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Elounda in January

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Elounda is mild: highs near 62°F, lows near 50°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 23 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Elounda is mild: highs near 17°C, lows near 10°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 23 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
62°F17°Caverage
Low
50°F10°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
10h 04mon average

Is January a good time to visit Elounda?

January sits outside Elounda's best months, which run in two parts: April to May, or October to November. Expect mild days and rain on about two days a week.

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 62°F in January, against 62°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 17°C in January, against 17°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in January, against 1% to 35% through the year.

Cloud cover

46% cover in January, against 1% to 47% through the year.

Daylight

10h 04m in January, against 9h 49m to 14h 30m 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. December65°18°low 53°low 12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. January62°17°low 50°low 10°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. February62°17°low 49°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Elounda sits, in January

Europe/Athens
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:25 AMsets 5:26 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
35.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Santorini (Thira)131 km north

The land around Elounda, 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. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Greece in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Elounda

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Elounda. 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 (20 m) against the climate model's (91 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 (20 m) against the climate model's (91 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.