Climate averages 1991–2020
Benidorm weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Benidorm: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 48 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Alicante (37 km away). In January its highs average 15.1°C, about as warm as Benidorm, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Benidorm ranks joint 19th of 93 for the warmest January highs and joint 25th of 93 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 93 cities is 12.5°C; Benidorm is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 15.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 30 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
Benidorm climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 15.2°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 37 | 5.4 | 9.810 h |
| February | 15.9°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 30 | 5.4 | 10.711 h |
| March | 18.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 37 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 44 | 7.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 33 | 5.5 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.0°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 14 | 2.6 | 14.815 h |
| July | 30.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 4.7 | 1.3 | 14.615 h |
| August | 31.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 13 | 3.2 | 13.714 h |
| September | 27.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 49 | 6.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 48 | 6.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 18.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 47 | 6.5 | 10.110 h |
| December | 15.9°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 36 | 5.4 | 9.510 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
- Alicante in JanuarySpain · 37 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Gandia in JanuarySpain · 48 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Elche in JanuarySpain · 58 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 6.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Torrevieja in JanuarySpain · 79 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Orihuela in JanuarySpain · 87 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Torrent in JanuarySpain · 104 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Valencia, Spain in JanuarySpain · 106 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Murcia in JanuarySpain · 107 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.1°C · 26 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 Benidorm) is explained once on the Benidorm year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.