Nicastro weather in January

In January, Nicastro sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 128 mm of precipitation across 13.4 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°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 18 min at the start of January to 10 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Nicastro's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nicastro's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 128 mm; 13.4 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 30 min; 7:18 AM – 4:50 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 11th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 2.19 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.3; out of 10

Nicastro is human settlement in Lamezia Terme, Province of Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy.

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 10°C through the month.

A typical January day in Nicastro reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 13°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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

Nicastro 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	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 7°	128	13.4	2.2	9.6	2.3
Feb	10° / 7°	114	12.7	2.7	10.5	2.3
Mar	12° / 8°	107	12.5	2	11.7	3.2
Apr	15° / 10°	83	12.1	0.4	13	4.3
May	18° / 14°	54	9.7	0	14.1	6.2
Jun	22° / 18°	32	6.5	0	14.7	7.8
Jul	24° / 20°	21	4.7	0	14.5	8.7
Aug	25° / 21°	22	4.9	0	13.5	8.5
Sep	22° / 19°	68	9.6	0	12.3	7.2
Oct	19° / 15°	85	10.4	0	11	6.3
Nov	15° / 12°	131	13.1	0.3	9.9	4.5
Dec	12° / 9°	139	13.5	1.3	9.3	2.9

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 21% 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 (%)	57	58	58	59	59	59	58	58	58	58	58	58	57	57	57	55	55	55	55	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	55	55
Cloudier (%)	43	42	42	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	45	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	45	45

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

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Nicastro gets around 128 mm of rain and snow over 13.4 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 43% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring 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 (%)	43	43	43	42	42	42	41	41	40	39	39	39	39	40	40	41	42	42	43	44	44	45	45	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	46
Snow chance (%)	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	6
2	43	6
3	43	6
4	42	6
5	42	6
6	42	5
7	41	5
8	41	5
9	40	5
10	39	5
11	39	5
12	39	5
13	39	5
14	40	5
15	40	6
16	41	6
17	42	7
18	42	7
19	43	7
20	44	8
21	44	8
22	45	9
23	45	9
24	46	9
25	46	10
26	47	10
27	47	10
28	47	10
29	47	10
30	47	11
31	46	11

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 12 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 18 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 42 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:19 AM to 7:09 AM, and sunset from 4:37 PM to 5:07 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	9.4	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	10.0
Sunrise (AM)	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:09
Sunset (PM)	4:37	4:38	4:39	4:39	4:40	4:41	4:42	4:43	4:44	4:45	4:46	4:47	4:48	4:48	4:49	4:50	4:52	4:53	4:54	4:55	4:56	4:57	4:58	4:59	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:06	5:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.3	7:19	4:37
2	9.3	7:19	4:38
3	9.3	7:19	4:39
4	9.3	7:19	4:39
5	9.4	7:19	4:40
6	9.4	7:19	4:41
7	9.4	7:19	4:42
8	9.4	7:19	4:43
9	9.4	7:19	4:44
10	9.4	7:19	4:45
11	9.4	7:19	4:46
12	9.5	7:19	4:47
13	9.5	7:18	4:48
14	9.5	7:18	4:48
15	9.5	7:18	4:49
16	9.5	7:18	4:50
17	9.6	7:17	4:52
18	9.6	7:17	4:53
19	9.6	7:17	4:54
20	9.6	7:16	4:55
21	9.7	7:16	4:56
22	9.7	7:15	4:57
23	9.7	7:15	4:58
24	9.7	7:14	4:59
25	9.8	7:14	5:00
26	9.8	7:13	5:01
27	9.8	7:12	5:02
28	9.9	7:12	5:03
29	9.9	7:11	5:04
30	9.9	7:10	5:06
31	10.0	7:09	5:07

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.9 kWh/m² to a high of 7.1 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.19 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	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	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	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	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	Dim
2	2.0	Dim
3	2.0	Dim
4	2.0	Moderate
5	2.0	Moderate
6	2.0	Moderate
7	2.0	Moderate
8	2.1	Moderate
9	2.1	Moderate
10	2.1	Moderate
11	2.1	Moderate
12	2.1	Moderate
13	2.1	Moderate
14	2.1	Moderate
15	2.2	Moderate
16	2.2	Moderate
17	2.2	Moderate
18	2.2	Moderate
19	2.2	Moderate
20	2.3	Moderate
21	2.3	Moderate
22	2.3	Moderate
23	2.3	Moderate
24	2.4	Moderate
25	2.4	Moderate
26	2.4	Moderate
27	2.4	Moderate
28	2.5	Moderate
29	2.5	Moderate
30	2.5	Moderate
31	2.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Nicastro

In seasonPeak

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

Nicastro's rainy season runs September–April, 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 Nicastro?

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

2.3

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nicastro.

What to pack for Nicastro in January

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

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

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Nicastro 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 19 km away) is warmest in August at about 27°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 27 to Nov 11 — about 5.6 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	23	26	27	25	22	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	23	Refreshing
Jul	26	Warm
Aug	27	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	22	Refreshing
Nov	20	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Nicastro 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 Nicastro peaks around July 17 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 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	5	5	7	9	10	9	6	5	3	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	5	Moderate
May	7	Very 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 Nicastro?

Nicastro sits at 39.0°N, 16.3°E, 217 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Lamezia Terme, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Nicastro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nicastro has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 712 m around an average of 299 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,411 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,903 m.

The land around Nicastro is covered by trees (73%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (77%) within 16 km, and trees (43%) and water (42%) within 80 km.

3 km

712 m

trees 73%

16 km

1,411 m

trees 77%

80 km

1,903 m

trees 43%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

January weather nearby: Lamezia Terme 1.0 km · Sambiase 3.0 km · Catanzaro 27 km · Cosenza 37 km · Vibo Valentia 38 km · Quattromiglia 42 km · San Giovanni in Fiore 46 km · Gioia Tauro 71 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 Nicastro (38.9709°, 16.3129°, elevation 217 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	11	8
2	11	8
3	11	8
4	11	8
5	11	8
6	11	8
7	11	8
8	11	8
9	11	8
10	11	8
11	11	8
12	11	7
13	10	7
14	10	7
15	10	7
16	10	7
17	10	7
18	10	7
19	10	7
20	10	7
21	10	7
22	10	7
23	10	7
24	10	7
25	10	7
26	10	7
27	10	7
28	10	7
29	10	7
30	10	7
31	10	7

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	6
2	43	6
3	43	6
4	42	6
5	42	6
6	42	5
7	41	5
8	41	5
9	40	5
10	39	5
11	39	5
12	39	5
13	39	5
14	40	5
15	40	6
16	41	6
17	42	7
18	42	7
19	43	7
20	44	8
21	44	8
22	45	9
23	45	9
24	46	9
25	46	10
26	47	10
27	47	10
28	47	10
29	47	10
30	47	11
31	46	11

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	6
2	43	6
3	43	6
4	42	6
5	42	6
6	42	5
7	41	5
8	41	5
9	40	5
10	39	5
11	39	5
12	39	5
13	39	5
14	40	5
15	40	6
16	41	6
17	42	7
18	42	7
19	43	7
20	44	8
21	44	8
22	45	9
23	45	9
24	46	9
25	46	10
26	47	10
27	47	10
28	47	10
29	47	10
30	47	11
31	46	11

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	6
2	43	6
3	43	6
4	42	6
5	42	6
6	42	5
7	41	5
8	41	5
9	40	5
10	39	5
11	39	5
12	39	5
13	39	5
14	40	5
15	40	6
16	41	6
17	42	7
18	42	7
19	43	7
20	44	8
21	44	8
22	45	9
23	45	9
24	46	9
25	46	10
26	47	10
27	47	10
28	47	10
29	47	10
30	47	11
31	46	11

	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