Climate averages 1991–2020
Palencia weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Palencia: daytime highs average 8.1°C and nights cool to about 0.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 30 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Valladolid (43 km away). In January its highs average 8.4°C, about as warm as Palencia, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Palencia ranks 91st of 93 for the warmest January highs and joint 47th of 93 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 93 cities is 12.5°C; Palencia is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 9.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 32 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
Palencia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 8.1°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 42 | 8.2 | 9.59 h |
| February | 9.9°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 32 | 6.9 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.5°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 38 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 50 | 10.3 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.9°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 51 | 9.5 | 14.515 h |
| June | 25.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 30 | 6.2 | 15.215 h |
| July | 28.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 17 | 3.7 | 14.915 h |
| August | 28.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 14 | 3.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 29 | 5.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 56 | 8.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.7°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 52 | 9.1 | 9.910 h |
| December | 8.6°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 46 | 7.8 | 9.29 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
- Valladolid in JanuarySpain · 43 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 1.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Burgos in JanuarySpain · 77 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 0.3°C · 54 mm rain
- León, Spain in JanuarySpain · 108 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 0.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Salamanca, Spain in JanuarySpain · 150 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 0.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Santander in JanuarySpain · 172 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 6.1°C · 115 mm rain
- Las Rozas de Madrid in JanuarySpain · 177 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 0.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Logroño in JanuarySpain · 178 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 2.0°C · 55 mm rain
- San Sebastián de los Reyes in JanuarySpain · 178 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 0.7°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 Palencia) is explained once on the Palencia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.