Cerveteri weather in January

In January, Cerveteri sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 78 mm of rain across 10 wet days and about 9.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 12°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 hours at the start of January to 9 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Cerveteri's 10th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cerveteri's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 78 mm; 10 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 18 min; 7:43 AM – 4:59 PM
Cloud cover: 50%; 10th clearest
Wind: 17 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 1.93 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.1; out of 10

Cerveteri is an ancient Etruscan metropolis, today Cerveteri.

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 12°C through the month.

A typical January day in Cerveteri reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

Cerveteri weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 8°	78	10	9.3	3.1
Feb	12° / 8°	78	9.5	10.3	3.3
Mar	14° / 9°	71	8.4	11.7	4.3
Apr	16° / 12°	65	9.1	13.1	5.2
May	20° / 15°	42	6.7	14.3	7.0
Jun	23° / 19°	26	4.2	15	8.3
Jul	26° / 22°	16	2.1	14.7	8.8
Aug	27° / 22°	22	3	13.7	8.4
Sep	23° / 19°	86	8.5	12.3	7.4
Oct	20° / 16°	129	10.8	10.9	6.4
Nov	16° / 12°	163	13.4	9.6	4.7
Dec	13° / 9°	110	12	9	3.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%.

	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	58	58	58	58	59	59	58	58	58	57	57	56	56	55	55	55	55	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	55	56	57
Cloudier (%)	44	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	44	44	45	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	45	44	43

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	55	45
30	56	44
31	57	43

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Cerveteri gets around 78 mm of rain over 10 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 32% and peaks near 37% 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 (%)	35	34	33	33	32	31	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	36	36	37	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	34
3	33
4	33
5	32
6	31
7	30
8	30
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	29
16	30
17	30
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	33
22	34
23	34
24	35
25	35
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	37
31	37

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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in January

Winds average 17 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 18 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)	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
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	18	light breeze
2	17	light breeze
3	17	light breeze
4	17	light breeze
5	17	light breeze
6	17	light breeze
7	17	light breeze
8	16	light breeze
9	16	light breeze
10	16	light breeze
11	16	light breeze
12	16	light breeze
13	16	light breeze
14	16	light breeze
15	16	light breeze
16	16	light breeze
17	16	light breeze
18	16	light breeze
19	16	light breeze
20	17	light breeze
21	17	light breeze
22	17	light breeze
23	17	light breeze
24	17	light breeze
25	17	light breeze
26	17	light breeze
27	17	light breeze
28	17	light breeze
29	17	light breeze
30	17	light breeze
31	17	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 hours at the start of January to 9 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:45 AM to 7:33 AM, and sunset from 4:45 PM to 5:17 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)	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7
Sunrise (AM)	7:45	7:45	7:45	7:45	7:45	7:45	7:45	7:45	7:45	7:45	7:45	7:44	7:44	7:44	7:43	7:43	7:43	7:42	7:42	7:41	7:41	7:40	7:40	7:39	7:38	7:37	7:37	7:36	7:35	7:34	7:33
Sunset (PM)	4:45	4:45	4:46	4:47	4:48	4:49	4:50	4:51	4:51	4:52	4:53	4:54	4:56	4:57	4:58	4:59	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.0	7:45	4:45
2	9.0	7:45	4:45
3	9.0	7:45	4:46
4	9.0	7:45	4:47
5	9.0	7:45	4:48
6	9.1	7:45	4:49
7	9.1	7:45	4:50
8	9.1	7:45	4:51
9	9.1	7:45	4:51
10	9.1	7:45	4:52
11	9.1	7:45	4:53
12	9.2	7:44	4:54
13	9.2	7:44	4:56
14	9.2	7:44	4:57
15	9.2	7:43	4:58
16	9.3	7:43	4:59
17	9.3	7:43	5:00
18	9.3	7:42	5:01
19	9.3	7:42	5:02
20	9.4	7:41	5:03
21	9.4	7:41	5:04
22	9.4	7:40	5:06
23	9.5	7:40	5:07
24	9.5	7:39	5:08
25	9.5	7:38	5:09
26	9.5	7:37	5:10
27	9.6	7:37	5:12
28	9.6	7:36	5:13
29	9.6	7:35	5:14
30	9.7	7:34	5:15
31	9.7	7:33	5:17

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.67 kWh/m² to a high of 7.17 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.93 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)	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.7	Dim
2	1.7	Dim
3	1.7	Dim
4	1.8	Dim
5	1.8	Dim
6	1.8	Dim
7	1.8	Dim
8	1.8	Dim
9	1.8	Dim
10	1.8	Dim
11	1.8	Dim
12	1.9	Dim
13	1.9	Dim
14	1.9	Dim
15	1.9	Dim
16	1.9	Dim
17	1.9	Dim
18	1.9	Dim
19	2.0	Dim
20	2.0	Dim
21	2.0	Moderate
22	2.0	Moderate
23	2.1	Moderate
24	2.1	Moderate
25	2.1	Moderate
26	2.1	Moderate
27	2.2	Moderate
28	2.2	Moderate
29	2.2	Moderate
30	2.3	Moderate
31	2.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Cerveteri

In seasonPeak

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

Cerveteri's rainy season runs September–February, 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 Cerveteri?

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

3.1

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 Cerveteri.

What to pack for Cerveteri in January

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

In January, Cerveteri sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 8°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Cerveteri in January

The nearest coast averages about 15°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 13 km away) is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 1 to Oct 31 — about 5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	14	14	15	18	22	25	25	24	21	19	16
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Bracing
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	15	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	24	Refreshing
Oct	21	Refreshing
Nov	19	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Cerveteri 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 Cerveteri peaks around July 14 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	3	5	4	7	9	9	8	5	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Cerveteri?

Cerveteri sits at 42.0°N, 12.1°E, 81 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Ladispoli, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Cerveteri

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cerveteri has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 159 m around an average of 48 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 529 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,493 m.

The land around Cerveteri is covered by grassland (31%) and cropland (27%) within 3 km, water (33%), trees (25%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (38%) and water (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

159 m

grassland 31%

16 km

529 m

water 33%

80 km

1,493 m

trees 38%

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

January weather nearby: Ladispoli 5.0 km · Civitavecchia 27 km · Fiumicino 27 km · Vatican City 32 km · Acilia-Castel Fusano-Ostia Antica 32 km · Lido di Ostia 33 km · Malafede 34 km · Casal Palocco 34 km

Italy travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F / L; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 69% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $43,309; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.6; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 513
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 Cerveteri (41.9908°, 12.0908°, elevation 81 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	12	8
2	12	8
3	12	8
4	12	8
5	12	8
6	12	8
7	12	8
8	12	8
9	12	8
10	12	8
11	12	8
12	12	8
13	12	8
14	12	8
15	12	8
16	12	8
17	12	8
18	12	8
19	12	8
20	12	8
21	12	8
22	12	8
23	12	8
24	12	8
25	12	7
26	12	7
27	12	7
28	12	7
29	12	7
30	12	7
31	12	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	55	45
30	56	44
31	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	34
3	33
4	33
5	32
6	31
7	30
8	30
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	29
16	30
17	30
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	33
22	34
23	34
24	35
25	35
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	37
31	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	55	45
30	56	44
31	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	34
3	33
4	33
5	32
6	31
7	30
8	30
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	29
16	30
17	30
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	33
22	34
23	34
24	35
25	35
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	37
31	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	55	45
30	56	44
31	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	34
3	33
4	33
5	32
6	31
7	30
8	30
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	29
16	30
17	30
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	33
22	34
23	34
24	35
25	35
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	37
31	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0