Climate averages 1991–2020
Málaga weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Málaga: daytime highs average 14.9°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 57 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mijas (24 km away). In January its highs average 12.5°C, 2.4°C cooler than Málaga, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Málaga ranks joint 27th of 93 for the warmest January highs and joint 67th of 93 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 93 cities is 12.5°C; Málaga is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 49 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
Málaga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.9°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 56 | 7.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.4°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 49 | 6.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 53 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 41 | 6.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 26 | 4.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 25.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 8.5 | 1.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 28.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 4.4 | 0.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 24 | 3.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 54 | 6.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 69 | 7.4 | 10.310 h |
| December | 15.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 70 | 7.6 | 9.710 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
- Mijas in JanuarySpain · 24 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 6.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Vélez-Málaga in JanuarySpain · 29 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Marbella in JanuarySpain · 47 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 9.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Granada in JanuarySpain · 89 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 1.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Gibraltar in JanuaryGibraltar · 105 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 10.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Algeciras in JanuarySpain · 113 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Fnidek in JanuaryMorocco · 128 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Jaén in JanuarySpain · 129 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 1.8°C · 56 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 Málaga) is explained once on the Málaga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.