Zakynthos weather in January

In January, Zakynthos sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 162 mm of rain across 13.9 wet days and about 9.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 24 min at the start of January to 10 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Zakynthos's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zakynthos's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 162 mm; 13.9 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 42 min; 7:56 AM – 5:35 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 11th clearest
Wind: 21 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 2.34 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

Zakynthos is city on the island of Zakynthos, Ionian Islands, Greece.

Density: 251/km²; people per km²

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 14°C through the month.

A typical January day in Zakynthos reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

Zakynthos weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 12°	162	13.9	9.7	3.7
Feb	14° / 12°	116	12.1	10.5	3.8
Mar	15° / 12°	82	9.9	11.7	4.6
Apr	17° / 15°	41	6.2	12.9	6.0
May	20° / 18°	18	3.7	14	7.7
Jun	23° / 22°	11	1.4	14.6	9.1
Jul	25° / 24°	6	0.5	14.3	9.5
Aug	26° / 25°	6	1	13.5	9.1
Sep	25° / 23°	66	6.6	12.3	8.1
Oct	22° / 20°	114	8.9	11	7.2
Nov	19° / 16°	181	12.6	10	5.7
Dec	15° / 13°	181	14.8	9.4	4.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%.

	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 (%)	56	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	56	56	56	55	54	54	53	53	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	53	53	53	54	53	54	54	55
Cloudier (%)	44	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	45	46	46	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	47	47	47	46	47	46	46	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	55	45
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	54	46
28	53	47
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	55	45

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Zakynthos gets around 162 mm of rain over 13.9 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 44% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	46	46	45	45	44	44	43	43	42	42	41	41	41	41	42	42	43	44	45	45	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	45
4	45
5	44
6	44
7	43
8	43
9	42
10	42
11	41
12	41
13	41
14	41
15	42
16	42
17	43
18	44
19	45
20	45
21	46
22	46
23	47
24	47
25	47
26	47
27	47
28	47
29	47
30	47
31	46

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 97% 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 (%)	93	94	94	94	95	95	95	96	96	96	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in January

Winds average 21 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 21 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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 24 min at the start of January to 10 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:57 AM to 7:48 AM, and sunset from 5:22 PM to 5:51 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)	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0
Sunrise (AM)	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:56	7:56	7:56	7:55	7:55	7:55	7:54	7:54	7:53	7:53	7:52	7:52	7:51	7:51	7:50	7:49	7:48
Sunset (PM)	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.4	7:57	5:22
2	9.4	7:57	5:23
3	9.4	7:57	5:24
4	9.5	7:57	5:25
5	9.5	7:57	5:25
6	9.5	7:57	5:26
7	9.5	7:57	5:27
8	9.5	7:57	5:28
9	9.5	7:57	5:29
10	9.5	7:57	5:30
11	9.6	7:57	5:31
12	9.6	7:57	5:32
13	9.6	7:57	5:32
14	9.6	7:57	5:33
15	9.6	7:56	5:34
16	9.7	7:56	5:35
17	9.7	7:56	5:36
18	9.7	7:55	5:37
19	9.7	7:55	5:38
20	9.7	7:55	5:39
21	9.8	7:54	5:40
22	9.8	7:54	5:41
23	9.8	7:53	5:42
24	9.8	7:53	5:44
25	9.9	7:52	5:45
26	9.9	7:52	5:46
27	9.9	7:51	5:47
28	10.0	7:51	5:48
29	10.0	7:50	5:49
30	10.0	7:49	5:50
31	10.0	7:48	5:51

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.98 kWh/m² to a high of 7.61 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.34 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)	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	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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	2.1	Moderate
2	2.1	Moderate
3	2.1	Moderate
4	2.1	Moderate
5	2.1	Moderate
6	2.2	Moderate
7	2.2	Moderate
8	2.2	Moderate
9	2.2	Moderate
10	2.3	Moderate
11	2.3	Moderate
12	2.3	Moderate
13	2.3	Moderate
14	2.3	Moderate
15	2.3	Moderate
16	2.4	Moderate
17	2.4	Moderate
18	2.4	Moderate
19	2.4	Moderate
20	2.4	Moderate
21	2.4	Moderate
22	2.4	Moderate
23	2.5	Moderate
24	2.5	Moderate
25	2.5	Moderate
26	2.5	Moderate
27	2.5	Moderate
28	2.6	Moderate
29	2.6	Moderate
30	2.6	Moderate
31	2.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Zakynthos

In seasonPeak

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

Zakynthos's rainy season runs October–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 Zakynthos?

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

3.7

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Zakynthos.

What to pack for Zakynthos in January

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

In January, Zakynthos sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Zakynthos in January

The nearest coast averages about 16°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 March near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 27 to Nov 20 — about 5.9 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	16	15	15	16	19	22	25	26	25	23	20	18
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	15	Cool
Mar	15	Cool
Apr	16	Cool
May	19	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	23	Refreshing
Nov	20	Refreshing
Dec	18	Cool

UV index in Zakynthos 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 Zakynthos peaks around August 12 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

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

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

Location & terrain

Where is Zakynthos?

Zakynthos sits at 37.8°N, 20.9°E, 0 m above sea level, in Greece. The nearest listed city is Amaliáda, 40 km away.

Topography around Zakynthos

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zakynthos has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 194 m around an average of 16 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 737 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,904 m.

The land around Zakynthos is covered by water (30%), trees (29%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, water (66%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and water (73%) within 80 km.

3 km

194 m

water 30%

16 km

737 m

water 66%

80 km

1,904 m

water 73%

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

January weather nearby: Amaliáda 40 km · Pýrgos 49 km · Archaia Olympia 66 km · Patras 90 km · Agrínio 104 km · Aígio 116 km · Préveza 131 km · Trípoli 134 km

Greece travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 60% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $26,948; 2025
Happiness: 5.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 8.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 592
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 Zakynthos (37.7802°, 20.8956°, 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	55	45
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	54	46
28	53	47
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	45
4	45
5	44
6	44
7	43
8	43
9	42
10	42
11	41
12	41
13	41
14	41
15	42
16	42
17	43
18	44
19	45
20	45
21	46
22	46
23	47
24	47
25	47
26	47
27	47
28	47
29	47
30	47
31	46

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	55	45
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	54	46
28	53	47
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	45
4	45
5	44
6	44
7	43
8	43
9	42
10	42
11	41
12	41
13	41
14	41
15	42
16	42
17	43
18	44
19	45
20	45
21	46
22	46
23	47
24	47
25	47
26	47
27	47
28	47
29	47
30	47
31	46

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	55	45
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	54	46
28	53	47
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	45
4	45
5	44
6	44
7	43
8	43
9	42
10	42
11	41
12	41
13	41
14	41
15	42
16	42
17	43
18	44
19	45
20	45
21	46
22	46
23	47
24	47
25	47
26	47
27	47
28	47
29	47
30	47
31	46

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1