Azambuja weather in January

In January, Azambuja sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 57 mm of rain across 8.1 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Azambuja's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Azambuja's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 57 mm; 8.1 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 30 min; 7:59 AM – 5:31 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 11th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 2.23 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

Azambuja is municipal capital in Lisboa district, Portugal.

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 15°C through the month.

A typical January day in Azambuja reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than 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)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

Azambuja weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 7°	57	8.1	9.6	4.6
Feb	16° / 7°	45	6.5	10.5	5.4
Mar	19° / 9°	52	7.6	11.7	6.6
Apr	21° / 10°	53	8.1	13	6.8
May	24° / 13°	46	6.9	14.1	7.5
Jun	28° / 15°	11	2.6	14.7	7.5
Jul	31° / 17°	3	0.9	14.5	6.3
Aug	31° / 17°	5	1.3	13.5	6.0
Sep	28° / 16°	30	4.3	12.3	7.2
Oct	23° / 14°	70	8.7	11	7.1
Nov	18° / 10°	71	8.4	9.9	6.0
Dec	15° / 8°	68	8.3	9.3	4.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

	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 (%)	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	49	49	49	49	48	50	50	50	51	52	52	52	53	53	53	54	54	54	53	53
Cloudier (%)	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	51	51	51	51	52	50	50	50	49	48	48	48	47	47	47	46	46	46	47	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	48	52
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	51	49
21	52	48
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	53	47
31	53	47

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Azambuja gets around 57 mm of rain over 8.1 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 26% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

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

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 94% 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 (%)	89	89	90	90	90	90	91	91	92	93	93	94	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	96	96
Comfortable (%)	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	92	8
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	94	6
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	96	4
31	96	4

Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	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	12	12	12	12	12
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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:00 AM to 7:50 AM, and sunset from 5:18 PM to 5:47 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)	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9
Sunrise (AM)	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:58	7:58	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:56	7:56	7:55	7:54	7:54	7:53	7:53	7:52	7:51	7:50
Sunset (PM)	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.3	8:00	5:18
2	9.3	8:00	5:18
3	9.3	8:00	5:19
4	9.3	8:00	5:20
5	9.3	8:00	5:21
6	9.4	8:00	5:22
7	9.4	8:00	5:22
8	9.4	8:00	5:23
9	9.4	8:00	5:24
10	9.4	8:00	5:25
11	9.4	8:00	5:26
12	9.5	8:00	5:27
13	9.5	7:59	5:28
14	9.5	7:59	5:29
15	9.5	7:59	5:30
16	9.5	7:59	5:31
17	9.6	7:58	5:32
18	9.6	7:58	5:33
19	9.6	7:57	5:34
20	9.6	7:57	5:35
21	9.7	7:57	5:36
22	9.7	7:56	5:37
23	9.7	7:56	5:38
24	9.7	7:55	5:39
25	9.8	7:54	5:41
26	9.8	7:54	5:42
27	9.8	7:53	5:43
28	9.9	7:53	5:44
29	9.9	7:52	5:45
30	9.9	7:51	5:46
31	9.9	7:50	5:47

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.97 kWh/m² to a high of 7.59 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.23 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.0	Dim
2	2.0	Dim
3	2.0	Dim
4	2.0	Dim
5	2.0	Moderate
6	2.0	Moderate
7	2.0	Moderate
8	2.0	Moderate
9	2.1	Moderate
10	2.1	Moderate
11	2.1	Moderate
12	2.1	Moderate
13	2.1	Moderate
14	2.2	Moderate
15	2.2	Moderate
16	2.2	Moderate
17	2.3	Moderate
18	2.3	Moderate
19	2.3	Moderate
20	2.3	Moderate
21	2.4	Moderate
22	2.4	Moderate
23	2.4	Moderate
24	2.5	Moderate
25	2.5	Moderate
26	2.5	Moderate
27	2.5	Moderate
28	2.6	Moderate
29	2.6	Moderate
30	2.6	Moderate
31	2.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Azambuja?

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

4.6

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Azambuja for sightseeing.

What to pack for Azambuja in January

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

In January, Azambuja sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Azambuja in January

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 44 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	14	14	15	16	17	18	18	18	18	17	15
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Bracing
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	15	Bracing
May	16	Cool
Jun	17	Cool
Jul	18	Cool
Aug	18	Cool
Sep	18	Cool
Oct	18	Cool
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	15	Cool

UV index in Azambuja in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Azambuja peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	6	8	7	9	9	9	6	5	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Azambuja?

Azambuja sits at 39.1°N, 8.9°W, 25 m above sea level, in Portugal. The nearest listed city is Vila Franca de Xira, 17 km away.

Topography around Azambuja

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Azambuja has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m around an average of 22 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 282 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 674 m.

The land around Azambuja is covered by cropland (39%), grassland (31%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, cropland (35%), grassland (33%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (35%), trees (28%) and water (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

110 m

cropland 39%

16 km

282 m

cropland 35%

80 km

674 m

grassland 35%

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

January weather nearby: Vila Franca de Xira 17 km · Santarém 24 km · Vialonga 29 km · Póvoa de Santa Iria 29 km · Santa Iria da Azóia 32 km · Torres Vedras 34 km · São João da Talha 34 km · Loures 37 km

Portugal travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / E / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 60% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $32,082; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 95%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 8.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 612
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 Azambuja (39.0703°, -8.8682°, elevation 25 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. 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	15	7
2	15	7
3	15	7
4	15	7
5	14	7
6	14	7
7	14	7
8	14	7
9	14	7
10	14	7
11	14	6
12	14	6
13	14	6
14	14	6
15	14	6
16	14	6
17	14	6
18	14	6
19	14	6
20	14	6
21	15	6
22	15	6
23	15	6
24	15	6
25	15	6
26	15	7
27	15	7
28	15	7
29	15	7
30	15	7
31	15	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	48	52
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	51	49
21	52	48
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	53	47
31	53	47

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	92	8
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	94	6
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	96	4
31	96	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	48	52
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	51	49
21	52	48
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	53	47
31	53	47

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	92	8
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	94	6
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	96	4
31	96	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	48	52
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	51	49
21	52	48
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	53	47
31	53	47

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	92	8
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	94	6
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	96	4
31	96	4