Almansa weather in January

In January, Almansa sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 29 mm of precipitation across 4.6 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 12°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% 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 10 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Almansa's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Almansa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
29 mm
4.6 wet days
Daylight
9 h 36 min
8:27 AM – 6:00 PM
Cloud cover
46%
6th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
2.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.8
out of 10

Almansa is capital of Almansa Municipality, Spain.

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 12°C through the month.

A typical January day in Almansa reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1123
2123
3123
4123
5123
6123
7123
8123
9123
10123
11123
12123
13123
14123
15123
16123
17123
18123
19123
20123
21123
22123
23123
24123
25123
26123
27123
28123
29133
30133
31134

How January really feels in Almansa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 8 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
8
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Almansa weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 294.60.69.63.8
Feb14° / 254.80.610.54.5
Mar17° / 375.80.211.76.0
Apr19° / 447.10136.7
May23° / 12°385.9014.17.6
Jun29° / 16°233.8014.76.9
Jul32° / 19°72.2014.45.2
Aug31° / 19°204013.55.3
Sep26° / 16°466.3012.37.3
Oct21° / 12°376.10117.3
Nov16° / 355.40.29.95.6
Dec13° / 2950.49.34.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% 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 38%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16634
26634
36634
46634
56634
66634
76634
86634
96535
106535
116436
126436
136337
146238
156238
166238
176139
186139
196139
206040
216040
225941
235941
245842
255842
265842
275842
285842
295941
305941
315941

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Almansa gets around 29 mm of rain and snow over 4.6 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 15% and peaks near 19% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

0%10%20%30%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1131
2131
3131
4131
5131
6131
7121
8121
9121
10121
11122
12122
13122
14132
15132
16132
17142
18142
19152
20162
21162
22173
23173
24183
25183
26193
27193
28193
29193
30182
31182

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.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 12 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
1311calm
1411calm
1511calm
1611calm
1712calm
1812calm
1912calm
2012calm
2112calm
2212light breeze
2312light breeze
2412light breeze
2512light breeze
2612light breeze
2712light breeze
2812light breeze
2912light breeze
3012light breeze
3112light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 18 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 42 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:28 AM to 8:19 AM, and sunset from 5:47 PM to 6:17 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.38:285:47
29.38:285:48
39.38:285:49
49.48:285:49
59.48:285:50
69.48:285:51
79.48:285:52
89.48:285:53
99.48:285:54
109.48:285:55
119.58:285:56
129.58:285:56
139.58:285:57
149.58:285:58
159.58:275:59
169.68:276:00
179.68:276:01
189.68:266:02
199.68:266:03
209.78:256:05
219.78:256:06
229.78:256:07
239.78:246:08
249.88:236:09
259.88:236:10
269.88:226:11
279.88:226:12
289.98:216:13
299.98:206:14
309.98:206:15
3110.08:196:17

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.18 kWh/m² to a high of 7.46 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.53 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.3Moderate
22.3Moderate
32.3Moderate
42.4Moderate
52.4Moderate
62.4Moderate
72.4Moderate
82.4Moderate
92.4Moderate
102.4Moderate
112.5Moderate
122.5Moderate
132.5Moderate
142.5Moderate
152.5Moderate
162.5Moderate
172.5Moderate
182.6Moderate
192.6Moderate
202.6Moderate
212.6Moderate
222.6Moderate
232.7Moderate
242.7Moderate
252.7Moderate
262.7Moderate
272.8Moderate
282.8Moderate
292.8Moderate
302.9Moderate
312.9Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Almansa?

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

3.8
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Almansa.

What to pack for Almansa in January

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

In January, Almansa sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Almansa 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 Almansa peaks around July 14 at about 10 (extreme) — 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highVery highHighModerateJul 14UV 10Dec 18UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar6High
Apr8Very high
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Almansa?

Almansa sits at 38.9°N, 1.1°W, 702 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Yecla, 28 km away.

Topography around Almansa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Almansa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 151 m around an average of 713 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 611 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,542 m.

The land around Almansa is covered by cropland (38%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, cropland (35%), trees (31%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (33%), cropland (27%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
151 m
16 km
611 m
80 km
1,542 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Yecla 28 km · Villena 33 km · Ontinyent 43 km · Jumilla 48 km · Elda 51 km · Xàtiva 52 km · Ibi 53 km · Alcoy 57 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
Roman Catholic 58%atheist 16%agnostic 11%non-believer 11%

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 Almansa (38.8692°, -1.0971°, elevation 702 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).