Loulé weather in January

In January, Loulé sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 48 mm of rain across 7.3 wet days and about 9.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-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 42% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 30 min at the start of January to 10 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Loulé's 9th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Loulé's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 48 mm; 7.3 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 42 min; 7:50 AM – 5:33 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 9th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 2.59 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

Loulé is human settlement in Portugal.

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 Loulé reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 8°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 1°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	15
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	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

	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	7
8	14	7
9	14	7
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	15	6

How January really feels in Loulé

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.

Loulé weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 6°	48	7.3	9.7	4.6
Feb	15° / 7°	46	5.6	10.6	5.3
Mar	18° / 9°	56	7.4	11.7	6.4
Apr	20° / 10°	53	7.4	12.9	6.8
May	24° / 13°	38	6.5	14	7.7
Jun	28° / 16°	10	1.9	14.5	7.6
Jul	32° / 18°	1	0.3	14.3	5.8
Aug	31° / 18°	3	0.5	13.4	5.8
Sep	28° / 17°	26	3.7	12.3	7.4
Oct	23° / 14°	65	7.1	11	7.3
Nov	18° / 10°	64	7.3	10	6.2
Dec	15° / 8°	75	7.6	9.5	4.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% 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 (%)	52	53	53	53	54	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	56	56	56	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	58	57	57	57
Cloudier (%)	48	47	47	47	46	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	43

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	54	46
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	57	43

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Loulé gets around 48 mm of rain over 7.3 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 23% and peaks near 24% 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 (%)	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	21	21

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

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 97% 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 (%)	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	96	96	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
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 13 km/h in January.

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	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
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	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 30 min at the start of January to 10 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:51 AM to 7:43 AM, and sunset from 5:20 PM to 5:48 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)	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:51	7:51	7:51	7:51	7:51	7:51	7:51	7:51	7:51	7:51	7:51	7:51	7:51	7:51	7:50	7:50	7:50	7:49	7:49	7:49	7:48	7:48	7:47	7:47	7:46	7:46	7:45	7:45	7:44	7:43	7:43
Sunset (PM)	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.5	7:51	5:20
2	9.5	7:51	5:21
3	9.5	7:51	5:21
4	9.5	7:51	5:22
5	9.5	7:51	5:23
6	9.5	7:51	5:24
7	9.6	7:51	5:25
8	9.6	7:51	5:25
9	9.6	7:51	5:26
10	9.6	7:51	5:27
11	9.6	7:51	5:28
12	9.6	7:51	5:29
13	9.7	7:51	5:30
14	9.7	7:51	5:31
15	9.7	7:50	5:32
16	9.7	7:50	5:33
17	9.7	7:50	5:34
18	9.8	7:49	5:35
19	9.8	7:49	5:36
20	9.8	7:49	5:37
21	9.8	7:48	5:38
22	9.8	7:48	5:39
23	9.9	7:47	5:40
24	9.9	7:47	5:41
25	9.9	7:46	5:42
26	9.9	7:46	5:43
27	10.0	7:45	5:44
28	10.0	7:45	5:45
29	10.0	7:44	5:46
30	10.1	7:43	5:47
31	10.1	7:43	5:48

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.26 kWh/m² to a high of 7.93 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.59 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)	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0
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	2.3	Moderate
2	2.3	Moderate
3	2.3	Moderate
4	2.4	Moderate
5	2.4	Moderate
6	2.4	Moderate
7	2.4	Moderate
8	2.4	Moderate
9	2.4	Moderate
10	2.5	Moderate
11	2.5	Moderate
12	2.5	Moderate
13	2.5	Moderate
14	2.5	Moderate
15	2.5	Moderate
16	2.6	Moderate
17	2.6	Moderate
18	2.6	Moderate
19	2.6	Moderate
20	2.7	Moderate
21	2.7	Moderate
22	2.7	Moderate
23	2.8	Moderate
24	2.8	Moderate
25	2.8	Moderate
26	2.9	Moderate
27	2.9	Moderate
28	2.9	Moderate
29	3.0	Moderate
30	3.0	Moderate
31	3.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Loulé?

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

4.6

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Loulé for sightseeing.

What to pack for Loulé in January

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

In January, Loulé sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Loulé in January

The nearest coast averages about 16°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 21°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jul 18 to Oct 2 — about 2.5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	16	15	15	16	17	19	20	21	21	20	18	17
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	15	Cool
Mar	15	Cool
Apr	16	Cool
May	17	Cool
Jun	19	Cool
Jul	20	Refreshing
Aug	21	Refreshing
Sep	21	Refreshing
Oct	20	Cool
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Loulé 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 Loulé peaks around July 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (moderate).

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	7	8	7	9	10	9	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Loulé?

Loulé sits at 37.1°N, 8.0°W, 186 m above sea level, in Portugal. The nearest listed city is Quarteira, 10 km away.

Topography around Loulé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Loulé has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 280 m around an average of 185 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 539 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 894 m.

The land around Loulé is covered by grassland (48%) and shrubs (20%) within 3 km, grassland (29%), trees (26%) and shrubs (25%) within 16 km, and water (35%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

280 m

grassland 48%

16 km

539 m

grassland 29%

80 km

894 m

water 35%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

January weather nearby: Quarteira 10 km · Faro 16 km · Quelfes 20 km · Olhão 20 km · Laranjeiro 20 km · Albufeira 21 km · Tavira 33 km · Portimão 46 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 Loulé (37.1377°, -8.0197°, elevation 186 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	14	7
2	14	7
3	14	7
4	14	7
5	14	7
6	14	7
7	14	7
8	14	7
9	14	7
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	15	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	54	46
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	57	43

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
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	14	7
2	14	7
3	14	7
4	14	7
5	14	7
6	14	7
7	14	7
8	14	7
9	14	7
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	15	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	54	46
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	57	43

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
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	14	7
2	14	7
3	14	7
4	14	7
5	14	7
6	14	7
7	14	7
8	14	7
9	14	7
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	15	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	54	46
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	57	43

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
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