Torres Vedras weather in January

In January, Torres Vedras sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 73 mm of rain across 9.5 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 36% 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 Torres Vedras's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Torres Vedras's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 73 mm; 9.5 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 30 min; 8:00 AM – 5:32 PM
Cloud cover: 55%; 11th clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 2.24 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

Torres Vedras is city seat of Torres Vedras 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 Torres Vedras reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 16°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	14
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

Torres Vedras 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° / 9°	73	9.5	9.6	4.1
Feb	15° / 9°	55	7.7	10.5	4.6
Mar	17° / 11°	57	8.5	11.7	5.5
Apr	18° / 12°	57	8.9	13	6.0
May	20° / 14°	48	6.6	14.1	7.0
Jun	23° / 16°	11	2.4	14.7	8.4
Jul	24° / 17°	3	0.8	14.5	9.2
Aug	25° / 17°	5	1.4	13.5	9.0
Sep	24° / 17°	30	4.6	12.3	8.2
Oct	21° / 15°	81	9.5	11	6.6
Nov	17° / 12°	88	10.5	9.9	5.4
Dec	15° / 10°	81	9.9	9.3	4.4

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 14% 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 (%)	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	50	49	49	50	50	49	51	51	51	52	52	52	53	53	53	54	54	54	54	53
Cloudier (%)	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	50	51	51	50	50	51	49	49	49	48	48	48	47	47	47	46	46	46	46	47

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

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Torres Vedras gets around 73 mm of rain over 9.5 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 31% and peaks near 34% 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 (%)	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	34
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	32
9	32
10	32
11	31
12	31
13	31
14	30
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	30
19	29
20	29
21	29
22	29
23	29
24	29
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	29
29	29
30	29
31	29

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 93% 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 (%)	89	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	91	91	92	92	93	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95
Comfortable (%)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	93	7
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

Wind in January

Winds average 16 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	16
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	16	light breeze
2	16	light breeze
3	16	light breeze
4	16	light breeze
5	16	light breeze
6	16	light breeze
7	16	light breeze
8	16	light breeze
9	16	light breeze
10	16	light breeze
11	16	light breeze
12	16	light breeze
13	16	light breeze
14	16	light breeze
15	16	light breeze
16	16	light breeze
17	16	light breeze
18	16	light breeze
19	16	light breeze
20	16	light breeze
21	16	light breeze
22	16	light breeze
23	16	light breeze
24	16	light breeze
25	16	light breeze
26	16	light breeze
27	16	light breeze
28	17	light breeze
29	17	light breeze
30	17	light breeze
31	16	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 8:01 AM to 7:52 AM, and sunset from 5:19 PM to 5:49 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	9.4	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	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9
Sunrise (AM)	8:01	8:01	8:02	8:02	8:02	8:02	8:02	8:02	8:02	8:01	8:01	8:01	8:01	8:01	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	7:59	7:59	7:58	7:58	7:57	7:57	7:56	7:55	7:55	7:54	7:53	7:53	7:52
Sunset (PM)	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:47	5:48	5:49

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.3	8:01	5:19
2	9.3	8:01	5:20
3	9.3	8:02	5:21
4	9.3	8:02	5:21
5	9.3	8:02	5:22
6	9.4	8:02	5:23
7	9.4	8:02	5:24
8	9.4	8:02	5:25
9	9.4	8:02	5:26
10	9.4	8:01	5:27
11	9.4	8:01	5:28
12	9.5	8:01	5:28
13	9.5	8:01	5:29
14	9.5	8:01	5:30
15	9.5	8:00	5:31
16	9.5	8:00	5:32
17	9.6	8:00	5:33
18	9.6	8:00	5:35
19	9.6	7:59	5:36
20	9.6	7:59	5:37
21	9.7	7:58	5:38
22	9.7	7:58	5:39
23	9.7	7:57	5:40
24	9.7	7:57	5:41
25	9.8	7:56	5:42
26	9.8	7:55	5:43
27	9.8	7:55	5:44
28	9.9	7:54	5:45
29	9.9	7:53	5:47
30	9.9	7:53	5:48
31	9.9	7:52	5:49

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.96 kWh/m² to a high of 7.52 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.24 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	2.0	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	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7
Level	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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.0	Dim
2	2.0	Dim
3	2.0	Moderate
4	2.0	Moderate
5	2.0	Moderate
6	2.0	Moderate
7	2.0	Moderate
8	2.1	Moderate
9	2.1	Moderate
10	2.1	Moderate
11	2.1	Moderate
12	2.1	Moderate
13	2.2	Moderate
14	2.2	Moderate
15	2.2	Moderate
16	2.2	Moderate
17	2.3	Moderate
18	2.3	Moderate
19	2.3	Moderate
20	2.4	Moderate
21	2.4	Moderate
22	2.4	Moderate
23	2.4	Moderate
24	2.5	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	2.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Torres Vedras?

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

4.1

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Torres Vedras for sightseeing.

What to pack for Torres Vedras in January

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

In January, Torres Vedras sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Torres Vedras 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 offshore is warmest in August at about 18°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	17	18	18	18	18	17	15
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool

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

UV index in Torres Vedras 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 Torres Vedras peaks around July 14 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	8	6	5	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Low

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

Location & terrain

Where is Torres Vedras?

Torres Vedras sits at 39.1°N, 9.3°W, 41 m above sea level, in Portugal. The nearest listed city is Vila Franca de Xira, 28 km away.

Topography around Torres Vedras

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Torres Vedras has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 187 m around an average of 75 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 438 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 674 m.

The land around Torres Vedras is covered by grassland (53%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, grassland (47%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and water (39%), grassland (27%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

187 m

grassland 53%

16 km

438 m

grassland 47%

80 km

674 m

water 39%

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

January weather nearby: Vila Franca de Xira 28 km · Vialonga 29 km · Loures 30 km · Póvoa de Santa Iria 31 km · Santa Iria da Azóia 31 km · Peniche 31 km · Ramada 33 km · São João da Talha 33 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 Torres Vedras (39.0911°, -9.2586°, elevation 41 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	9
2	14	9
3	14	9
4	14	9
5	14	9
6	14	9
7	14	9
8	14	9
9	14	9
10	14	9
11	14	9
12	14	9
13	14	9
14	14	9
15	14	9
16	14	9
17	14	9
18	14	9
19	14	9
20	14	9
21	14	9
22	14	9
23	14	9
24	14	9
25	14	9
26	14	9
27	14	9
28	14	9
29	14	9
30	14	9
31	14	9

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	34
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	32
9	32
10	32
11	31
12	31
13	31
14	30
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	30
19	29
20	29
21	29
22	29
23	29
24	29
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	29
29	29
30	29
31	29

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	93	7
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	34
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	32
9	32
10	32
11	31
12	31
13	31
14	30
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	30
19	29
20	29
21	29
22	29
23	29
24	29
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	29
29	29
30	29
31	29

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	93	7
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	34
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	32
9	32
10	32
11	31
12	31
13	31
14	30
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	30
19	29
20	29
21	29
22	29
23	29
24	29
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	29
29	29
30	29
31	29

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	93	7
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5