Piombino weather in January

In January, Piombino sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 67 mm of rain across 9.4 wet days and about 9.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 5th-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 37% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 54 min at the start of January to 9 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Piombino's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Piombino's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12°
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Rainfall
67 mm
9.4 wet days
Daylight
9 h 12 min
7:52 AM – 5:02 PM
Cloud cover
53%
11th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
1.83 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10
Air quality
Good
PM10 17.1 µg/m³ · 2019

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

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 Piombino reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 2°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.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
11210
21210
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41210
51210
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91210
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131210
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28119
29119
30119
31119

Piombino weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 679.49.23.1
Feb12° / 628.510.23.1
Mar13° / 11°537.611.64.0
Apr15° / 13°558.413.14.9
May19° / 16°396.114.46.8
Jun22° / 20°26415.18.2
Jul25° / 23°14214.89.1
Aug25° / 23°19313.88.6
Sep23° / 20°737.412.37.6
Oct19° / 17°10310.110.86.4
Nov16° / 14°130139.54.6
Dec13° / 11°9411.38.93.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15248
25248
35248
45248
55347
65347
75347
85347
95347
105347
115347
125347
135446
145446
155446
165446
175545
185545
195446
205446
215446
225446
235347
245347
255347
265347
275347
285248
295248
305248
315347

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Piombino gets around 67 mm of rain over 9.4 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 31% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
133
233
332
432
531
631
731
830
930
1030
1129
1229
1330
1430
1530
1630
1730
1830
1931
2031
2131
2231
2331
2431
2531
2631
2731
2831
2931
3031
3131

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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
2991
3991
4991
5991
6991
7991
8991
91000
101000
111000
121000
131000
141000
151000
161000
171000
181000
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201000
211000
221000
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311000

Wind in January

Winds average 19 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
120light breeze
220light breeze
319light breeze
419light breeze
519light breeze
619light breeze
719light breeze
819light breeze
919light breeze
1019light breeze
1119light breeze
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3120light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 54 min at the start of January to 9 h 36 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 7:55 AM to 7:42 AM, and sunset from 4:48 PM to 5:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.97:554:48
28.97:554:48
38.97:554:49
48.97:554:50
58.97:554:51
69.07:554:52
79.07:554:53
89.07:544:54
99.07:544:55
109.07:544:56
119.07:544:57
129.17:544:58
139.17:534:59
149.17:535:00
159.17:535:01
169.27:525:02
179.27:525:03
189.27:515:04
199.27:515:06
209.37:505:07
219.37:505:08
229.37:495:09
239.47:485:10
249.47:485:12
259.47:475:13
269.57:465:14
279.57:455:15
289.57:455:17
299.67:445:18
309.67:435:19
319.67:425:20

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.56 kWh/m² to a high of 7.12 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.83 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.6Dim
21.6Dim
31.6Dim
41.6Dim
51.6Dim
61.6Dim
71.7Dim
81.7Dim
91.7Dim
101.7Dim
111.7Dim
121.8Dim
131.8Dim
141.8Dim
151.8Dim
161.8Dim
171.8Dim
181.9Dim
191.9Dim
201.9Dim
211.9Dim
221.9Dim
232.0Dim
242.0Dim
252.0Moderate
262.0Moderate
272.1Moderate
282.1Moderate
292.1Moderate
302.2Moderate
312.2Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Piombino

In seasonPeak

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

Piombino'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 Piombino?

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

3.1
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 Piombino.

What to pack for Piombino in January

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

In January, Piombino sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 9°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Piombino 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 25°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 3 to Oct 26 — about 4.8 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan14Bracing
Feb14Bracing
Mar14Bracing
Apr15Cool
May18Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul24Warm
Aug25Warm
Sep23Refreshing
Oct21Refreshing
Nov18Cool
Dec16Cool

UV index in Piombino 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 Piombino peaks around July 13 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 13UV 9Dec 23UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr5High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Piombino?

Piombino sits at 42.9°N, 10.5°E, 21 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Follonica, 19 km away.

LivornoColle di Val d'ElsaSienaPoggibonsi

Topography around Piombino

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Piombino has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 207 m around an average of 20 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 418 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,166 m.

The land around Piombino is covered by water (62%) within 3 km, water (74%) within 16 km, and water (61%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
207 m
16 km
418 m
80 km
1,166 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Follonica 19 km · Cecina 42 km · Grosseto 51 km · Rosignano Solvay-Castiglioncello 52 km · Livorno 71 km · Colle di Val d'Elsa 74 km · Siena 79 km · Poggibonsi 79 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
Christian 81%unaffiliated 13%Muslim 5%other 1%

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 Piombino (42.9255°, 10.5259°, elevation 21 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).