Crotone weather in January

In January, Crotone sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 71 mm of rain across 9 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Crotone's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Crotone's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 71 mm; 9 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 30 min; 7:15 AM – 4:47 PM
Cloud cover: 50%; 11th clearest
Wind: 23 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 2.26 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 12.1 µg/m³ · 2019

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month.

A typical January day in Crotone reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°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 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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	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	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	13	12
16	13	12
17	13	11
18	13	11
19	13	11
20	13	11
21	13	11
22	13	11
23	13	11
24	13	11
25	13	11
26	13	11
27	13	11
28	13	11
29	13	11
30	13	11
31	13	11

Crotone weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 11°	71	9	9.6	4.0
Feb	13° / 11°	64	7.7	10.5	4.1
Mar	14° / 12°	61	6.4	11.7	4.9
Apr	16° / 14°	33	5.1	13	6.0
May	20° / 18°	13	2.7	14.1	7.8
Jun	24° / 22°	6	1	14.7	9.0
Jul	27° / 25°	5	0.5	14.5	8.9
Aug	27° / 25°	11	1.1	13.5	8.6
Sep	25° / 23°	54	4.9	12.3	8.1
Oct	22° / 20°	91	7.4	11	7.3
Nov	18° / 16°	101	8.9	9.9	6.1
Dec	15° / 13°	93	10	9.3	4.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%.

	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 (%)	63	63	64	64	65	64	64	64	63	63	63	62	62	61	61	60	59	59	58	58	58	57	57	57	58	58	57	58	58	58	59
Cloudier (%)	37	37	36	36	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	43	42	42	43	42	42	42	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	65	35
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	61	39
15	61	39
16	60	40
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	57	43
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	59	41

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Crotone gets around 71 mm of rain over 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 29% and peaks near 30% 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 (%)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28

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

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 98% 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 (%)	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
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 23 km/h in January.

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:16 AM to 7:06 AM, and sunset from 4:34 PM to 5:03 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)	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:13	7:13	7:12	7:12	7:11	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:06
Sunset (PM)	4:34	4:34	4:35	4:36	4:37	4:38	4:38	4:39	4:40	4:41	4:42	4:43	4:44	4:45	4:46	4:47	4:48	4:49	4:50	4:51	4:52	4:53	4:54	4:55	4:57	4:58	4:59	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.3	7:16	4:34
2	9.3	7:16	4:34
3	9.3	7:16	4:35
4	9.3	7:16	4:36
5	9.3	7:16	4:37
6	9.4	7:16	4:38
7	9.4	7:16	4:38
8	9.4	7:16	4:39
9	9.4	7:16	4:40
10	9.4	7:16	4:41
11	9.4	7:16	4:42
12	9.5	7:16	4:43
13	9.5	7:15	4:44
14	9.5	7:15	4:45
15	9.5	7:15	4:46
16	9.5	7:15	4:47
17	9.6	7:14	4:48
18	9.6	7:14	4:49
19	9.6	7:14	4:50
20	9.6	7:13	4:51
21	9.7	7:13	4:52
22	9.7	7:12	4:53
23	9.7	7:12	4:54
24	9.7	7:11	4:55
25	9.8	7:11	4:57
26	9.8	7:10	4:58
27	9.8	7:09	4:59
28	9.9	7:09	5:00
29	9.9	7:08	5:01
30	9.9	7:07	5:02
31	9.9	7:06	5:03

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.92 kWh/m² to a high of 7.39 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.26 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)	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6
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	2.0	Moderate
2	2.0	Moderate
3	2.0	Moderate
4	2.0	Moderate
5	2.1	Moderate
6	2.1	Moderate
7	2.1	Moderate
8	2.1	Moderate
9	2.1	Moderate
10	2.1	Moderate
11	2.2	Moderate
12	2.2	Moderate
13	2.2	Moderate
14	2.2	Moderate
15	2.2	Moderate
16	2.3	Moderate
17	2.3	Moderate
18	2.3	Moderate
19	2.3	Moderate
20	2.3	Moderate
21	2.4	Moderate
22	2.4	Moderate
23	2.4	Moderate
24	2.4	Moderate
25	2.4	Moderate
26	2.5	Moderate
27	2.5	Moderate
28	2.5	Moderate
29	2.6	Moderate
30	2.6	Moderate
31	2.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Crotone

In seasonPeak

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

Crotone'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 Crotone?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Crotone for sightseeing.

What to pack for Crotone in January

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

In January, Crotone sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Crotone 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 offshore is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 1 to Nov 5 — about 5.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	14	14	14	15	18	22	25	26	25	22	19	16
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	14	Bracing
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	15	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	22	Refreshing
Nov	19	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Crotone 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 Crotone peaks around July 17 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (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)	2	3	5	6	7	9	10	9	6	5	3	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Crotone?

Crotone sits at 39.1°N, 17.1°E, 8 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is San Giovanni in Fiore, 42 km away.

Topography around Crotone

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Crotone has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 154 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 380 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,923 m.

The land around Crotone is covered by water (54%) within 3 km, water (45%), cropland (22%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and water (50%) and trees (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

154 m

water 54%

16 km

380 m

water 45%

80 km

1,923 m

water 50%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: San Giovanni in Fiore 42 km · Catanzaro 51 km · Nicastro 71 km · Rossano Stazione 71 km · Lamezia Terme 72 km · Sambiase 74 km · Cosenza 79 km · Corigliano Scalo 80 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 Crotone (39.0808°, 17.1276°, elevation 8 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	13	12
16	13	12
17	13	11
18	13	11
19	13	11
20	13	11
21	13	11
22	13	11
23	13	11
24	13	11
25	13	11
26	13	11
27	13	11
28	13	11
29	13	11
30	13	11
31	13	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	65	35
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	61	39
15	61	39
16	60	40
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	57	43
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	59	41

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	65	35
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	61	39
15	61	39
16	60	40
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	57	43
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	59	41

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	65	35
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	61	39
15	61	39
16	60	40
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	57	43
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	59	41

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

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