Climate averages 1991–2020
Salamanca, Spain 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 Salamanca, Spain: daytime highs average 8.3°C and nights cool to about 0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 44 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 35 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Valladolid (110 km away). In January its highs average 8.4°C, about as warm as Salamanca, Spain, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Salamanca, Spain ranks 90th of 93 for the warmest January highs and joint 52nd of 93 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 93 cities is 12.5°C; Salamanca, Spain is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 10.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 35 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
Salamanca, Spain climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 8.3°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 44 | 8.2 | 9.610 h |
| February | 10.2°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 35 | 7.2 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.6°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 41 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.8°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 51 | 10.5 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.0°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 47 | 9.7 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 23 | 5.4 | 15.115 h |
| July | 29.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 12 | 2.9 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 13 | 3.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 27 | 5.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 62 | 9.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.9°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 52 | 9.2 | 9.910 h |
| December | 9.0°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 48 | 7.4 | 9.39 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 · 110 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 1.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Talavera de la Reina in JanuarySpain · 132 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Palencia in JanuarySpain · 150 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 0.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Las Rozas de Madrid in JanuarySpain · 160 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 0.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Pozuelo de Alarcón in JanuarySpain · 167 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Móstoles in JanuarySpain · 168 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 0.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Fuenlabrada in JanuarySpain · 175 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 0.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Madrid in JanuarySpain · 176 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 0.9°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 Salamanca) is explained once on the Salamanca, Spain year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.