Climate averages 1991–2020
Murcia weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Murcia: daytime highs average 15.8°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 51 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Orihuela (20 km away). In January its highs average 16.2°C, about as warm as Murcia, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Murcia ranks joint 9th of 93 for the warmest January highs and joint 8th of 93 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 93 cities is 12.5°C; Murcia is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 26 mm to 23 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
Murcia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 15.8°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 26 | 4.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 17.3°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 23 | 3.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 20.0°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 34 | 4.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 32 | 5.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 26.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 25 | 3.8 | 14.214 h |
| June | 30.6°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 12 | 2.0 | 14.815 h |
| July | 33.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 2.5 | 0.5 | 14.515 h |
| August | 33.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 8.9 | 1.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 29.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 39 | 4.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 24.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 33 | 5.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 19.4°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 33 | 5.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 16.3°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 26 | 4.3 | 9.610 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
- Orihuela in JanuarySpain · 20 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Torrevieja in JanuarySpain · 39 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Cartagena, Spain in JanuarySpain · 45 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Elche in JanuarySpain · 48 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 6.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Lorca in JanuarySpain · 61 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Alicante in JanuarySpain · 69 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Benidorm in JanuarySpain · 107 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Albacete in JanuarySpain · 129 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.3°C · 28 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 Murcia) is explained once on the Murcia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.