Pozzuoli weather in January

In January, Pozzuoli sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 105 mm of rain across 11 wet days and about 9.4 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 40% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Pozzuoli's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pozzuoli's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 105 mm; 11 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 24 min; 7:32 AM – 4:54 PM
Cloud cover: 52%; 10th clearest
Wind: 18 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 2.03 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Pozzuoli is chief town of the homonym municipality.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 9.6 µg/m³ · 2019

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 Pozzuoli reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 15°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	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	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

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

Pozzuoli 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° / 10°	105	11	9.4	3.5
Feb	13° / 10°	89	10.4	10.4	3.4
Mar	14° / 11°	81	9.4	11.7	4.2
Apr	16° / 13°	63	8	13.1	5.3
May	19° / 17°	36	5.4	14.2	7.1
Jun	23° / 21°	18	3	14.9	8.6
Jul	25° / 24°	10	1.8	14.6	9.0
Aug	26° / 24°	17	2.4	13.6	8.6
Sep	24° / 21°	77	7.8	12.3	7.7
Oct	21° / 18°	110	9.8	10.9	6.7
Nov	17° / 15°	165	13.6	9.7	5.2
Dec	14° / 12°	133	13.1	9.1	4.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 43%.

	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	57	57	57	58	58	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	56	57	57	57	57	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	55
Cloudier (%)	43	43	43	43	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	55	45

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Pozzuoli gets around 105 mm of rain over 11 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 36% and peaks near 38% 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 (%)	38	37	36	35	35	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	37
3	36
4	35
5	35
6	34
7	33
8	33
9	33
10	33
11	33
12	33
13	33
14	34
15	34
16	35
17	35
18	36
19	36
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	38
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	38
30	38
31	38

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
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 18 km/h in January.

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 48 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 7:33 AM to 7:23 AM, and sunset from 4:40 PM to 5:11 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)	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:33	7:33	7:34	7:34	7:34	7:34	7:34	7:34	7:33	7:33	7:33	7:33	7:33	7:32	7:32	7:32	7:31	7:31	7:30	7:30	7:29	7:29	7:28	7:28	7:27	7:26	7:26	7:25	7:24	7:23	7:23
Sunset (PM)	4:40	4:41	4:42	4:43	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	4:56	4:57	4:58	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.1	7:33	4:40
2	9.1	7:33	4:41
3	9.1	7:34	4:42
4	9.2	7:34	4:43
5	9.2	7:34	4:43
6	9.2	7:34	4:44
7	9.2	7:34	4:45
8	9.2	7:34	4:46
9	9.2	7:33	4:47
10	9.2	7:33	4:48
11	9.3	7:33	4:49
12	9.3	7:33	4:50
13	9.3	7:33	4:51
14	9.3	7:32	4:52
15	9.3	7:32	4:53
16	9.4	7:32	4:54
17	9.4	7:31	4:55
18	9.4	7:31	4:56
19	9.4	7:30	4:57
20	9.5	7:30	4:58
21	9.5	7:29	5:00
22	9.5	7:29	5:01
23	9.6	7:28	5:02
24	9.6	7:28	5:03
25	9.6	7:27	5:04
26	9.6	7:26	5:05
27	9.7	7:26	5:07
28	9.7	7:25	5:08
29	9.7	7:24	5:09
30	9.8	7:23	5:10
31	9.8	7:23	5:11

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.03 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.75 kWh/m² to a high of 7.13 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.03 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)	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.8	Dim
2	1.8	Dim
3	1.8	Dim
4	1.8	Dim
5	1.9	Dim
6	1.9	Dim
7	1.9	Dim
8	1.9	Dim
9	1.9	Dim
10	1.9	Dim
11	1.9	Dim
12	1.9	Dim
13	2.0	Dim
14	2.0	Dim
15	2.0	Moderate
16	2.0	Moderate
17	2.0	Moderate
18	2.1	Moderate
19	2.1	Moderate
20	2.1	Moderate
21	2.1	Moderate
22	2.1	Moderate
23	2.2	Moderate
24	2.2	Moderate
25	2.2	Moderate
26	2.2	Moderate
27	2.3	Moderate
28	2.3	Moderate
29	2.3	Moderate
30	2.4	Moderate
31	2.4	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Pozzuoli

In seasonPeak

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

Pozzuoli'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 Pozzuoli?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pozzuoli.

What to pack for Pozzuoli in January

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

In January, Pozzuoli sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Pozzuoli 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 26°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 27 to Nov 5 — 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	14	14	16	19	22	25	26	24	22	19	17
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Bracing
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	16	Cool
May	19	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	24	Warm
Oct	22	Refreshing
Nov	19	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Pozzuoli 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 Pozzuoli peaks around July 16 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (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	4	7	9	10	8	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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	4	Moderate
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Pozzuoli?

Pozzuoli sits at 40.8°N, 14.1°E, 28 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Monterusciello, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Pozzuoli

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pozzuoli has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 330 m around an average of 74 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 464 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,032 m.

The land around Pozzuoli is covered by trees (41%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, water (56%) within 16 km, and water (50%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

330 m

trees 41%

16 km

464 m

water 56%

80 km

2,032 m

water 50%

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

January weather nearby: Monterusciello 3.0 km · Bacoli 6.0 km · Quarto 6.0 km · Pianura 7.0 km · Bagnoli 7.0 km · Soccavo 8.0 km · Fuorigrotta 9.0 km · Posillipo 9.0 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 Pozzuoli (40.8439°, 14.0952°, elevation 28 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	13	11
2	13	11
3	13	11
4	13	11
5	13	11
6	13	11
7	13	11
8	13	11
9	13	11
10	13	11
11	13	11
12	13	11
13	13	11
14	13	11
15	13	11
16	13	10
17	13	10
18	13	10
19	13	10
20	13	10
21	12	10
22	12	10
23	12	10
24	12	10
25	12	10
26	12	10
27	12	10
28	12	10
29	12	10
30	12	10
31	12	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	37
3	36
4	35
5	35
6	34
7	33
8	33
9	33
10	33
11	33
12	33
13	33
14	34
15	34
16	35
17	35
18	36
19	36
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	38
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	38
30	38
31	38

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	37
3	36
4	35
5	35
6	34
7	33
8	33
9	33
10	33
11	33
12	33
13	33
14	34
15	34
16	35
17	35
18	36
19	36
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	38
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	38
30	38
31	38

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	37
3	36
4	35
5	35
6	34
7	33
8	33
9	33
10	33
11	33
12	33
13	33
14	34
15	34
16	35
17	35
18	36
19	36
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	38
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	38
30	38
31	38

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