🇮🇹 Weather in Rome in January
This is what the weather in Rome (Lazio, Italy) was like in January in 2017–2026.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
12.0 °C
9.7 °C – 13.7 °C
Avg. night-time low
3.9 °C
1.2 °C – 5.9 °C
Avg. rain days in period
11.1
36 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
75.1 mm
12.5 mm – 189 mm
Avg. cloud cover
53 %
This data source has no sunshine hours – average cloud cover shown instead.
Avg. sea temperature
–
No sea nearby – no sea temperature.
Extremes: Highest temperature 17.6 °C (8 Jan 2018) · Lowest temperature -4.1 °C (7 Jan 2017) · Avg. daily peak wind 19 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 76Sunny
- 89Partly cloudy
- 34Cloudy
- 70Light rain
- 41Rain
Summary
- On average 12.0 °C during the day and 3.9 °C at night.
- On average 11.1 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 75.1 mm of precipitation in total.
- Prevailing: Partly cloudy.
- Warmest year: 2024 (avg. 13.7 °C), coolest: 2019 (avg. 9.7 °C).
- Wettest year: 2021 (189 mm), driest: 2020 (12.5 mm).
- Extremes: 17.6 °C on 8 Jan 2018 and -4.1 °C on 7 Jan 2017.
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. max12.5°Avg. min5.2°- Rain days
- 19 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 187 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 73 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 16.4 °C · Min -2.9 °C
2025
Avg. max13.3°Avg. min5.9°- Rain days
- 11 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 42.7 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 60 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 17.3 °C · Min -0.7 °C
2024
Avg. max13.7°Avg. min5.5°- Rain days
- 8 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 40.2 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 52 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 16.4 °C · Min -1.4 °C
2023
Avg. max12.5°Avg. min4.7°- Rain days
- 10 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 59.0 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 55 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 17.1 °C · Min 0.0 °C
2022
Avg. max11.8°Avg. min2.8°- Rain days
- 11 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 48.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 41 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 16.7 °C · Min -2.0 °C
2021
Avg. max10.4°Avg. min3.7°- Rain days
- 19 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 189 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 60 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 14.0 °C · Min -1.3 °C
2020
Avg. max13.1°Avg. min3.8°- Rain days
- 3 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 12.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 36 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 15.7 °C · Min -0.8 °C
2019
Avg. max9.7°Avg. min1.3°- Rain days
- 15 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 94.3 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 52 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 13.5 °C · Min -2.7 °C
2018
Avg. max13.7°Avg. min5.2°- Rain days
- 6 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 35.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 48 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 17.6 °C · Min -0.1 °C
2017
Avg. max9.8°Avg. min1.2°- Rain days
- 9 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 41.6 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 53 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 13.8 °C · Min -4.1 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Rome in January?
- Daytime highs averaged 12.0 °C, night-time lows 3.9 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 17.6 °C (8 Jan 2018), the lowest -4.1 °C (7 Jan 2017).
- How often does it rain in Rome in January?
- On average there were 11.1 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 75.1 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
- Natural Earth (public domain) · GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) / OpenStreetMap (ODbL)