Climate · St. John's

St. John's in January

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in St. John's is warm: highs near 83°F, lows near 76°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 14 minutes.January in St. John's is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 14 minutes.

High
83°F28°Caverage
Low
76°F24°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 51% of days
Daylight
11h 14mon average

Is January a good time to visit St. John's?


Yes. January is one of St. John's's best months (January to April).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 83°F in January, against 82°F to 87°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in January, against 28°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

51% of days in January, against 37% to 73% through the year.

Cloud cover

28% cover in January, against 28% to 66% through the year.

Daylight

11h 14m in January, against 11h 07m to 13h 08m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. December84°29°low 77°low 25°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. January83°28°low 76°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. February82°28°low 75°low 24°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where St. John's sits, in January

America/Antigua

this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:40 AMsets 5:52 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
17.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around St. John's, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. St. John's is our one place in Antigua & Barbuda so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest St. John's. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.