Climate averages 1991–2020
Braga weather
in January.
A cool, very wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Braga: daytime highs average 11.9°C and nights cool to about 3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 191 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 32 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Porto (47 km away). In January its highs average 12.8°C, 1.0°C warmer than Braga, with 150 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Braga ranks 11th of 12 for the warmest January highs and 12th of 12 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 12 cities is 13.7°C; Braga is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 13.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 191 mm to 126 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Braga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 11.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 191 | 12.5 | 9.510 h |
| February | 13.1°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 126 | 9.8 | 10.611 h |
| March | 15.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 147 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 142 | 12.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.9°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 121 | 11.3 | 14.514 h |
| June | 23.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 48 | 6.6 | 15.115 h |
| July | 26.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 28 | 4.2 | 14.915 h |
| August | 26.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 39 | 4.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 79 | 6.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 210 | 13.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.7°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 200 | 13.2 | 9.910 h |
| December | 12.5°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 205 | 13.1 | 9.29 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Porto in JanuaryPortugal · 47 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 6.3°C · 150 mm rain
- Vigo in JanuarySpain · 80 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 6.5°C · 221 mm rain
- Ourense in JanuarySpain · 99 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 108 mm rain
- Pontevedra in JanuarySpain · 100 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 6.2°C · 197 mm rain
- Aveiro in JanuaryPortugal · 102 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.5°C · 128 mm rain
- Viseu in JanuaryPortugal · 108 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 3.1°C · 152 mm rain
- Santiago de Compostela in JanuarySpain · 148 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 4.0°C · 141 mm rain
- Coimbra in JanuaryPortugal · 150 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 4.9°C · 108 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Braga) is explained once on the Braga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.