Climate averages 1991–2020
Santander weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Santander: daytime highs average 12.5°C and nights cool to about 6.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes January a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 21 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Barakaldo (69 km away). In January its highs average 11.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Santander, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Santander ranks joint 40th of 93 for the warmest January highs and 86th of 93 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 93 cities is 12.5°C; Santander is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 13.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 115 mm to 104 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
Santander climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 12.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 115 | 14.7 | 9.49 h |
| February | 13.1°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 104 | 13.0 | 10.510 h |
| March | 15.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 104 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.6°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 103 | 14.8 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 86 | 14.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 21.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 68 | 10.9 | 15.415 h |
| July | 23.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 54 | 10.3 | 15.115 h |
| August | 24.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 60 | 10.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.6°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 78 | 11.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 109 | 13.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 15.4°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 150 | 15.8 | 9.710 h |
| December | 13.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 114 | 13.9 | 9.09 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
- Barakaldo in JanuarySpain · 69 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 7.0°C · 112 mm rain
- Bilbao in JanuarySpain · 75 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 7.2°C · 112 mm rain
- Gasteiz / Vitoria in JanuarySpain · 115 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 1.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Burgos in JanuarySpain · 125 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 0.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Donostia / San Sebastián in JanuarySpain · 149 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 6.5°C · 135 mm rain
- Gijón in JanuarySpain · 150 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 6.0°C · 120 mm rain
- Logroño in JanuarySpain · 156 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 2.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Oviedo in JanuarySpain · 165 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.1°C · 104 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 Santander) is explained once on the Santander year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.