Monreale weather in January

In January, Monreale sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 65 mm of precipitation across 10.3 wet days and about 9.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-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 29% 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 Monreale's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Monreale's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 65 mm; 10.3 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 36 min; 7:27 AM – 5:05 PM
Cloud cover: 57%; 11th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 2.39 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

Monreale is chief town of the homonym municipality.

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 13°C through the month.

A typical January day in Monreale reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

Monreale weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-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° / 7°	65	10.3	9.7	3.7
Feb	13° / 7°	68	10.3	10.5	3.7
Mar	16° / 8°	64	10.5	11.7	4.9
Apr	18° / 10°	61	9.6	13	6.2
May	23° / 14°	37	6.2	14	7.7
Jun	27° / 18°	16	3.6	14.6	7.9
Jul	30° / 21°	6	1.6	14.4	6.8
Aug	30° / 22°	20	3.4	13.5	6.2
Sep	27° / 19°	61	8.8	12.3	7.0
Oct	23° / 15°	81	9.8	11	7.1
Nov	18° / 12°	64	10.3	9.9	5.9
Dec	14° / 8°	67	11.3	9.4	4.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%.

	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 (%)	54	54	54	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	54	54	54	52	52	52	51	51	51	49	49	50	50	50	49	51	51	51	51
Cloudier (%)	46	46	46	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	46	46	46	48	48	48	49	49	49	51	51	50	50	50	51	49	49	49	49

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	49	51
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	51	49

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Monreale gets around 65 mm of rain and snow over 10.3 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 34% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days, and about 0 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 (%)	35	34	34	33	32	32	31	31	30	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36

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

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 10 km/h in January.

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

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 7:28 AM to 7:20 AM, and sunset from 4:52 PM to 5:21 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	9.4	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	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0
Sunrise (AM)	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:27	7:27	7:27	7:26	7:26	7:25	7:25	7:25	7:24	7:23	7:23	7:22	7:22	7:21	7:20	7:20
Sunset (PM)	4:52	4:53	4:53	4:54	4:55	4:56	4:57	4:58	4:58	4:59	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.4	7:28	4:52
2	9.4	7:28	4:53
3	9.4	7:28	4:53
4	9.4	7:28	4:54
5	9.4	7:29	4:55
6	9.5	7:29	4:56
7	9.5	7:29	4:57
8	9.5	7:29	4:58
9	9.5	7:29	4:58
10	9.5	7:28	4:59
11	9.5	7:28	5:00
12	9.5	7:28	5:01
13	9.6	7:28	5:02
14	9.6	7:28	5:03
15	9.6	7:28	5:04
16	9.6	7:27	5:05
17	9.6	7:27	5:06
18	9.7	7:27	5:07
19	9.7	7:26	5:08
20	9.7	7:26	5:09
21	9.7	7:25	5:10
22	9.8	7:25	5:11
23	9.8	7:25	5:12
24	9.8	7:24	5:13
25	9.8	7:23	5:14
26	9.9	7:23	5:15
27	9.9	7:22	5:16
28	9.9	7:22	5:18
29	10.0	7:21	5:19
30	10.0	7:20	5:20
31	10.0	7:20	5:21

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.05 kWh/m² to a high of 7.55 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.39 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	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	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	2.1	Moderate
2	2.1	Moderate
3	2.2	Moderate
4	2.2	Moderate
5	2.2	Moderate
6	2.2	Moderate
7	2.2	Moderate
8	2.3	Moderate
9	2.3	Moderate
10	2.3	Moderate
11	2.3	Moderate
12	2.3	Moderate
13	2.3	Moderate
14	2.3	Moderate
15	2.4	Moderate
16	2.4	Moderate
17	2.4	Moderate
18	2.4	Moderate
19	2.4	Moderate
20	2.5	Moderate
21	2.5	Moderate
22	2.5	Moderate
23	2.5	Moderate
24	2.5	Moderate
25	2.6	Moderate
26	2.6	Moderate
27	2.6	Moderate
28	2.7	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 Monreale?

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

3.7

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Monreale.

What to pack for Monreale in January

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

In January, Monreale sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Monreale 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 offshore is warmest in August at about 27°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 28 to Nov 11 — about 5.5 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	15	16	19	22	26	27	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	14	Bracing
Mar	15	Bracing
Apr	16	Cool
May	19	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	26	Warm
Aug	27	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	23	Refreshing
Nov	20	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Monreale 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 Monreale peaks around July 16 at about 10 (very high) — 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	4	5	9	10	8	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	4	Moderate
May	5	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Monreale 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 Monreale is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	8	12	14	15	14	13	11	10	11	10	8	7
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	8	Good
Feb	12	Good
Mar	14	Moderate
Apr	15	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	13	Moderate
Jul	11	Good
Aug	10	Good
Sep	11	Good
Oct	10	Good
Nov	8	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Monreale?

Monreale sits at 38.1°N, 13.3°E, 310 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Palermo, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Monreale

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Monreale has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 793 m around an average of 329 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,315 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,963 m.

The land around Monreale is covered by trees (62%) within 3 km, grassland (34%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and water (50%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

793 m

trees 62%

16 km

1,315 m

grassland 34%

80 km

1,963 m

water 50%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

January weather nearby: Palermo 8.0 km · Carini 11 km · Villabate 13 km · Misilmeri 15 km · Partinico 16 km · Bagheria 20 km · Alcamo 31 km · Termini Imerese 37 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 Monreale (38.0812°, 13.2895°, elevation 310 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	13	7
2	13	7
3	13	7
4	13	7
5	13	7
6	13	7
7	13	7
8	13	7
9	13	7
10	13	7
11	13	7
12	13	7
13	13	7
14	13	7
15	13	7
16	13	7
17	13	7
18	13	7
19	13	7
20	13	7
21	13	7
22	13	7
23	13	7
24	13	6
25	13	6
26	13	6
27	13	6
28	13	6
29	13	6
30	13	6
31	13	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	49	51
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	51	49

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	49	51
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	51	49

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	49	51
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	51	49

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

	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