Bailén weather in January

In January, Bailén sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 52 mm of precipitation across 8.2 wet days and about 9.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% 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 Bailén's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bailén's year-round climate.

Daytime high
14°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
52 mm
8.2 wet days
Daylight
9 h 36 min
8:36 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover
51%
10th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
2.46 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Bailén is capital of Bailén Municipality, Spain.

Air quality
Moderate
PM10 33.8 µg/m³ · 2010

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 14°C through the month.

A typical January day in Bailén reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 17°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)
1144
2144
3144
4144
5144
6144
7144
8144
9144
10144
11144
12134
13133
14133
15133
16133
17133
18133
19144
20144
21144
22144
23144
24144
25144
26144
27144
28144
29144
30144
31144

How January really feels in Bailén

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.

Bailén weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan14° / 528.29.74.2
Feb15° / 477.510.55.1
Mar19° / 477.811.76.5
Apr21° / 10°457.8137.0
May26° / 14°326.1147.5
Jun31° / 18°112.114.65.5
Jul35° / 21°20.814.43.2
Aug35° / 21°61.413.53.4
Sep30° / 17°26412.36.1
Oct24° / 13°477.4117.4
Nov18° / 577.79.96.0
Dec14° / 628.49.44.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% 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 47%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15347
25248
35248
45149
55248
65149
75149
85248
95248
105248
115248
125248
135347
145347
155347
165347
175347
185446
195446
205347
215347
225446
235446
245347
255347
265347
275446
285446
295446
305446
315545

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Bailén gets around 52 mm of rain and snow over 8.2 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 26% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
128
228
328
427
527
626
726
825
924
1024
1124
1224
1324
1424
1524
1624
1725
1825
1926
2026
2127
2227
2328
2428
2528
2628
2728
2828
2928
3028
3128

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 (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
2991
3991
4991
5991
61000
71000
81000
91000
101000
111000
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 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
207calm
217calm
227calm
237calm
247calm
257calm
267calm
277calm
287calm
297calm
307calm
317calm

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 8:36 AM to 8:28 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 6:29 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.48:366:00
29.48:376:01
39.48:376:02
49.48:376:02
59.48:376:03
69.58:376:04
79.58:376:05
89.58:376:06
99.58:376:07
109.58:376:08
119.58:376:08
129.58:376:09
139.68:366:10
149.68:366:11
159.68:366:12
169.68:366:13
179.68:356:14
189.78:356:15
199.78:356:16
209.78:346:17
219.78:346:18
229.88:336:19
239.88:336:20
249.88:326:21
259.88:326:23
269.98:316:24
279.98:316:25
289.98:306:26
2910.08:296:27
3010.08:296:28
3110.08:286:29

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.16 kWh/m² to a high of 7.95 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.46 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.2Moderate
22.2Moderate
32.2Moderate
42.3Moderate
52.3Moderate
62.3Moderate
72.3Moderate
82.3Moderate
92.3Moderate
102.4Moderate
112.4Moderate
122.4Moderate
132.4Moderate
142.4Moderate
152.5Moderate
162.5Moderate
172.5Moderate
182.5Moderate
192.5Moderate
202.6Moderate
212.6Moderate
222.6Moderate
232.6Moderate
242.6Moderate
252.7Moderate
262.7Moderate
272.7Moderate
282.8Moderate
292.8Moderate
302.8Moderate
312.9Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Bailén?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Bailén for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bailén in January

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

In January, Bailén sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Bailén 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 Bailén peaks around July 17 at about 10 (extreme) — 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highVery highHighModerateJul 17UV 10Dec 19UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar7High
Apr8Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bailén?

Bailén sits at 38.1°N, 3.8°W, 349 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Linares, 12 km away.

Topography around Bailén

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bailén has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 151 m around an average of 359 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 550 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,041 m.

The land around Bailén is covered by trees (55%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (60%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
151 m
16 km
550 m
80 km
2,041 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Linares 12 km · La Carolina 24 km · Andújar 25 km · Baeza 29 km · Jaén 36 km · Úbeda 37 km · Martos 45 km · Villanueva del Arzobispo 68 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 Bailén (38.0964°, -3.7779°, elevation 349 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).