Climate averages 1991–2020
Burgos weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Burgos: daytime highs average 6.8°C and nights cool to about 0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 28 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palencia (77 km away). In January its highs average 8.1°C, 1.3°C warmer than Burgos, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Burgos ranks 93rd of 93 for the warmest January highs and joint 61st of 93 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 93 cities is 12.5°C; Burgos is 5.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 8.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 mm to 44 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
Burgos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 6.8°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 54 | 9.9 | 9.59 h |
| February | 8.2°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 44 | 9.0 | 10.511 h |
| March | 11.6°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 50 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 66 | 12.2 | 13.313 h |
| May | 17.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 64 | 11.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 22.2°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 42 | 7.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 25.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 23 | 4.6 | 14.915 h |
| August | 26.2°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 20 | 4.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.0°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 39 | 6.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 62 | 9.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.4°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 63 | 11.1 | 9.810 h |
| December | 7.5°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 56 | 9.2 | 9.19 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
- Palencia in JanuarySpain · 77 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 0.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Gasteiz / Vitoria in JanuarySpain · 101 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 1.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Logroño in JanuarySpain · 104 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 2.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Valladolid in JanuarySpain · 114 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 1.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Bilbao in JanuarySpain · 120 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 7.2°C · 112 mm rain
- Barakaldo in JanuarySpain · 121 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 7.0°C · 112 mm rain
- Santander in JanuarySpain · 125 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 6.1°C · 115 mm rain
- León, Spain in JanuarySpain · 156 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 0.1°C · 54 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 Burgos) is explained once on the Burgos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.