Santarém weather in January

In January, Santarém sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 68 mm of rain across 8.9 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-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 37% 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 9 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Santarém's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santarém's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 68 mm; 8.9 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 30 min; 7:58 AM – 5:30 PM
Cloud cover: 55%; 11th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 2.21 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Santarém is city seat of Santarém municipality.

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 Santarém reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°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	15	15
Avg low (°C)	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	7	7	7	7	7	7

	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	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	7
27	14	7
28	14	7
29	14	7
30	15	7
31	15	7

Santarém weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-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	14° / 7°	68	8.9	9.6	4.3
Feb	15° / 7°	51	6.9	10.5	5.1
Mar	18° / 9°	59	8.1	11.7	6.3
Apr	20° / 10°	58	8.5	13	6.6
May	23° / 13°	52	7.4	14.1	7.4
Jun	27° / 15°	12	2.7	14.7	8.1
Jul	29° / 17°	4	1	14.5	7.3
Aug	30° / 17°	7	1.6	13.5	6.9
Sep	27° / 16°	33	4.5	12.3	7.6
Oct	22° / 13°	79	9.2	11	6.9
Nov	17° / 10°	80	9.2	9.8	5.7
Dec	15° / 8°	77	8.8	9.3	4.5

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 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

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

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

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Santarém gets around 68 mm of rain over 8.9 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 29% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	31	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	32
3	32
4	32
5	32
6	32
7	31
8	31
9	31
10	31
11	30
12	30
13	30
14	30
15	29
16	29
17	28
18	28
19	27
20	27
21	27
22	26
23	26
24	26
25	26
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 95% 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 (%)	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	93	93	94	94	95	95	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96
Comfortable (%)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	91	9
5	91	9
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January, the calmest month.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze
31	12	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 54 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 7:59 AM to 7:50 AM, and sunset from 5:16 PM to 5:46 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	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:59	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:58	7:58	7:58	7:57	7:57	7:56	7:56	7:55	7:55	7:54	7:54	7:53	7:52	7:51	7:51	7:50
Sunset (PM)	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	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	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.3	7:59	5:16
2	9.3	8:00	5:17
3	9.3	8:00	5:18
4	9.3	8:00	5:19
5	9.3	8:00	5:20
6	9.3	8:00	5:20
7	9.4	8:00	5:21
8	9.4	8:00	5:22
9	9.4	8:00	5:23
10	9.4	8:00	5:24
11	9.4	7:59	5:25
12	9.4	7:59	5:26
13	9.5	7:59	5:27
14	9.5	7:59	5:28
15	9.5	7:59	5:29
16	9.5	7:58	5:30
17	9.5	7:58	5:31
18	9.6	7:58	5:32
19	9.6	7:57	5:33
20	9.6	7:57	5:34
21	9.6	7:56	5:35
22	9.7	7:56	5:36
23	9.7	7:55	5:37
24	9.7	7:55	5:38
25	9.8	7:54	5:39
26	9.8	7:54	5:41
27	9.8	7:53	5:42
28	9.8	7:52	5:43
29	9.9	7:51	5:44
30	9.9	7:51	5:45
31	9.9	7:50	5:46

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.94 kWh/m² to a high of 7.57 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.21 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)	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	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	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	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	1.9	Dim
2	1.9	Dim
3	2.0	Dim
4	2.0	Dim
5	2.0	Dim
6	2.0	Dim
7	2.0	Moderate
8	2.0	Moderate
9	2.0	Moderate
10	2.1	Moderate
11	2.1	Moderate
12	2.1	Moderate
13	2.1	Moderate
14	2.1	Moderate
15	2.2	Moderate
16	2.2	Moderate
17	2.2	Moderate
18	2.3	Moderate
19	2.3	Moderate
20	2.3	Moderate
21	2.4	Moderate
22	2.4	Moderate
23	2.4	Moderate
24	2.4	Moderate
25	2.5	Moderate
26	2.5	Moderate
27	2.5	Moderate
28	2.6	Moderate
29	2.6	Moderate
30	2.6	Moderate
31	2.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Santarém?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Santarém for sightseeing.

What to pack for Santarém in January

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

In January, Santarém sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Santarém 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 58 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	14	14	15	16	18	18	19	19	18	17	15
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Bracing
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	15	Cool
May	16	Cool
Jun	18	Cool
Jul	18	Cool
Aug	19	Cool
Sep	19	Cool
Oct	18	Cool
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	15	Cool

UV index in Santarém 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 Santarém peaks around July 15 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	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
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	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Santarém?

Santarém sits at 39.2°N, 8.7°W, 130 m above sea level, in Portugal. The nearest listed city is Azambuja, 24 km away.

Topography around Santarém

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santarém has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m around an average of 33 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 167 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 674 m.

The land around Santarém is covered by grassland (29%), cropland (25%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (42%), cropland (28%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (37%) and trees (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

115 m

grassland 29%

16 km

167 m

grassland 42%

80 km

674 m

grassland 37%

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

January weather nearby: Azambuja 24 km · Monsanto 25 km · Torres Novas 30 km · Entroncamento 32 km · Vila Franca de Xira 41 km · Caldas da Rainha 43 km · Alcobaça 43 km · Tomar 47 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 Santarém (39.2338°, -8.6862°, elevation 130 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	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	7
27	14	7
28	14	7
29	14	7
30	15	7
31	15	7

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	32
3	32
4	32
5	32
6	32
7	31
8	31
9	31
10	31
11	30
12	30
13	30
14	30
15	29
16	29
17	28
18	28
19	27
20	27
21	27
22	26
23	26
24	26
25	26
26	25
27	25
28	25
29	25
30	25
31	25

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	91	9
5	91	9
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

	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	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	7
27	14	7
28	14	7
29	14	7
30	15	7
31	15	7

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	32
3	32
4	32
5	32
6	32
7	31
8	31
9	31
10	31
11	30
12	30
13	30
14	30
15	29
16	29
17	28
18	28
19	27
20	27
21	27
22	26
23	26
24	26
25	26
26	25
27	25
28	25
29	25
30	25
31	25

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	91	9
5	91	9
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

	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	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	7
27	14	7
28	14	7
29	14	7
30	15	7
31	15	7

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	32
3	32
4	32
5	32
6	32
7	31
8	31
9	31
10	31
11	30
12	30
13	30
14	30
15	29
16	29
17	28
18	28
19	27
20	27
21	27
22	26
23	26
24	26
25	26
26	25
27	25
28	25
29	25
30	25
31	25

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	91	9
5	91	9
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4