Lápithos Weather in January
Lápithos in January
The short of it: Lápithos in January averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 74 mm (2.9 in) of rain and about 10 h 1 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 7° · rain 74 mm · daylight 10 h 1 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & November
Thirty years of records give Lápithos an average January high of 16°, a low of 7° and some 74 mm of rain. Lápithos's coldest stretch of the year, 16° by day and 7° by night. Wet spells are common — about 74 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 1 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates January 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and November.
Against its neighbours, Lápithos runs cooler than most and drier than most in January. Kyrenia, 13 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
January in Lápithos, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 2° colder, 9.0 mm less rain
- Versus February
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 1 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KyreniaKeryneia | 13 km E | 16° | 8° | 68 mm |
| KokkinotrimithiáNicosia | 21 km S | 16° | 6° | 77 mm |
| MórfouNicosia | 23 km SW | 17° | 7° | 78 mm |
| AkákiNicosia | 23 km S | 16° | 6° | 78 mm |
| Ágios DométiosNicosia | 24 km SE | 17° | 7° | 61 mm |
| NicosiaNicosia | 25 km SE | 17° | 7° | 61 mm |
| PeristerónaNicosia | 25 km SSW | 16° | 6° | 81 mm |
| AstromerítisNicosia | 25 km SSW | 17° | 7° | 80 mm |