Mascalucia weather in January

In January, Mascalucia sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 76 mm of rain across 7.8 wet days and about 9.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-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 43% 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 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Mascalucia's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mascalucia's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 76 mm; 7.8 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 42 min; 7:19 AM – 4:59 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 10th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 2.41 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

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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 Mascalucia reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 17°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	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

How January really feels in Mascalucia

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Mascalucia weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 6°	76	7.8	9.7	4.4
Feb	14° / 6°	59	7.2	10.6	4.6
Mar	16° / 8°	57	7.7	11.7	5.7
Apr	19° / 11°	47	7.6	12.9	6.7
May	24° / 15°	29	4.5	14	8.0
Jun	28° / 19°	20	3	14.5	7.3
Jul	31° / 22°	10	1.9	14.3	5.7
Aug	32° / 22°	15	2.9	13.4	5.4
Sep	28° / 19°	54	6.9	12.3	6.9
Oct	23° / 16°	64	8.4	11	7.3
Nov	19° / 11°	66	7.9	10	6.4
Dec	15° / 8°	64	7.6	9.5	5.1

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 19% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	67	68	68	68	68	68	68	67	66	66	65	64	63	62	61	60	60	58	58	58	57	57	57	57	57	58	59	59	59	60	61
Cloudier (%)	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	34	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	40	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	42	41	41	41	40	39

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	67	33
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	63	37
14	62	38
15	61	39
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	58	42
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	60	40
31	61	39

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Mascalucia gets around 76 mm of rain over 7.8 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 26% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	26	26	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28

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

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 24 min at the start of January to 10 h 06 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 7:20 AM to 7:11 AM, and sunset from 4:46 PM to 5:15 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	9.5	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	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:17	7:17	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:13	7:12	7:11
Sunset (PM)	4:46	4:47	4:48	4:49	4:49	4:50	4:51	4:52	4:53	4:54	4:55	4:55	4:56	4:57	4:58	4:59	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.4	7:20	4:46
2	9.5	7:20	4:47
3	9.5	7:20	4:48
4	9.5	7:20	4:49
5	9.5	7:20	4:49
6	9.5	7:20	4:50
7	9.5	7:20	4:51
8	9.5	7:20	4:52
9	9.5	7:20	4:53
10	9.6	7:20	4:54
11	9.6	7:20	4:55
12	9.6	7:20	4:55
13	9.6	7:20	4:56
14	9.6	7:19	4:57
15	9.7	7:19	4:58
16	9.7	7:19	4:59
17	9.7	7:19	5:00
18	9.7	7:18	5:01
19	9.7	7:18	5:02
20	9.8	7:18	5:03
21	9.8	7:17	5:04
22	9.8	7:17	5:05
23	9.8	7:16	5:06
24	9.9	7:16	5:07
25	9.9	7:15	5:08
26	9.9	7:15	5:10
27	9.9	7:14	5:11
28	10.0	7:13	5:12
29	10.0	7:13	5:13
30	10.0	7:12	5:14
31	10.1	7:11	5:15

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.09 kWh/m² to a high of 7.28 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.41 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)	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	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	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8
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	2.2	Moderate
2	2.2	Moderate
3	2.3	Moderate
4	2.3	Moderate
5	2.3	Moderate
6	2.3	Moderate
7	2.3	Moderate
8	2.3	Moderate
9	2.3	Moderate
10	2.3	Moderate
11	2.3	Moderate
12	2.4	Moderate
13	2.4	Moderate
14	2.4	Moderate
15	2.4	Moderate
16	2.4	Moderate
17	2.4	Moderate
18	2.4	Moderate
19	2.4	Moderate
20	2.4	Moderate
21	2.5	Moderate
22	2.5	Moderate
23	2.5	Moderate
24	2.5	Moderate
25	2.5	Moderate
26	2.6	Moderate
27	2.6	Moderate
28	2.6	Moderate
29	2.7	Moderate
30	2.7	Moderate
31	2.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Mascalucia?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Mascalucia for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mascalucia in January

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

In January, Mascalucia sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Mascalucia 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 23 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 2 to Nov 11 — about 5.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	15	15	16	18	22	25	26	25	23	20	17
Comfort	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Cool
Feb	15	Bracing
Mar	15	Bracing
Apr	16	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	23	Refreshing
Nov	20	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Mascalucia 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 Mascalucia peaks around July 15 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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	4	6	5	6	9	10	9	7	5	3	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	5	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Mascalucia 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 Mascalucia is worst in April — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	12	15	16	17	17	16	14	15	14	13	12	11
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	16	Moderate
Apr	17	Moderate
May	17	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	14	Moderate
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	12	Good
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Mascalucia?

Mascalucia sits at 37.6°N, 15.0°E, 420 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Gravina di Catania, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Mascalucia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mascalucia has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 341 m around an average of 426 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,530 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,307 m.

The land around Mascalucia is covered by trees (53%) and artificial surfaces (37%) within 3 km, trees (45%) within 16 km, and water (34%), trees (27%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

341 m

trees 53%

16 km

2,530 m

trees 45%

80 km

3,307 m

water 34%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: Gravina di Catania 2.0 km · San Giovanni la Punta 4.0 km · Belpasso 6.0 km · Misterbianco 7.0 km · Aci Castello 9.0 km · Aci Catena 9.0 km · Catania 9.0 km · Acireale 11 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 Mascalucia (37.5746°, 15.0496°, elevation 420 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	67	33
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	63	37
14	62	38
15	61	39
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	58	42
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	60	40
31	61	39

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	67	33
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	63	37
14	62	38
15	61	39
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	58	42
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	60	40
31	61	39

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	67	33
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	63	37
14	62	38
15	61	39
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	58	42
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	60	40
31	61	39

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

	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