Mild in Jan
21°C average high
avg high · 11° at night
25°C+ on 1 in 10 days
Portugal
Madeira weather in January
Is it warm? Not really. January in Madeira is cool: afternoons average 19°C and nights 14°C. Most days (80%) peak between 17°C and 21°C.
Cool · average high
19°C
25°C or more on almost no days; 20°C or more on about two in ten days.
- Average low14°overnight
- Sea20°average, 2023–2025
- Rainy days568 mm in the month
- SkyOften cloudy63% cloud · 9% clear days
How warm it really gets
Every January afternoon from 2011–2025: 465 days. Most (80%) peaked between 17° and 21°.
January, year by year
The average January high in each year. The warmest, 2024, averaged 20°C; the coolest, 2015, 18°C.
Compared with home
Average January highs. Expect rain on about 5 days (68 mm in a typical month).
- Madeira19°
- Cork9°
- Dublin8°
- London8°
- Belfast7°
- Manchester7°
- Glasgow6°
Warmer in January, not much further
Flying times are estimates from Dublin; Madeira is about 3h 30m.
Mild in Jan
21°C average high
avg high · 15° at night
25°C+ on 1 in 10 days
Mild in Jan
21°C average high
avg high · 16° at night
25°C+ on rarely
Air: ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2011–2025. Sea: Copernicus Marine analysis via Open-Meteo, 2023–2025. Rainy day = 2 mm or more. Clear day = average cloud cover of 30% or less. These are averages of past weather, not a forecast. Methodology