Salsomaggiore Terme weather in January

In January, Salsomaggiore Terme sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 66 mm of precipitation across 8.6 wet days and about 9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 7°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 42 min at the start of January to 9 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Salsomaggiore Terme's 9th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Salsomaggiore Terme's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
66 mm
8.6 wet days
Daylight
9 hours
8:01 AM – 4:58 PM
Cloud cover
58%
9th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
1.56 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.8
out of 10

Salsomaggiore Terme is chief town of the homonym municipality.

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 7°C through the month.

A typical January day in Salsomaggiore Terme reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 0°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Salsomaggiore Terme

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Salsomaggiore Terme weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 668.63.490.8
Feb / 677.93.210.11.8
Mar13° / 728.42.111.63.9
Apr17° / 9011.60.713.25.2
May21° / 12°8411.10.114.66.4
Jun26° / 16°608.5015.37.1
Jul29° / 19°406.80156.4
Aug28° / 18°557.8013.96.5
Sep23° / 14°869.1012.37.1
Oct17° / 10°11310.80.210.75.4
Nov11° / 11711.21.29.42.7
Dec / 859.63.28.71.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14555
24555
34555
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54555
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74555
84456
94456
104456
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124456
134456
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274951
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294951
304951
314951

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Salsomaggiore Terme gets around 66 mm of rain and snow over 8.6 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 28% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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22912
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62811
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313013

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 (%)
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31100

Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
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125calm
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275calm
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305calm
315calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 42 min at the start of January to 9 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:03 AM to 7:49 AM, and sunset from 4:43 PM to 5:18 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.78:034:43
28.78:044:44
38.78:044:45
48.78:044:46
58.78:044:46
68.78:034:47
78.78:034:48
88.88:034:49
98.88:034:50
108.88:034:51
118.88:024:52
128.98:024:54
138.98:024:55
148.98:014:56
158.98:014:57
169.08:014:58
179.08:004:59
189.07:595:01
199.07:595:02
209.17:585:03
219.17:585:04
229.17:575:06
239.27:565:07
249.27:555:08
259.27:555:09
269.37:545:11
279.37:535:12
289.47:525:13
299.47:515:15
309.47:505:16
319.57:495:18

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.27 kWh/m² to a high of 6.55 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.56 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.3Dim
21.3Dim
31.3Dim
41.4Dim
51.4Dim
61.4Dim
71.4Dim
81.4Dim
91.4Dim
101.4Dim
111.4Dim
121.5Dim
131.5Dim
141.5Dim
151.5Dim
161.5Dim
171.6Dim
181.6Dim
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241.7Dim
251.8Dim
261.8Dim
271.8Dim
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Salsomaggiore Terme?

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

0.8
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Salsomaggiore Terme.

What to pack for Salsomaggiore Terme in January

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

In January, Salsomaggiore Terme sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Salsomaggiore Terme 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 Salsomaggiore Terme peaks around July 13 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 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 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr7Very high
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Salsomaggiore Terme 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 Salsomaggiore Terme is worst in January — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1724 µg/m³Aug 1917 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan24Moderate
Feb22Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr22Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov19Moderate
Dec21Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Salsomaggiore Terme?

Salsomaggiore Terme sits at 44.8°N, 10.0°E, 157 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Fidenza, 8.0 km away.

Suzzara

Topography around Salsomaggiore Terme

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Salsomaggiore Terme has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 262 m around an average of 202 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 918 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,080 m.

The land around Salsomaggiore Terme is covered by trees (41%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, trees (34%), cropland (33%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and cropland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
262 m
16 km
918 m
80 km
2,080 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Fidenza 8.0 km · Parma 27 km · Piacenza 35 km · Cremona 35 km · Viadana 44 km · Reggio nell'Emilia 53 km · Scandiano 61 km · Suzzara 63 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 Salsomaggiore Terme (44.8159°, 9.9864°, elevation 157 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. 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).