Scarborough weather in January

In January, Scarborough sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 58 mm of rain across 12.8 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of January to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Scarborough's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Scarborough's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
10th warmest
Overnight low
25°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
58 mm
12.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
6:30 AM – 5:55 PM
Cloud cover
38%
1st clearest
Wind
27 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.3 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Scarborough is town in Trinidad and Tobago.

Density
1,700/km²
people per km²
Founded
1654

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 26°C through the month.

A typical January day in Scarborough reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 1°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Scarborough weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 25°5812.811.46.6
Feb26° / 25°288.511.67.1
Mar26° / 25°257.211.97.3
Apr27° / 26°317.712.26.8
May27° / 26°6712.612.56.1
Jun27° / 26°14921.112.64.7
Jul27° / 26°17124.812.64.4
Aug28° / 26°17424.812.44.4
Sep28° / 26°1502112.14.4
Oct28° / 26°16523.211.74.4
Nov28° / 26°18023.311.54.5
Dec27° / 26°9817.811.45.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Scarborough gets around 58 mm of rain over 12.8 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 41% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 83% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1793
2793
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4892
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71090
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101387
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Wind in January

Winds average 27 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 27 km/h on the calmest days to 28 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
127breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of January to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:25 AM to 6:31 AM, and sunset from 5:47 PM to 6:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:255:47
211.46:265:47
311.46:265:48
411.46:275:48
511.46:275:49
611.46:275:49
711.46:285:50
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.94 kWh/m² to a high of 6.5 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.3 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Scarborough

In seasonPeak

None of Scarborough's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Scarborough sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Scarborough's rainy season runs June–December, when most of the year's rain falls.

Scarborough sees seasonal dust haze (June), heaviest in June.

Atlantic hurricane
Rainy season
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
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Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Scarborough?

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

6.6
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
6.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Scarborough for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Scarborough in January

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

In January, Scarborough sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 25°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear, sun protection and a windbreaker. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Scarborough in January

The nearest coast averages about 27°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 14 km away) is warmest in September at about 29°C and coldest in February near 27°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb27Warm
Mar27Warm
Apr27Warm
May28Warm
Jun28Warm
Jul28Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov28Tropical
Dec28Warm

UV index in Scarborough in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Scarborough peaks around March 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 21UV 14Dec 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Scarborough 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 Scarborough is worst in June — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (January, 14 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1631 µg/m³Jan 114 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr21Moderate
May24Moderate
Jun32Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Scarborough?

Scarborough sits at 11.2°N, 60.7°W, 9 m above sea level, in Trinidad and Tobago. The nearest listed city is Sangre Grande, 79 km away.

Sangre GrandeArimaParadiseTunapunaLaventillePort of SpainDiego MartinChaguanas

Topography around Scarborough

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Scarborough has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 238 m around an average of 54 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 576 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 930 m.

The land around Scarborough is covered by trees (48%) and water (32%) within 3 km, water (75%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and water (89%) within 80 km.

3 km
238 m
16 km
576 m
80 km
930 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Sangre Grande 79 km · Arima 85 km · Paradise 90 km · Tunapuna 93 km · Laventille 102 km · Port of Spain 103 km · Diego Martin 104 km · Chaguanas 105 km

Trinidad and Tobago travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type A / B
115 / 230 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 51% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$18,967
2025
Happiness
5.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
69%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
40.4
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
9.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 32%Roman Catholic 22%Hindu 18%other 8%

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 Scarborough (11.1823°, -60.7353°, elevation 9 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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. 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).