Azuqueca de Henares weather in January

In January, Azuqueca de Henares sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 42 mm of precipitation across 7.7 wet days and about 9.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Azuqueca de Henares's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Azuqueca de Henares's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
42 mm
7.7 wet days
Daylight
9 h 24 min
8:40 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover
56%
10th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
2.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.3
out of 10

Azuqueca de Henares is capital of Azuqueca de Henares 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 10°C through the month.

A typical January day in Azuqueca de Henares reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 14°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)
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How January really feels in Azuqueca de Henares

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 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
31
wind chill below the day's low

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

Azuqueca de Henares 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
Jan10° / 427.70.89.42.3
Feb12° / 356.30.910.43.5
Mar16° / 447.70.311.75.3
Apr18° / 568.70136.1
May23° / 10°508.5014.27.1
Jun29° / 15°234014.86.8
Jul33° / 18°81.8014.64.8
Aug32° / 17°132.7013.65.0
Sep27° / 14°284.5012.37.5
Oct20° / 648.3010.96.6
Nov14° / 588.10.19.74.2
Dec10° / 477.70.59.22.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
25050
34951
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54852
64852
74951
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Azuqueca de Henares gets around 42 mm of rain and snow over 7.7 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 27% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1273
2273
3273
4273
5263
6263
7263
8263
9253
10253
11253
12253
13253
14253
15252
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31242

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.

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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
19calm
29calm
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59calm
69calm
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109calm
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129calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:42 AM to 8:31 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 6:21 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.18:425:51
29.28:425:51
39.28:425:52
49.28:425:53
59.28:425:54
69.28:425:55
79.28:425:56
89.28:425:56
99.38:425:57
109.38:425:58
119.38:425:59
129.38:426:00
139.38:416:01
149.48:416:02
159.48:416:03
169.48:406:04
179.48:406:05
189.48:406:06
199.58:396:08
209.58:396:09
219.58:386:10
229.68:386:11
239.68:376:12
249.68:366:13
259.68:366:14
269.78:356:16
279.78:346:17
289.78:346:18
299.88:336:19
309.88:326:20
319.88:316:21

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.81 kWh/m² to a high of 7.77 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.09 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.8Dim
21.8Dim
31.8Dim
41.9Dim
51.9Dim
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71.9Dim
81.9Dim
91.9Dim
101.9Dim
112.0Dim
122.0Dim
132.0Moderate
142.0Moderate
152.1Moderate
162.1Moderate
172.1Moderate
182.1Moderate
192.2Moderate
202.2Moderate
212.2Moderate
222.2Moderate
232.3Moderate
242.3Moderate
252.3Moderate
262.4Moderate
272.4Moderate
282.4Moderate
292.5Moderate
302.5Moderate
312.5Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Azuqueca de Henares?

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

2.3
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Azuqueca de Henares.

What to pack for Azuqueca de Henares in January

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

In January, Azuqueca de Henares sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Azuqueca de Henares 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 Azuqueca de Henares peaks around July 15 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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 15UV 10Dec 19UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb2Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct4Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Azuqueca de Henares?

Azuqueca de Henares sits at 40.6°N, 3.3°W, 633 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Guadalajara, 11 km away.

Topography around Azuqueca de Henares

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Azuqueca de Henares has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 108 m around an average of 635 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 409 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,935 m.

The land around Azuqueca de Henares is covered by cropland (54%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, cropland (56%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (35%), grassland (29%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
108 m
16 km
409 m
80 km
1,935 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Guadalajara 11 km · Alcalá de Henares 12 km · Algete 20 km · Torrejón de Ardoz 21 km · Mejorada del Campo 26 km · San Fernando de Henares 27 km · Barajas de Madrid 28 km · Rejas 29 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 Azuqueca de Henares (40.5657°, -3.2675°, elevation 633 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).