Madrid weather in January

In January, Madrid sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 256 mm of rain across 25.2 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of January to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Madrid's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Madrid's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 256 mm; 25.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:14 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover: 78%; 1st clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.93 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

Founded: 1559

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical January day in Madrid reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	11
2	20	11
3	20	11
4	20	11
5	20	11
6	20	11
7	20	11
8	20	11
9	20	11
10	20	11
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12	20	11
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14	20	11
15	20	11
16	20	11
17	20	11
18	20	11
19	20	11
20	20	11
21	20	11
22	20	11
23	20	11
24	20	11
25	20	11
26	20	11
27	20	11
28	20	11
29	20	11
30	20	11
31	20	11

Madrid weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 11°	256	25.2	11.8	4.0
Feb	20° / 12°	291	24.2	11.8	3.7
Mar	20° / 12°	328	27.6	12	3.5
Apr	20° / 12°	291	25.9	12.1	3.6
May	20° / 13°	204	20.9	12.2	4.4
Jun	20° / 13°	78	12.2	12.3	5.5
Jul	21° / 13°	52	8.8	12.2	6.2
Aug	22° / 13°	59	9.9	12.2	6.2
Sep	21° / 12°	161	18.7	12	4.8
Oct	20° / 12°	294	26.8	11.9	3.7
Nov	19° / 12°	317	27.9	11.8	3.4
Dec	20° / 11°	272	25.6	11.7	3.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	15	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	16	16	16	17
Cloudier (%)	80	81	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	85	85	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	86	86	86	84	84	84	83

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	19	81
3	19	81
4	19	81
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	16	84
31	17	83

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Madrid gets around 256 mm of rain over 25.2 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 81% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	77	77	78	78	79	80	81	81	82	83	83	84	84	84	84	83	83	83	82	82	82	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	77
2	77
3	78
4	78
5	79
6	80
7	81
8	81
9	82
10	83
11	83
12	84
13	84
14	84
15	84
16	83
17	83
18	83
19	82
20	82
21	82
22	81
23	81
24	81
25	81
26	81
27	81
28	81
29	81
30	81
31	81

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 69% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	73	72	72	71	70	70	69	69	68	68	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	70	70	69	69	69	68	68	67
Comfortable (%)	27	28	28	29	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	73	27
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	71	29
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	67	33

Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
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25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of January to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:08 AM to 6:17 AM, and sunset from 5:52 PM to 6:04 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:17
Sunset (PM)	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	6:08	5:52
2	11.7	6:09	5:53
3	11.7	6:09	5:53
4	11.7	6:10	5:54
5	11.7	6:10	5:54
6	11.7	6:10	5:54
7	11.7	6:11	5:55
8	11.7	6:11	5:55
9	11.7	6:11	5:56
10	11.7	6:12	5:56
11	11.7	6:12	5:57
12	11.7	6:13	5:57
13	11.7	6:13	5:58
14	11.7	6:13	5:58
15	11.8	6:13	5:59
16	11.8	6:14	5:59
17	11.8	6:14	5:59
18	11.8	6:14	6:00
19	11.8	6:15	6:00
20	11.8	6:15	6:01
21	11.8	6:15	6:01
22	11.8	6:15	6:01
23	11.8	6:15	6:02
24	11.8	6:16	6:02
25	11.8	6:16	6:02
26	11.8	6:16	6:03
27	11.8	6:16	6:03
28	11.8	6:16	6:03
29	11.8	6:16	6:04
30	11.8	6:16	6:04
31	11.8	6:17	6:04

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.89 kWh/m² to a high of 5 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 4.93 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Madrid?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.0

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

2.0

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Madrid for sightseeing.

What to pack for Madrid in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Madrid sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 11°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Madrid in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Madrid peaks around February 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	16	15	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	10	Extreme

Air quality in Madrid in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Madrid is worst in March — around 43 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.9× the cleanest month (July, 23 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	34	38	43	38	31	26	23	27	33	32	32	34
Level	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	34	Moderate
Feb	38	Poor
Mar	43	Poor
Apr	38	Poor
May	31	Moderate
Jun	26	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	27	Moderate
Sep	33	Moderate
Oct	32	Moderate
Nov	32	Moderate
Dec	34	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Madrid?

Madrid sits at 4.7°N, 74.3°W, 2,547 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Mosquera, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Madrid

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Madrid.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Madrid has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 192 m around an average of 2,560 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,124 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,949 m.

The land around Madrid is covered by grassland (31%), artificial surfaces (29%) and cropland (27%) within 3 km, grassland (44%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

192 m

grassland 31%

16 km

2,124 m

grassland 44%

80 km

3,949 m

trees 58%

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← December Madrid year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Mosquera 5.0 km · Funza 6.0 km · Facatativá 13 km · Soacha 18 km · Kennedy 18 km · Cota 20 km · Bogota 24 km · Chía 27 km

Colombia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 / 240 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $8,562; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 74%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 24.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 15.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 480
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Madrid (4.7325°, -74.2642°, elevation 2,547 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	11
2	20	11
3	20	11
4	20	11
5	20	11
6	20	11
7	20	11
8	20	11
9	20	11
10	20	11
11	20	11
12	20	11
13	20	11
14	20	11
15	20	11
16	20	11
17	20	11
18	20	11
19	20	11
20	20	11
21	20	11
22	20	11
23	20	11
24	20	11
25	20	11
26	20	11
27	20	11
28	20	11
29	20	11
30	20	11
31	20	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	19	81
3	19	81
4	19	81
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	16	84
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	77
2	77
3	78
4	78
5	79
6	80
7	81
8	81
9	82
10	83
11	83
12	84
13	84
14	84
15	84
16	83
17	83
18	83
19	82
20	82
21	82
22	81
23	81
24	81
25	81
26	81
27	81
28	81
29	81
30	81
31	81

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	73	27
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	71	29
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	67	33

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	11
2	20	11
3	20	11
4	20	11
5	20	11
6	20	11
7	20	11
8	20	11
9	20	11
10	20	11
11	20	11
12	20	11
13	20	11
14	20	11
15	20	11
16	20	11
17	20	11
18	20	11
19	20	11
20	20	11
21	20	11
22	20	11
23	20	11
24	20	11
25	20	11
26	20	11
27	20	11
28	20	11
29	20	11
30	20	11
31	20	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	19	81
3	19	81
4	19	81
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	16	84
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	77
2	77
3	78
4	78
5	79
6	80
7	81
8	81
9	82
10	83
11	83
12	84
13	84
14	84
15	84
16	83
17	83
18	83
19	82
20	82
21	82
22	81
23	81
24	81
25	81
26	81
27	81
28	81
29	81
30	81
31	81

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	73	27
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	71	29
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	67	33

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	11
2	20	11
3	20	11
4	20	11
5	20	11
6	20	11
7	20	11
8	20	11
9	20	11
10	20	11
11	20	11
12	20	11
13	20	11
14	20	11
15	20	11
16	20	11
17	20	11
18	20	11
19	20	11
20	20	11
21	20	11
22	20	11
23	20	11
24	20	11
25	20	11
26	20	11
27	20	11
28	20	11
29	20	11
30	20	11
31	20	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	19	81
3	19	81
4	19	81
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	16	84
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	77
2	77
3	78
4	78
5	79
6	80
7	81
8	81
9	82
10	83
11	83
12	84
13	84
14	84
15	84
16	83
17	83
18	83
19	82
20	82
21	82
22	81
23	81
24	81
25	81
26	81
27	81
28	81
29	81
30	81
31	81

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	73	27
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	71	29
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	67	33