Climate averages 1991–2020
Guadalajara, Spain weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet 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 cool month in Guadalajara, Spain: daytime highs average 9.2°C and nights cool to about 0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 37 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Alcalá de Henares (23 km away). In January its highs average 9.7°C, about as warm as Guadalajara, Spain, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Guadalajara, Spain ranks 82nd of 93 for the warmest January highs and joint 50th of 93 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 93 cities is 12.5°C; Guadalajara, Spain is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 11.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 34 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
Guadalajara, Spain climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 9.2°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 43 | 7.5 | 9.610 h |
| February | 11.2°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 34 | 6.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 14.9°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 41 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.3°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 50 | 8.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 43 | 8.1 | 14.414 h |
| June | 27.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 19 | 4.0 | 15.015 h |
| July | 31.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 7.4 | 1.7 | 14.815 h |
| August | 31.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 9.3 | 2.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 26.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 23 | 4.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.5°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 60 | 8.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.0°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 57 | 7.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 9.8°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 44 | 7.2 | 9.39 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
- Alcalá de Henares in JanuarySpain · 23 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 1.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Torrejón de Ardoz in JanuarySpain · 32 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 1.3°C · 40 mm rain
- San Sebastián de los Reyes in JanuarySpain · 40 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 0.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Coslada in JanuarySpain · 41 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Alcobendas in JanuarySpain · 42 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Chamartín in JanuarySpain · 47 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 0.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Madrid in JanuarySpain · 51 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 0.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Pozuelo de Alarcón in JanuarySpain · 59 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.8°C · 38 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 Guadalajara) is explained once on the Guadalajara, Spain year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.