Climate averages 1991–2020
Zaragoza weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry 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 Zaragoza: daytime highs average 11.3°C and nights cool to about 3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 32 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lleida (125 km away). In January its highs average 11.1°C, about as warm as Zaragoza, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Zaragoza ranks joint 59th of 93 for the warmest January highs and joint 13th of 93 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 93 cities is 12.5°C; Zaragoza is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 13.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 28 mm to 21 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
Zaragoza climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 11.3°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 28 | 6.4 | 9.510 h |
| February | 13.0°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 21 | 4.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 17.2°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 31 | 5.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 42 | 6.5 | 13.313 h |
| May | 24.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 32 | 5.9 | 14.515 h |
| June | 29.7°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 26 | 4.8 | 15.115 h |
| July | 32.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 14 | 3.7 | 14.915 h |
| August | 32.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 20 | 4.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 27.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 26 | 4.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 21.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 43 | 6.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 15.0°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 42 | 6.6 | 9.910 h |
| December | 11.6°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 25 | 5.6 | 9.29 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
- Lleida in JanuarySpain · 125 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 2.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Pamplona in JanuarySpain · 144 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 1.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Logroño in JanuarySpain · 158 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 2.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Reus in JanuarySpain · 175 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 4.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Tarragona in JanuarySpain · 187 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Pau in JanuaryFrance · 189 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 1.7°C · 112 mm rain
- Castelló de la Plana in JanuarySpain · 198 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 6.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Gasteiz / Vitoria in JanuarySpain · 199 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 1.4°C · 76 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 Zaragoza) is explained once on the Zaragoza year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.