Alicante weather in January

In January, Alicante sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 27 mm of rain across 4.4 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 54% 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 Alicante's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alicante's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 27 mm; 4.4 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 36 min; 8:23 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover: 41%; 7th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 2.64 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.6; out of 10

Alicante is human settlement in Alicante, L'Alacantí, Alicante Province, Spain.

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 Alicante reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 19°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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	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

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

Alicante 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° / 10°	27	4.4	9.6	5.6
Feb	16° / 10°	20	3.9	10.5	5.8
Mar	17° / 12°	25	4.1	11.7	6.6
Apr	19° / 14°	27	4.2	13	7.2
May	22° / 17°	18	2.9	14.1	8.1
Jun	25° / 20°	7	1.3	14.6	8.8
Jul	28° / 23°	2	0.5	14.4	8.3
Aug	29° / 24°	6	1.4	13.5	7.5
Sep	26° / 21°	32	4.4	12.3	7.9
Oct	23° / 18°	36	5.1	11	7.8
Nov	19° / 14°	35	5.1	9.9	7.0
Dec	16° / 11°	25	4.1	9.4	6.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%.

	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 (%)	70	70	69	70	70	70	70	70	70	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	67	67	66	65	65	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	67	67
Cloudier (%)	30	30	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	34	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	33	33

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	66	34
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	67	33
31	67	33

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Alicante gets around 27 mm of rain over 4.4 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 14% and peaks near 17% 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 (%)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15

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

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 100% 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 (%)	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in January

Winds average 13 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

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 8:24 AM to 8:15 AM, and sunset from 5:46 PM to 6:15 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	9.4	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	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0
Sunrise (AM)	8:24	8:24	8:24	8:24	8:24	8:24	8:24	8:24	8:24	8:24	8:24	8:24	8:24	8:24	8:23	8:23	8:23	8:22	8:22	8:22	8:21	8:21	8:20	8:20	8:19	8:19	8:18	8:17	8:17	8:16	8:15
Sunset (PM)	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.4	8:24	5:46
2	9.4	8:24	5:47
3	9.4	8:24	5:48
4	9.4	8:24	5:49
5	9.4	8:24	5:49
6	9.4	8:24	5:50
7	9.4	8:24	5:51
8	9.5	8:24	5:52
9	9.5	8:24	5:53
10	9.5	8:24	5:54
11	9.5	8:24	5:55
12	9.5	8:24	5:55
13	9.5	8:24	5:56
14	9.6	8:24	5:57
15	9.6	8:23	5:58
16	9.6	8:23	5:59
17	9.6	8:23	6:00
18	9.6	8:22	6:01
19	9.7	8:22	6:02
20	9.7	8:22	6:03
21	9.7	8:21	6:04
22	9.7	8:21	6:06
23	9.8	8:20	6:07
24	9.8	8:20	6:08
25	9.8	8:19	6:09
26	9.9	8:19	6:10
27	9.9	8:18	6:11
28	9.9	8:17	6:12
29	9.9	8:17	6:13
30	10.0	8:16	6:14
31	10.0	8:15	6:15

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.27 kWh/m² to a high of 7.55 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.64 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)	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0
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	2.4	Moderate
2	2.4	Moderate
3	2.4	Moderate
4	2.4	Moderate
5	2.4	Moderate
6	2.5	Moderate
7	2.5	Moderate
8	2.5	Moderate
9	2.5	Moderate
10	2.5	Moderate
11	2.5	Moderate
12	2.6	Moderate
13	2.6	Moderate
14	2.6	Moderate
15	2.6	Moderate
16	2.6	Moderate
17	2.7	Moderate
18	2.7	Moderate
19	2.7	Moderate
20	2.7	Moderate
21	2.7	Moderate
22	2.8	Moderate
23	2.8	Moderate
24	2.8	Moderate
25	2.8	Moderate
26	2.9	Moderate
27	2.9	Moderate
28	2.9	Moderate
29	3.0	Moderate
30	3.0	Moderate
31	3.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Alicante?

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

5.6

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.3

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Alicante for sightseeing.

What to pack for Alicante in January

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

In January, Alicante sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Alicante 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 offshore is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 31 to Nov 4 — about 5.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	14	15	16	18	22	25	26	25	22	19	16
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Bracing
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	15	Bracing
Apr	16	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	22	Refreshing
Nov	19	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Alicante 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 Alicante peaks around July 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 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	8	7	4	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Alicante?

Alicante sits at 38.3°N, 0.5°W, 18 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is San Vicent del Raspeig, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Alicante

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alicante has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 170 m around an average of 27 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 575 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,544 m.

The land around Alicante is covered by artificial surfaces (43%) and water (43%) within 3 km, water (42%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and water (31%), grassland (23%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

170 m

artificial surfaces 43%

16 km

575 m

water 42%

80 km

1,544 m

water 31%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: San Vicent del Raspeig 7.0 km · Sant Joan d'Alacant 7.0 km · Mutxamel 8.0 km · El Campello 12 km · Santa Pola 19 km · Elche 21 km · Aspe 25 km · Novelda 25 km

Spain travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 65% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $38,627; 2025
Happiness: 6.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 99%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 3.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 540
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 Alicante (38.3452°, -0.4815°, elevation 18 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	16	10
2	16	10
3	16	10
4	16	10
5	16	10
6	16	10
7	16	10
8	15	10
9	15	10
10	15	10
11	15	10
12	15	10
13	15	10
14	15	10
15	15	10
16	15	10
17	15	10
18	15	10
19	15	10
20	15	10
21	15	10
22	15	10
23	15	10
24	15	10
25	15	10
26	15	10
27	15	10
28	15	10
29	15	10
30	15	10
31	15	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	66	34
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	67	33
31	67	33

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	66	34
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	67	33
31	67	33

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	66	34
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	67	33
31	67	33

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0