Climate averages 1991–2020
Santiago de Compostela weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Santiago de Compostela: daytime highs average 10.8°C and nights cool to about 4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 141 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes January a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 25 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pontevedra (51 km away). In January its highs average 12.7°C, 1.9°C warmer than Santiago de Compostela, with 197 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Santiago de Compostela ranks 66th of 93 for the warmest January highs and joint 90th of 93 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 93 cities is 12.5°C; Santiago de Compostela is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 11.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 141 mm to 101 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
Santiago de Compostela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 10.8°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 141 | 13.9 | 9.49 h |
| February | 11.7°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 101 | 11.7 | 10.511 h |
| March | 14.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 106 | 12.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.3°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 115 | 14.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 17.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 92 | 13.0 | 14.615 h |
| June | 20.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 54 | 8.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 23.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 30 | 5.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 23.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 44 | 7.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 69 | 9.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 140 | 13.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 13.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 151 | 15.3 | 9.810 h |
| December | 11.5°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 142 | 13.8 | 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
- Pontevedra in JanuarySpain · 51 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 6.2°C · 197 mm rain
- A Coruña in JanuarySpain · 56 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 7.5°C · 141 mm rain
- Vigo in JanuarySpain · 73 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 6.5°C · 221 mm rain
- Lugo in JanuarySpain · 82 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 2.8°C · 107 mm rain
- Ourense in JanuarySpain · 82 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 108 mm rain
- Braga in JanuaryPortugal · 148 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 191 mm rain
- Porto in JanuaryPortugal · 193 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 6.3°C · 150 mm rain
- Avilés in JanuarySpain · 225 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 7.2°C · 116 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 Santiago de Compostela) is explained once on the Santiago de Compostela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.