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Roseau in January

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Roseau is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 75°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 20 minutes.January in Roseau is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 20 minutes.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 68% of days
Daylight
11h 20mon average

Is January a good time to visit Roseau?

Yes. January is one of Roseau'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 82°F in January, against 82°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in January, against 28°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

68% of days in January, against 53% to 83% through the year.

Cloud cover

38% cover in January, against 38% to 68% through the year.

Daylight

11h 20m in January, against 11h 14m to 13h 01m 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.

Either side

  1. December83°28°low 76°low 24°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. January82°28°low 75°low 24°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. February82°28°low 74°low 23°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Roseau sits, in January

America/Dominica
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:35 AMsets 5:53 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
15.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Roseau, 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. Roseau is our one place in Dominica so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Roseau

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 9 km east of Roseau. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (221 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (221 m). 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.