34	7:34	7:33	7:32	7:32	7:31	7:30	7:29	7:28	7:27	7:26
Sunset (PM)	4:25	4:25	4:26	4:27	4:28	4:29	4:30	4:31	4:32	4:33	4:34	4:35	4:36	4:37	4:38	4:40	4:41	4:42	4:43	4:44	4:46	4:47	4:48	4:49	4:51	4:52	4:53	4:55	4:56	4:57	4:59

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	8.7	7:40	4:25
2	8.8	7:40	4:25
3	8.8	7:40	4:26
4	8.8	7:40	4:27
5	8.8	7:40	4:28
6	8.8	7:40	4:29
7	8.8	7:40	4:30
8	8.9	7:40	4:31
9	8.9	7:40	4:32
10	8.9	7:39	4:33
11	8.9	7:39	4:34
12	8.9	7:39	4:35
13	9.0	7:38	4:36
14	9.0	7:38	4:37
15	9.0	7:38	4:38
16	9.0	7:37	4:40
17	9.1	7:37	4:41
18	9.1	7:36	4:42
19	9.1	7:36	4:43
20	9.2	7:35	4:44
21	9.2	7:34	4:46
22	9.2	7:34	4:47
23	9.2	7:33	4:48
24	9.3	7:32	4:49
25	9.3	7:32	4:51
26	9.4	7:31	4:52
27	9.4	7:30	4:53
28	9.4	7:29	4:55
29	9.5	7:28	4:56
30	9.5	7:27	4:57
31	9.5	7:26	4:59

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.95 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.67 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)	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.4	Dim
2	1.4	Dim
3	1.5	Dim
4	1.5	Dim
5	1.5	Dim
6	1.5	Dim
7	1.5	Dim
8	1.5	Dim
9	1.5	Dim
10	1.6	Dim
11	1.6	Dim
12	1.6	Dim
13	1.6	Dim
14	1.6	Dim
15	1.6	Dim
16	1.7	Dim
17	1.7	Dim
18	1.7	Dim
19	1.7	Dim
20	1.8	Dim
21	1.8	Dim
22	1.8	Dim
23	1.8	Dim
24	1.9	Dim
25	1.9	Dim
26	1.9	Dim
27	1.9	Dim
28	2.0	Dim
29	2.0	Moderate
30	2.0	Moderate
31	2.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Zadar?

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

2.4

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Zadar.

What to pack for Zadar in January

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

In January, Zadar sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Zadar 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 28 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 3 to Oct 21 — about 4.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	14	13	13	14	18	22	24	25	23	20	18	16
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	14	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	13	Bracing
Apr	14	Bracing
May	18	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	24	Warm
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	23	Refreshing
Oct	20	Refreshing
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Zadar 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 Zadar peaks around July 16 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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)	1	2	5	7	7	8	9	8	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	7	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Zadar?

Zadar sits at 44.1°N, 15.2°E, 2 m above sea level, in Croatia. The nearest listed city is Sibenik, 68 km away.

Topography around Zadar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zadar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 104 m around an average of 15 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 271 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,733 m.

The land around Zadar is covered by water (53%) and artificial surfaces (33%) within 3 km, water (45%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and water (47%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

104 m

water 53%

16 km

271 m

water 45%

80 km

1,733 m

water 47%

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

January weather nearby: Sibenik 68 km · Bihać 93 km · Cazin 110 km · Bosanska Krupa 113 km · Cres 114 km · Split 119 km · Solin 120 km · Velika Kladuša 127 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

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 Zadar (44.1158°, 15.2251°, elevation 2 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	10	5
2	10	5
3	10	5
4	10	5
5	10	5
6	10	5
7	10	5
8	10	5
9	10	5
10	10	5
11	10	5
12	10	5
13	10	5
14	10	5
15	10	5
16	10	5
17	10	5
18	10	5
19	10	5
20	10	5
21	10	5
22	10	5
23	10	5
24	10	5
25	10	5
26	10	5
27	10	5
28	10	5
29	10	5
30	10	5
31	10	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	52	48

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	52	48

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	52	48

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

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