Climate averages 1991–2020
Castelló de la Plana weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Castelló de la Plana: daytime highs average 14.1°C and nights cool to about 6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 41 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Valencia, Spain (64 km away). In January its highs average 15.0°C, 0.9°C warmer than Castelló de la Plana, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Castelló de la Plana ranks 34th of 93 for the warmest January highs and joint 23rd of 93 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 93 cities is 12.5°C; Castelló de la Plana is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 14.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 36 mm to 28 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
Castelló de la Plana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.1°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 36 | 4.5 | 9.710 h |
| February | 14.6°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 28 | 4.1 | 10.711 h |
| March | 16.7°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 34 | 4.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 37 | 5.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 32 | 4.9 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 19 | 3.1 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 8.5 | 1.5 | 14.715 h |
| August | 28.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 20 | 3.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 45 | 6.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 50 | 6.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.7°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 41 | 5.3 | 10.010 h |
| December | 14.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 34 | 5.0 | 9.49 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
- Valencia, Spain in JanuarySpain · 64 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Torrent in JanuarySpain · 71 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Gandia in JanuarySpain · 114 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Benidorm in JanuarySpain · 161 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Reus in JanuarySpain · 163 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 4.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Tarragona in JanuarySpain · 167 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Alicante in JanuarySpain · 186 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Lleida in JanuarySpain · 190 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 2.0°C · 29 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 Castelló de la Plana) is explained once on the Castelló de la Plana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.