Évora weather in January

In January, Évora sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 59 mm of rain across 8.1 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% 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 Évora's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Évora's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 59 mm; 8.1 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 36 min; 7:53 AM – 5:28 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 9th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 2.32 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

Évora is city seat of Évora municipality.

Air quality: Excellent; PM2.5 4.1 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 14°C through the month.

A typical January day in Évora reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than 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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

How January really feels in Évora

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

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Évora weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 6°	59	8.1	9.6	4.2
Feb	15° / 7°	50	6.9	10.5	5.0
Mar	18° / 9°	58	7.6	11.7	6.3
Apr	20° / 10°	61	8.5	13	6.6
May	24° / 12°	47	7.4	14.1	7.4
Jun	29° / 15°	12	2.6	14.6	7.1
Jul	32° / 17°	2	0.7	14.4	5.4
Aug	32° / 17°	4	1.2	13.5	5.3
Sep	28° / 16°	31	4.7	12.3	7.0
Oct	23° / 13°	79	8.4	11	7.1
Nov	17° / 10°	72	8.5	9.9	5.8
Dec	14° / 7°	77	8.4	9.4	4.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

	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 (%)	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	51	51	51	52	52	52	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	53
Cloudier (%)	52	52	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	51	51	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	49	48	48	48	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	52	48
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	53	47

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Évora gets around 59 mm of rain over 8.1 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 26% and peaks near 30% 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 (%)	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25

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

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 (%)	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	97	97	97	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98
Comfortable (%)	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	99	1
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	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January.

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

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 7:54 AM to 7:45 AM, and sunset from 5:15 PM to 5:45 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	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	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	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0
Sunrise (AM)	7:54	7:54	7:55	7:55	7:55	7:55	7:55	7:55	7:55	7:55	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:52	7:52	7:51	7:51	7:50	7:50	7:49	7:49	7:48	7:48	7:47	7:46	7:45
Sunset (PM)	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:45

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.3	7:54	5:15
2	9.4	7:54	5:16
3	9.4	7:55	5:17
4	9.4	7:55	5:18
5	9.4	7:55	5:18
6	9.4	7:55	5:19
7	9.4	7:55	5:20
8	9.4	7:55	5:21
9	9.5	7:55	5:22
10	9.5	7:55	5:23
11	9.5	7:54	5:24
12	9.5	7:54	5:25
13	9.5	7:54	5:26
14	9.5	7:54	5:26
15	9.6	7:54	5:27
16	9.6	7:53	5:28
17	9.6	7:53	5:29
18	9.6	7:53	5:30
19	9.7	7:52	5:32
20	9.7	7:52	5:33
21	9.7	7:51	5:34
22	9.7	7:51	5:35
23	9.8	7:50	5:36
24	9.8	7:50	5:37
25	9.8	7:49	5:38
26	9.8	7:49	5:39
27	9.9	7:48	5:40
28	9.9	7:48	5:41
29	9.9	7:47	5:42
30	10.0	7:46	5:43
31	10.0	7:45	5:45

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.03 kWh/m² to a high of 7.73 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.32 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	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7
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	2.0	Moderate
2	2.0	Moderate
3	2.1	Moderate
4	2.1	Moderate
5	2.1	Moderate
6	2.1	Moderate
7	2.1	Moderate
8	2.1	Moderate
9	2.1	Moderate
10	2.2	Moderate
11	2.2	Moderate
12	2.2	Moderate
13	2.2	Moderate
14	2.3	Moderate
15	2.3	Moderate
16	2.3	Moderate
17	2.3	Moderate
18	2.4	Moderate
19	2.4	Moderate
20	2.4	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	2.6	Moderate
29	2.7	Moderate
30	2.7	Moderate
31	2.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Évora?

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

4.2

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Évora for sightseeing.

What to pack for Évora in January

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

In January, Évora sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Évora 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 Évora peaks around July 13 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (low).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	6	8	7	9	9	9	6	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Évora?

Évora sits at 38.6°N, 7.9°W, 242 m above sea level, in Portugal. The nearest listed city is Beja, 61 km away.

Topography around Évora

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Évora has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 119 m around an average of 260 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 244 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 622 m.

The land around Évora is covered by grassland (50%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, grassland (67%) within 16 km, and grassland (64%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

119 m

grassland 50%

16 km

244 m

grassland 67%

80 km

622 m

grassland 64%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

January weather nearby: Beja 61 km · Setúbal 86 km · Palmela 87 km · Pinhal Novo 88 km · Badajoz 88 km · Portalegre 91 km · Montijo 94 km · Moita 95 km

Portugal travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / E / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 60% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $32,082; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 95%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 8.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 612
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 Évora (38.5659°, -7.904°, elevation 242 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. 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	14	7
2	14	7
3	14	7
4	14	7
5	14	7
6	14	7
7	14	6
8	14	6
9	14	6
10	14	6
11	14	6
12	14	6
13	14	6
14	14	6
15	14	6
16	14	6
17	14	6
18	14	6
19	14	6
20	14	6
21	14	6
22	14	6
23	14	6
24	14	6
25	14	6
26	14	6
27	14	6
28	14	6
29	14	6
30	14	6
31	14	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	52	48
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	53	47

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	99	1
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	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	52	48
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	53	47

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	99	1
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	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	52	48
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	53	47

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	99	1
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	98	2
31	98	2