Climate averages 1991–2020
Tarragona weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Tarragona: daytime highs average 12.4°C and nights cool to about 4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 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 Reus (12 km away). In January its highs average 12.7°C, about as warm as Tarragona, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Tarragona ranks joint 42nd of 93 for the warmest January highs and joint 47th of 93 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 93 cities is 12.5°C; Tarragona is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 13.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 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
Tarragona climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 12.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 42 | 6.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 13.7°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 31 | 5.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 16.5°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 37 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.6°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 43 | 6.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 38 | 5.4 | 14.514 h |
| June | 26.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 20 | 3.4 | 15.115 h |
| July | 28.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 18 | 3.7 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 40 | 5.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 25.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 77 | 8.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 21.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 78 | 8.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 16.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 53 | 6.1 | 9.910 h |
| December | 12.8°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 42 | 6.0 | 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
- Reus in JanuarySpain · 12 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 4.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Sant Boi de Llobregat in JanuarySpain · 71 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 6.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Lleida in JanuarySpain · 76 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 2.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Rubí in JanuarySpain · 78 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 3.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Terrassa in JanuarySpain · 81 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 2.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Barcelona in JanuarySpain · 82 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Manresa in JanuarySpain · 83 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Sabadell in JanuarySpain · 86 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 Tarragona) is explained once on the Tarragona year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.