Kos Weather in January
Kos in January
The short of it: Kos in January averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 9 °C (47 °F), with 170 mm (6.7 in) of rain and about 9 h 53 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 9° · rain 170 mm · daylight 9 h 53 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: April & May
Thirty years of records give Kos an average January high of 15°, a low of 9° and some 170 mm of rain. Kos's coldest stretch of the year, 15° by day and 9° by night. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 170 mm.
The sun is up for about 9 h 53 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates January 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and May.
Against its neighbours, Kos runs warmer than most and wetter than most in January. Zipári, 8 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
January in Kos, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 2° colder, 10 mm more rain
- Versus February
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 53 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZipáriSouth Aegean | 8 km WSW | 15° | 9° | 166 mm |
| LinopótisSouth Aegean | 10 km WSW | 14° | 8° | 171 mm |
| MarmáriSouth Aegean | 13 km W | 15° | 8° | 166 mm |
| PylíSouth Aegean | 13 km WSW | 15° | 8° | 166 mm |
| TurgutreisMuğla | 14 km N | 15° | 8° | 169 mm |
| PeksimetMuğla | 17 km N | 15° | 8° | 169 mm |
| KardámainaSouth Aegean | 18 km SW | 15° | 9° | 165 mm |
| BitezMuğla | 19 km NNE | 14° | 7° | 175 mm |