Climate averages 1991–2020
Palma weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry 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 Palma: daytime highs average 14.0°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 43 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sant Boi de Llobregat (204 km away). In January its highs average 12.4°C, 1.6°C cooler than Palma, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Palma ranks 35th of 93 for the warmest January highs and 20th of 93 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 93 cities is 12.5°C; Palma is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 14.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 31 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
Palma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 34 | 6.3 | 9.710 h |
| February | 14.1°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 31 | 6.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 16.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 26 | 5.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 35 | 6.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.5°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 29 | 4.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 16 | 2.7 | 14.915 h |
| July | 30.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 4.9 | 1.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 30.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 17 | 2.4 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 42 | 6.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 51 | 7.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 51 | 7.9 | 10.010 h |
| December | 15.0°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 39 | 6.3 | 9.49 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
- Sant Boi de Llobregat in JanuarySpain · 204 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 6.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Barcelona in JanuarySpain · 207 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Tarragona in JanuarySpain · 209 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Badalona in JanuarySpain · 212 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 4.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Reus in JanuarySpain · 220 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 4.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Mataró in JanuarySpain · 220 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 6.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Rubí in JanuarySpain · 220 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 3.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Sabadell in JanuarySpain · 224 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 3.3°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 Palma) is explained once on the Palma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.