Balaguer weather in January

In January, Balaguer sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 30 mm of precipitation across 4.9 wet days and about 9.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-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 47% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 hours at the start of January to 9 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Balaguer's 7th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Balaguer's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
30 mm
4.9 wet days
Daylight
9 h 18 min
8:28 AM – 5:44 PM
Cloud cover
47%
7th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
2.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Balaguer is capital town of the municipality of Balaguer, 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 Balaguer reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°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)
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How January really feels in Balaguer

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.

Balaguer weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 304.99.33.4
Feb14° / 213.610.34.8
Mar18° / 335.611.76.6
Apr21° / 486.913.17.1
May25° / 12°456.714.37.4
Jun30° / 17°304.8155.8
Jul33° / 20°203.414.74.3
Aug32° / 19°345.113.74.6
Sep28° / 15°506.212.37.0
Oct22° / 11°52610.97.4
Nov16° / 4159.65.5
Dec12° / 29593.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16139
26139
36139
46139
56139
66238
76238
86139
96139
106139
116139
126139
136139
146139
156139
166139
176238
186139
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246139
256139
266238
276238
286337
296337
306436
316436

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Balaguer gets around 30 mm of rain and snow over 4.9 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 16% and peaks near 18% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
115
215
315
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515
615
715
814
914
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1114
1214
1314
1415
1515
1615
1715
1815
1916
2016
2116
2217
2317
2417
2518
2618
2718
2818
2918
3018
3117

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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Dry (%)
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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48calm
58calm
68calm
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128calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 hours at the start of January to 9 h 42 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 8:30 AM to 8:18 AM, and sunset from 5:30 PM to 6:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.08:305:30
29.08:305:31
39.08:305:32
49.08:305:33
59.18:305:34
69.18:305:34
79.18:305:35
89.18:305:36
99.18:305:37
109.18:295:38
119.28:295:39
129.28:295:40
139.28:295:41
149.28:285:42
159.38:285:43
169.38:285:44
179.38:275:46
189.38:275:47
199.48:265:48
209.48:265:49
219.48:255:50
229.48:255:51
239.58:245:52
249.58:235:54
259.58:235:55
269.68:225:56
279.68:215:57
289.68:215:58
299.78:206:00
309.78:196:01
319.78:186:02

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.87 kWh/m² to a high of 7.36 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.16 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.9Dim
21.9Dim
31.9Dim
41.9Dim
52.0Dim
62.0Dim
72.0Dim
82.0Moderate
92.0Moderate
102.0Moderate
112.0Moderate
122.1Moderate
132.1Moderate
142.1Moderate
152.1Moderate
162.1Moderate
172.2Moderate
182.2Moderate
192.2Moderate
202.2Moderate
212.3Moderate
222.3Moderate
232.3Moderate
242.4Moderate
252.4Moderate
262.4Moderate
272.5Moderate
282.5Moderate
292.5Moderate
302.6Moderate
312.6Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Balaguer?

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

3.4
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 Balaguer.

What to pack for Balaguer in January

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

In January, Balaguer sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Balaguer 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 Balaguer peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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 9Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Balaguer?

Balaguer sits at 41.8°N, 0.8°E, 220 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Lleida, 25 km away.

Topography around Balaguer

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Balaguer has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m around an average of 245 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 761 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,840 m.

The land around Balaguer is covered by cropland (59%) within 3 km, cropland (55%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and cropland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
153 m
16 km
761 m
80 km
2,840 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Lleida 25 km · Tàrrega 32 km · Monzón 53 km · Barbastro 63 km · Valls 67 km · Igualada 71 km · Reus 75 km · Vila-seca 81 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 Balaguer (41.7912°, 0.8109°, elevation 220 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).