Climate averages 1991–2020
León, Spain weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in León, Spain: daytime highs average 7.5°C and nights cool to about 0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 26 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oviedo (87 km away). In January its highs average 11.3°C, 3.8°C warmer than León, Spain, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, León, Spain ranks 92nd 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; León, Spain is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 9.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 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
León, Spain climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 7.5°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 54 | 8.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | 9.2°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 34 | 6.9 | 10.511 h |
| March | 12.5°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 44 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.6°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 51 | 10.2 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.5°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 50 | 9.6 | 14.615 h |
| June | 23.6°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 31 | 5.9 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.0°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 19 | 3.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 20 | 3.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 30 | 5.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.8°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 70 | 9.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.9°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 58 | 9.7 | 9.810 h |
| December | 8.1°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 59 | 8.9 | 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
- Oviedo in JanuarySpain · 87 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Gijón in JanuarySpain · 104 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 6.0°C · 120 mm rain
- Palencia in JanuarySpain · 108 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 0.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Avilés in JanuarySpain · 110 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 7.2°C · 116 mm rain
- Valladolid in JanuarySpain · 126 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 1.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Burgos in JanuarySpain · 156 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 0.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Lugo in JanuarySpain · 168 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 2.8°C · 107 mm rain
- Santander in JanuarySpain · 173 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 6.1°C · 115 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 León) is explained once on the León, Spain year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.