Avilés weather in January

In January, Avilés sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 116 mm of precipitation across 14.3 wet days and about 9.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-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 18% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 48 min at the start of January to 9 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Avilés's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Avilés's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 116 mm; 14.3 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 06 min; 9:00 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 10th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 1.65 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.8; out of 10

Avilés is port city in northern Spain.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 7.4 µg/m³ · 2019

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 12°C through the month.

A typical January day in Avilés reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 6°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 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	7	7	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	6	6	6	6

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

Avilés 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	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 6°	116	14.3	0.6	9.1	2.8
Feb	12° / 6°	96	12.6	0.6	10.2	3.0
Mar	14° / 7°	104	13.9	0.2	11.6	3.7
Apr	15° / 9°	117	15.1	0	13.2	3.8
May	17° / 11°	114	15.2	0	14.5	4.7
Jun	19° / 14°	81	12.3	0	15.2	5.6
Jul	21° / 15°	65	11.3	0	14.9	6.2
Aug	22° / 16°	75	12.3	0	13.8	6.3
Sep	20° / 14°	80	12.2	0	12.3	5.9
Oct	18° / 12°	120	14.4	0	10.8	5.2
Nov	15° / 9°	144	15.7	0	9.5	3.7
Dec	13° / 7°	118	13.7	0.2	8.8	3.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 68%.

	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 (%)	36	36	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31
Cloudier (%)	64	64	64	64	65	65	66	66	66	67	67	68	68	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	69	69

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	31	69
31	31	69

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Avilés gets around 116 mm of rain and snow over 14.3 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 46% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46
Snow chance (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	45	2
2	45	2
3	46	2
4	46	2
5	46	2
6	46	2
7	46	2
8	46	2
9	46	2
10	47	2
11	47	2
12	47	2
13	47	1
14	47	1
15	47	1
16	47	1
17	47	1
18	46	1
19	46	1
20	46	1
21	46	1
22	46	2
23	46	2
24	46	2
25	46	2
26	46	2
27	46	2
28	46	2
29	46	3
30	46	3
31	46	3

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 (%)	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	100	100	100	100

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

Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 48 min at the start of January to 9 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:03 AM to 8:49 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 6:25 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)	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6
Sunrise (AM)	9:03	9:03	9:03	9:03	9:03	9:03	9:03	9:02	9:02	9:02	9:02	9:02	9:01	9:01	9:00	9:00	9:00	8:59	8:59	8:58	8:57	8:57	8:56	8:55	8:55	8:54	8:53	8:52	8:51	8:50	8:49
Sunset (PM)	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:25

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	8.8	9:03	5:51
2	8.8	9:03	5:52
3	8.8	9:03	5:53
4	8.8	9:03	5:54
5	8.9	9:03	5:55
6	8.9	9:03	5:56
7	8.9	9:03	5:56
8	8.9	9:02	5:57
9	8.9	9:02	5:58
10	9.0	9:02	5:59
11	9.0	9:02	6:00
12	9.0	9:02	6:02
13	9.0	9:01	6:03
14	9.0	9:01	6:04
15	9.1	9:00	6:05
16	9.1	9:00	6:06
17	9.1	9:00	6:07
18	9.2	8:59	6:08
19	9.2	8:59	6:09
20	9.2	8:58	6:11
21	9.2	8:57	6:12
22	9.3	8:57	6:13
23	9.3	8:56	6:14
24	9.3	8:55	6:16
25	9.4	8:55	6:17
26	9.4	8:54	6:18
27	9.4	8:53	6:19
28	9.5	8:52	6:21
29	9.5	8:51	6:22
30	9.5	8:50	6:23
31	9.6	8:49	6:25

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.43 kWh/m² to a high of 6.37 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.65 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)	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.5	Dim
2	1.5	Dim
3	1.5	Dim
4	1.5	Dim
5	1.5	Dim
6	1.5	Dim
7	1.5	Dim
8	1.5	Dim
9	1.5	Dim
10	1.5	Dim
11	1.6	Dim
12	1.6	Dim
13	1.6	Dim
14	1.6	Dim
15	1.6	Dim
16	1.6	Dim
17	1.6	Dim
18	1.7	Dim
19	1.7	Dim
20	1.7	Dim
21	1.7	Dim
22	1.8	Dim
23	1.8	Dim
24	1.8	Dim
25	1.8	Dim
26	1.9	Dim
27	1.9	Dim
28	1.9	Dim
29	2.0	Dim
30	2.0	Dim
31	2.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Avilés?

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

2.8

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Avilés.

What to pack for Avilés in January

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

In January, Avilés sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 6°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer. About 14 days see rain.

rain geara warm layer

Sea temperature near Avilés in January

The nearest coast averages about 13°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 21°C and coldest in March near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Aug 4 to Aug 31 — about 0.9 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	13	13	13	13	15	17	19	21	20	18	16	14
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	13	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	13	Bracing
Apr	13	Bracing
May	15	Bracing
Jun	17	Cool
Jul	19	Cool
Aug	21	Refreshing
Sep	20	Cool
Oct	18	Cool
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	14	Bracing

UV index in Avilés in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Avilés peaks around June 23 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (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)	1	2	5	6	6	8	8	8	5	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	6	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Avilés?

Avilés sits at 43.6°N, 5.9°W, 26 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Corvera de Asturias, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Avilés

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Avilés has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 m around an average of 50 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 648 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,396 m.

The land around Avilés is covered by grassland (36%), artificial surfaces (29%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, trees (32%), water (32%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and trees (36%), water (36%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

141 m

grassland 36%

16 km

648 m

trees 32%

80 km

2,396 m

trees 36%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: Corvera de Asturias 4.0 km · Natahoyo 20 km · Gijón 21 km · Oviedo 23 km · La Felguera 33 km · Sama 35 km · Mieres 36 km · Villaquilambre 105 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 Avilés (43.5547°, -5.9248°, elevation 26 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	12	7
2	12	7
3	12	7
4	12	7
5	12	7
6	12	7
7	12	7
8	12	7
9	12	7
10	12	7
11	12	7
12	12	7
13	12	6
14	12	6
15	12	6
16	12	6
17	12	6
18	12	6
19	12	6
20	12	6
21	12	6
22	12	6
23	12	6
24	12	6
25	12	6
26	12	6
27	12	6
28	12	6
29	12	6
30	12	6
31	12	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	45	2
2	45	2
3	46	2
4	46	2
5	46	2
6	46	2
7	46	2
8	46	2
9	46	2
10	47	2
11	47	2
12	47	2
13	47	1
14	47	1
15	47	1
16	47	1
17	47	1
18	46	1
19	46	1
20	46	1
21	46	1
22	46	2
23	46	2
24	46	2
25	46	2
26	46	2
27	46	2
28	46	2
29	46	3
30	46	3
31	46	3

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	45	2
2	45	2
3	46	2
4	46	2
5	46	2
6	46	2
7	46	2
8	46	2
9	46	2
10	47	2
11	47	2
12	47	2
13	47	1
14	47	1
15	47	1
16	47	1
17	47	1
18	46	1
19	46	1
20	46	1
21	46	1
22	46	2
23	46	2
24	46	2
25	46	2
26	46	2
27	46	2
28	46	2
29	46	3
30	46	3
31	46	3

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	45	2
2	45	2
3	46	2
4	46	2
5	46	2
6	46	2
7	46	2
8	46	2
9	46	2
10	47	2
11	47	2
12	47	2
13	47	1
14	47	1
15	47	1
16	47	1
17	47	1
18	46	1
19	46	1
20	46	1
21	46	1
22	46	2
23	46	2
24	46	2
25	46	2
26	46	2
27	46	2
28	46	2
29	46	3
30	46	3
31	46	3

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