Typical January weather
Clearwater
Florida · January
71° days
53° nights
about 5 rainy days · 10½ hours of daylight · gulf 64°
What to pack
- Light jacket
What January feels like
January is peak snowbird season and the beach fills with people who consider this tropical, which from Michigan it plainly is. The Sunsets at Pier 60 festival runs nightly year-round, and in January it starts and finishes before dinner.
Expect about 5 days with real rain — enough to notice, not enough to plan around. Humidity stays comfortable; the air never feels heavy.
Can you swim?
The Gulf runs about 64° — cold — a quick dip takes resolve.
The numbers
| Typical high | 71° |
|---|---|
| Typical low | 53° |
| Days with real rain | 5 |
| Total rain | 2.6 in |
| Humidity | comfortable |
| Water temperature | 64° |
| Sunrise / sunset (mid-month) | 7:23 am / 5:57 pm |