Climate averages 1991–2020
Pontevedra weather
in January.
A cool, very 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 cool month in Pontevedra: daytime highs average 12.7°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 197 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 27 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vigo (23 km away). In January its highs average 12.3°C, about as warm as Pontevedra, with 221 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Pontevedra ranks joint 37th of 93 for the warmest January highs and 92nd of 93 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 93 cities is 12.5°C; Pontevedra is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 13.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 197 mm to 131 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
Pontevedra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 12.7°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 197 | 14.4 | 9.59 h |
| February | 13.6°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 131 | 11.1 | 10.511 h |
| March | 16.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 141 | 12.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 137 | 13.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 114 | 12.7 | 14.615 h |
| June | 22.7°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 57 | 7.9 | 15.215 h |
| July | 25.1°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 34 | 5.3 | 15.015 h |
| August | 25.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 48 | 6.5 | 13.914 h |
| September | 23.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 84 | 8.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 199 | 13.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 15.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 204 | 14.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 13.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 198 | 14.5 | 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
- Vigo in JanuarySpain · 23 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 6.5°C · 221 mm rain
- Santiago de Compostela in JanuarySpain · 51 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 4.0°C · 141 mm rain
- Ourense in JanuarySpain · 65 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 108 mm rain
- Braga in JanuaryPortugal · 100 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 191 mm rain
- A Coruña in JanuarySpain · 107 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 7.5°C · 141 mm rain
- Lugo in JanuarySpain · 110 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 2.8°C · 107 mm rain
- Porto in JanuaryPortugal · 143 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 6.3°C · 150 mm rain
- Aveiro in JanuaryPortugal · 199 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.5°C · 128 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 Pontevedra) is explained once on the Pontevedra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.