Almendralejo weather in January

In January, Almendralejo sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 45 mm of precipitation across 7.8 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 13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% 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 Almendralejo's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Almendralejo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
13°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
45 mm
7.8 wet days
Daylight
9 h 36 min
8:48 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover
53%
10th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
2.31 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Almendralejo is capital of Almendralejo 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 13°C through the month.

A typical January day in Almendralejo reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1135
2135
3135
4135
5135
6135
7135
8135
9135
10135
11135
12135
13135
14135
15135
16135
17135
18135
19135
20135
21135
22135
23135
24135
25135
26135
27135
28135
29145
30145
31145

How January really feels in Almendralejo

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Almendralejo 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 457.89.63.9
Feb15° / 426.210.55.0
Mar18° / 437.211.76.4
Apr21° / 10°457.8136.8
May25° / 13°356.414.17.5
Jun30° / 17°122.414.76.1
Jul34° / 19°30.614.44.1
Aug34° / 19°61.113.54.3
Sep29° / 17°243.812.36.6
Oct23° / 13°607.4117.2
Nov17° / 567.69.95.8
Dec14° / 567.89.34.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% 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 50%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24852
34852
44852
54753
64753
74753
84753
94852
104852
114852
124852
134951
144951
155050
165050
175050
185149
195149
205149
215248
225248
235248
245248
255347
265347
275347
285347
295347
305347
315347

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Almendralejo gets around 45 mm of rain and snow over 7.8 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 25% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
126
226
326
426
526
626
725
825
925
1025
1124
1224
1324
1424
1523
1623
1723
1823
1923
2024
2124
2224
2325
2425
2525
2626
2726
2826
2926
3026
3125

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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1982
2982
3982
4982
5982
6991
7991
8991
9991
10991
11991
121000
131000
141000
151000
161000
171000
181000
191000
201000
211000
221000
231000
241000
251000
261000
271000
281000
291000
301000
311000

Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
210calm
310calm
410calm
510calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
209calm
2110calm
2210calm
2310calm
2410calm
2510calm
2610calm
2710calm
2810calm
2910calm
3010calm
3110calm

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 8:49 AM to 8:40 AM, and sunset from 6:09 PM to 6:38 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.38:496:09
29.38:496:10
39.48:496:10
49.48:496:11
59.48:496:12
69.48:496:13
79.48:496:14
89.48:496:15
99.48:496:15
109.58:496:16
119.58:496:17
129.58:496:18
139.58:486:19
149.58:486:20
159.68:486:21
169.68:486:22
179.68:476:23
189.68:476:24
199.68:476:25
209.78:466:26
219.78:466:27
229.78:456:28
239.78:456:29
249.88:446:31
259.88:446:32
269.88:436:33
279.98:426:34
289.98:426:35
299.98:416:36
309.98:406:37
3110.08:406:38

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.99 kWh/m² to a high of 7.9 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.31 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.0Moderate
22.0Moderate
32.0Moderate
42.1Moderate
52.1Moderate
62.1Moderate
72.1Moderate
82.1Moderate
92.1Moderate
102.2Moderate
112.2Moderate
122.2Moderate
132.2Moderate
142.3Moderate
152.3Moderate
162.3Moderate
172.3Moderate
182.4Moderate
192.4Moderate
202.4Moderate
212.4Moderate
222.5Moderate
232.5Moderate
242.5Moderate
252.5Moderate
262.6Moderate
272.6Moderate
282.6Moderate
292.7Moderate
302.7Moderate
312.8Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Almendralejo?

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

3.9
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 Almendralejo.

What to pack for Almendralejo in January

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

In January, Almendralejo sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Almendralejo 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 Almendralejo peaks around July 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 2 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 14UV 10Dec 17UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar6High
Apr8Very high
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct5Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Almendralejo?

Almendralejo sits at 38.7°N, 6.4°W, 338 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Mérida, 27 km away.

Portalegre

Topography around Almendralejo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Almendralejo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m around an average of 342 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 293 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 948 m.

The land around Almendralejo is covered by cropland (65%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, cropland (70%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%), cropland (29%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
76 m
16 km
293 m
80 km
948 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Mérida 27 km · Zafra 29 km · Montijo 31 km · Badajoz 53 km · Don Benito 56 km · Villanueva de la Serena 62 km · Cáceres 88 km · Portalegre 112 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 Almendralejo (38.6832°, -6.4075°, elevation 338 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).