Climate averages 1991–2020
Albacete weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Albacete: daytime highs average 10.0°C and nights cool to about 1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Orihuela (129 km away). In January its highs average 16.2°C, 6.1°C warmer than Albacete, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Albacete ranks joint 68th of 93 for the warmest January highs and joint 13th of 93 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 93 cities is 12.5°C; Albacete is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 11.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 28 mm to 25 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
Albacete climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 10.0°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 28 | 5.3 | 9.810 h |
| February | 11.7°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 25 | 5.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 15.2°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 39 | 6.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 43 | 7.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 38 | 6.4 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 21 | 3.8 | 14.915 h |
| July | 32.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 6.8 | 1.8 | 14.615 h |
| August | 32.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 18 | 3.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.9°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 35 | 5.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 35 | 6.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.9°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 37 | 6.0 | 10.110 h |
| December | 10.6°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 33 | 5.7 | 9.59 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
- Orihuela in JanuarySpain · 129 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Murcia in JanuarySpain · 129 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Elche in JanuarySpain · 129 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 6.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Torrent in JanuarySpain · 130 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Valencia, Spain in JanuarySpain · 138 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Alicante in JanuarySpain · 139 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Gandia in JanuarySpain · 145 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Lorca in JanuarySpain · 148 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.4°C · 30 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 Albacete) is explained once on the Albacete year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.