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Milan in January

Chilly and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Milan is chilly: highs near 48°F, lows near 30°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 35 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Milan is chilly: highs near 9°C, lows near -1°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 35 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
48°F9°Caverage
Low
30°F-1°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 25% of days
Daylight
9h 09mon average

Is January a good time to visit Milan?

January sits outside Milan's best months, which run in two parts: May, or September. Expect chilly days and rain or snow 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 48°F in January, against 48°F to 87°F through the year.Highs near 9°C in January, against 9°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

25% of days in January, against 24% to 45% through the year.

Cloud cover

50% cover in January, against 32% to 56% through the year.

Daylight

9h 09m in January, against 8h 46m to 15h 37m 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. December48°9°low 32°low 0°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. January48°9°low 30°low -1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. February51°11°low 31°low -1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Milan sits, in January

Europe/Rome
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
8:00 AMsets 5:04 PM
Above the sea
120 mlow-lying
Latitude
45.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Lake Como59 km north

The land around Milan, 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 Italy in January

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Milan. 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.