🇵🇹 Weather in Ponta Delgada in January
This is what the weather in Ponta Delgada (São Miguel, Azores, Portugal) was like in January in 2017–2026.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
17.0 °C
15.8 °C – 18.0 °C
Avg. night-time low
15.6 °C
14.4 °C – 16.7 °C
Avg. rain days in period
12.4
40 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
64.3 mm
24.5 mm – 129 mm
Avg. cloud cover
65 %
This data source has no sunshine hours – average cloud cover shown instead.
Avg. sea temperature
–
Sea temperature unavailable for today (daily limit).
Extremes: Highest temperature 19.2 °C (4 Jan 2018) · Lowest temperature 12.4 °C (15 Jan 2023) · Avg. daily peak wind 35 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 21Sunny
- 108Partly cloudy
- 57Cloudy
- 86Light rain
- 38Rain
Summary
- On average 17.0 °C during the day and 15.6 °C at night.
- On average 12.4 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 64.3 mm of precipitation in total.
- Prevailing: Partly cloudy.
- Warmest year: 2025 (avg. 18.0 °C), coolest: 2023 (avg. 15.8 °C).
- Wettest year: 2024 (129 mm), driest: 2023 (24.5 mm).
- Extremes: 19.2 °C on 4 Jan 2018 and 12.4 °C on 15 Jan 2023.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
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Temperatures per year
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Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2026
Avg. max16.6°Avg. min15.1°- Rain days
- 19 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 55.0 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 67 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 18.2 °C · Min 13.5 °C
2025
Avg. max18.0°Avg. min16.7°- Rain days
- 17 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 80.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 68 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 19.2 °C · Min 14.9 °C
2024
Avg. max17.8°Avg. min16.3°- Rain days
- 16 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 129 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 68 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 19.2 °C · Min 14.1 °C
2023
Avg. max15.8°Avg. min14.4°- Rain days
- 5 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 24.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 58 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 17.6 °C · Min 12.4 °C
2022
Avg. max16.8°Avg. min15.3°- Rain days
- 8 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 75.9 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 61 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 18.5 °C · Min 13.7 °C
2021
Avg. max16.4°Avg. min15.4°- Rain days
- 21 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 96.2 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 77 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 17.5 °C · Min 13.2 °C
2020
Avg. max17.6°Avg. min16.1°- Rain days
- 9 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 38.0 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 62 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 19.0 °C · Min 14.2 °C
2019
Avg. max16.9°Avg. min15.6°- Rain days
- 6 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 45.3 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 60 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 18.5 °C · Min 13.6 °C
2018
Avg. max17.2°Avg. min16.0°- Rain days
- 6 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 28.9 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 64 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 19.2 °C · Min 14.4 °C
2017
Avg. max16.8°Avg. min15.4°- Rain days
- 17 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 68.6 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 67 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 17.6 °C · Min 12.5 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Ponta Delgada in January?
- Daytime highs averaged 17.0 °C, night-time lows 15.6 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 19.2 °C (4 Jan 2018), the lowest 12.4 °C (15 Jan 2023).
- How often does it rain in Ponta Delgada in January?
- On average there were 12.4 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 64.3 mm of precipitation in total.
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Data sources
- Weather data
- Data obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations) on a coarse grid of about 50 km. Values represent a large area and can differ from local conditions, especially on islands, coasts and in mountains. No sunshine duration.
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations)
Reanalysis values represent a grid cell (approx. 25–50 km) and may differ from local measurements on coasts, islands and in mountains. - Sea temperature
- MUR SST data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program; accessed via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP
Daily multi-scale ultra-high resolution (≈ 1 km) analysis of satellite measurements (infrared, microwave) and in-situ data. Represents the foundation temperature below the daily warm surface layer. (Satellite and in-situ analysis) - Place search
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