Climate averages 1991–2020
Alicante weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Alicante: daytime highs average 15.1°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 49 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Elche (21 km away). In January its highs average 15.2°C, about as warm as Alicante, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Alicante ranks joint 24th of 93 for the warmest January highs and joint 11th of 93 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 93 cities is 12.5°C; Alicante is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 15.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 27 mm to 20 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
Alicante climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 15.1°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 27 | 4.4 | 9.810 h |
| February | 15.8°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 20 | 3.9 | 10.711 h |
| March | 17.8°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 25 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 26 | 4.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 18 | 2.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 6.5 | 1.3 | 14.815 h |
| July | 29.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 14.615 h |
| August | 29.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 5.9 | 1.4 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 32 | 4.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 36 | 5.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 18.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 35 | 5.1 | 10.110 h |
| December | 15.8°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 25 | 4.1 | 9.610 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
- Elche in JanuarySpain · 21 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 6.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Benidorm in JanuarySpain · 37 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Torrevieja in JanuarySpain · 44 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Orihuela in JanuarySpain · 50 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Murcia in JanuarySpain · 69 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Gandia in JanuarySpain · 74 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Cartagena, Spain in JanuarySpain · 94 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Torrent in JanuarySpain · 121 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.9°C · 33 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 Alicante) is explained once on the Alicante year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.