Average Precipitation for Portugal in January

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during January at cities in Portugal.

Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation. The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least one millimetre (0.04 inches).

The month's total precipitation is an average of weather data collected during 1971 to 2000.

You can jump to a separate table for each part of the country: Southern, Lisbon Region, Central and Northern Portugal.

Southern Portugal

Cities in this section are in the Algarve & Alentejo regions. Faro and Vila Real de Santo Antonio are on Portugal's south coast.

Average rainfall in January
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
9 Beja 2.9 74
8 Évora 3.1 79
7 Faro 2.5 63
10 Portalegre 4.3 110
Vila Real de Santo Antonio 2.8 70

Lisbon Region

January averages for total precipitation
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
Alcobaça 4.2 106
10 Lisbon (Lisboa) 3.8 97
10 Santarém 3.6 93
9 Setúbal 4.2 106

Central Portugal

Average amount of rain and snow in January
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
11 Aveiro 4.4 111
8 Castelo Branco 4.3 108
12 Coimbra 4.4 112
10 Guarda 3.9 100
13 Penhas Douradas 9.4 240
12 Viseu 6.1 156

Northern Portugal

Precipitation totals for January
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
14 Braga 7.6 193
10 Bragança 3.8 96
13 Porto 6.2 158
14 Viana do Castelo 7.5 190
12 Vila Real 5.7 144
Reference

Instituto de Meteorologia, IP Portugal. Normais Climatológicas 71-00.

Portugal Precipitation
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