Beja weather in January

In January, Beja sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 46 mm of rain across 6.8 wet days and about 9.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-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 40% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 24 min at the start of January to 10 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Beja's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Beja's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 46 mm; 6.8 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 36 min; 7:52 AM – 5:30 PM
Cloud cover: 52%; 10th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 2.41 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.8; out of 10

Beja is city seat of Beja municipality.

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 Beja reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 9°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	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	6
2	15	6
3	15	6
4	15	6
5	15	6
6	15	6
7	15	6
8	15	6
9	14	6
10	14	6
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	14	6
22	15	6
23	15	6
24	15	6
25	15	6
26	15	6
27	15	6
28	15	6
29	15	6
30	15	6
31	15	6

How January really feels in Beja

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Beja weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 6°	46	6.8	9.7	4.8
Feb	16° / 6°	41	6	10.5	5.6
Mar	19° / 8°	48	6.5	11.7	6.7
Apr	21° / 10°	44	7.4	13	7.0
May	25° / 13°	36	6	14	7.6
Jun	29° / 16°	10	1.7	14.6	6.9
Jul	32° / 17°	2	0.4	14.4	5.1
Aug	32° / 18°	4	0.8	13.5	5.1
Sep	29° / 16°	25	3.7	12.3	6.9
Oct	24° / 13°	66	7.3	11	7.3
Nov	18° / 9°	60	7.4	9.9	6.3
Dec	15° / 7°	62	7.6	9.4	5.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

	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	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	51	51	51	51	52	52	53	54	54	55	55	56	56	56	56	55	55
Cloudier (%)	53	52	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	51	51	50	50	50	49	49	49	49	48	48	47	46	46	45	45	44	44	44	44	45	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	55	45
31	55	45

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Beja gets around 46 mm of rain over 6.8 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 22% and peaks near 25% 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 (%)	25	25	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21

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

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 98% 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 (%)	94	95	95	95	95	96	96	97	97	97	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98
Comfortable (%)	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	98	2

Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January.

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 24 min at the start of January to 10 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:52 AM to 7:44 AM, and sunset from 5:17 PM to 5:46 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)	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0
Sunrise (AM)	7:52	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:52	7:52	7:52	7:52	7:51	7:51	7:51	7:50	7:50	7:49	7:49	7:48	7:48	7:47	7:47	7:46	7:45	7:45	7:44
Sunset (PM)	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:21	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	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.4	7:52	5:17
2	9.4	7:53	5:17
3	9.4	7:53	5:18
4	9.4	7:53	5:19
5	9.4	7:53	5:20
6	9.5	7:53	5:21
7	9.5	7:53	5:21
8	9.5	7:53	5:22
9	9.5	7:53	5:23
10	9.5	7:53	5:24
11	9.5	7:53	5:25
12	9.6	7:53	5:26
13	9.6	7:52	5:27
14	9.6	7:52	5:28
15	9.6	7:52	5:29
16	9.6	7:52	5:30
17	9.7	7:51	5:31
18	9.7	7:51	5:32
19	9.7	7:51	5:33
20	9.7	7:50	5:34
21	9.7	7:50	5:35
22	9.8	7:49	5:36
23	9.8	7:49	5:37
24	9.8	7:48	5:38
25	9.9	7:48	5:39
26	9.9	7:47	5:40
27	9.9	7:47	5:41
28	9.9	7:46	5:42
29	10.0	7:45	5:43
30	10.0	7:45	5:44
31	10.0	7:44	5:46

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.1 kWh/m² to a high of 7.86 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.41 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)	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8
Level	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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.1	Moderate
2	2.1	Moderate
3	2.1	Moderate
4	2.2	Moderate
5	2.2	Moderate
6	2.2	Moderate
7	2.2	Moderate
8	2.2	Moderate
9	2.3	Moderate
10	2.3	Moderate
11	2.3	Moderate
12	2.3	Moderate
13	2.3	Moderate
14	2.4	Moderate
15	2.4	Moderate
16	2.4	Moderate
17	2.4	Moderate
18	2.5	Moderate
19	2.5	Moderate
20	2.5	Moderate
21	2.5	Moderate
22	2.6	Moderate
23	2.6	Moderate
24	2.6	Moderate
25	2.6	Moderate
26	2.7	Moderate
27	2.7	Moderate
28	2.7	Moderate
29	2.8	Moderate
30	2.8	Moderate
31	2.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Beja?

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

4.8

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Beja for sightseeing.

What to pack for Beja in January

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

In January, Beja sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Beja 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 Beja peaks around July 12 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	10	9	6	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Beja?

Beja sits at 38.0°N, 7.9°W, 286 m above sea level, in Portugal. The nearest listed city is Évora, 61 km away.

Topography around Beja

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Beja has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m around an average of 222 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 219 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 698 m.

The land around Beja is covered by cropland (37%) and grassland (30%) within 3 km, grassland (40%), trees (29%) and cropland (28%) within 16 km, and grassland (62%) within 80 km.

3 km

129 m

cropland 37%

16 km

219 m

grassland 40%

80 km

698 m

grassland 62%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

January weather nearby: Évora 61 km · Ayamonte 98 km · Loulé 98 km · Tavira 100 km · Lepe 102 km · Isla Cristina 103 km · Cartaya 103 km · Laranjeiro 105 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 Beja (38.0147°, -7.8628°, elevation 286 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. 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	6
2	15	6
3	15	6
4	15	6
5	15	6
6	15	6
7	15	6
8	15	6
9	14	6
10	14	6
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	14	6
22	15	6
23	15	6
24	15	6
25	15	6
26	15	6
27	15	6
28	15	6
29	15	6
30	15	6
31	15	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	55	45
31	55	45

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	98	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	6
2	15	6
3	15	6
4	15	6
5	15	6
6	15	6
7	15	6
8	15	6
9	14	6
10	14	6
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	14	6
22	15	6
23	15	6
24	15	6
25	15	6
26	15	6
27	15	6
28	15	6
29	15	6
30	15	6
31	15	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	55	45
31	55	45

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	98	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	6
2	15	6
3	15	6
4	15	6
5	15	6
6	15	6
7	15	6
8	15	6
9	14	6
10	14	6
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	14	6
22	15	6
23	15	6
24	15	6
25	15	6
26	15	6
27	15	6
28	15	6
29	15	6
30	15	6
31	15	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	55	45
31	55	45

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	98	2