Benicarló weather in January

In January, Benicarló sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 42 mm of precipitation across 5.4 wet days and about 9.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-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 52% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 12 min at the start of January to 9 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Benicarló's 5th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Benicarló's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 42 mm; 5.4 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 24 min; 8:25 AM – 5:50 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 5th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 2.33 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.7; out of 10

Benicarló is capital town of the municipality of Benicarló, Spain.

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 14°C through the month.

A typical January day in Benicarló reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than 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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

Benicarló 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	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 7°	42	5.4	9.4	4.7
Feb	15° / 7°	31	4.5	10.4	5.2
Mar	17° / 9°	40	5.5	11.7	6.1
Apr	19° / 11°	44	6.6	13	6.6
May	22° / 15°	41	5.5	14.2	7.5
Jun	26° / 19°	19	3.6	14.8	8.1
Jul	28° / 22°	13	2.1	14.6	7.5
Aug	29° / 22°	25	4.4	13.6	6.8
Sep	26° / 19°	60	7.1	12.3	7.4
Oct	22° / 15°	63	7.1	10.9	7.3
Nov	18° / 11°	47	5.5	9.8	6.4
Dec	15° / 8°	41	5.4	9.2	5.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% 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 35%.

	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 (%)	67	67	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	65	65	65	64	65	64	64	63	64	63	63	63	64	65	65	66	66
Cloudier (%)	33	33	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	36	35	36	36	37	36	37	37	37	36	35	35	34	34

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	64	36
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	66	34
31	66	34

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Benicarló gets around 42 mm of rain and snow over 5.4 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 17% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days, and about 0 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 (%)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	20	20	20

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

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 11 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	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	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 12 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 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:27 AM to 8:16 AM, and sunset from 5:36 PM to 6:07 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)	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8
Sunrise (AM)	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:26	8:26	8:26	8:26	8:25	8:25	8:25	8:24	8:24	8:23	8:23	8:22	8:22	8:21	8:21	8:20	8:19	8:19	8:18	8:17	8:16
Sunset (PM)	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:05	6:06	6:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.2	8:27	5:36
2	9.2	8:27	5:37
3	9.2	8:27	5:38
4	9.2	8:27	5:39
5	9.2	8:27	5:39
6	9.2	8:27	5:40
7	9.2	8:27	5:41
8	9.3	8:27	5:42
9	9.3	8:27	5:43
10	9.3	8:27	5:44
11	9.3	8:26	5:45
12	9.3	8:26	5:46
13	9.3	8:26	5:47
14	9.4	8:26	5:48
15	9.4	8:25	5:49
16	9.4	8:25	5:50
17	9.4	8:25	5:51
18	9.5	8:24	5:52
19	9.5	8:24	5:53
20	9.5	8:23	5:54
21	9.5	8:23	5:55
22	9.6	8:22	5:57
23	9.6	8:22	5:58
24	9.6	8:21	5:59
25	9.7	8:21	6:00
26	9.7	8:20	6:01
27	9.7	8:19	6:02
28	9.7	8:19	6:03
29	9.8	8:18	6:05
30	9.8	8:17	6:06
31	9.8	8:16	6:07

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.02 kWh/m² to a high of 7.18 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.33 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)	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.1	Moderate
2	2.1	Moderate
3	2.1	Moderate
4	2.1	Moderate
5	2.1	Moderate
6	2.2	Moderate
7	2.2	Moderate
8	2.2	Moderate
9	2.2	Moderate
10	2.2	Moderate
11	2.3	Moderate
12	2.3	Moderate
13	2.3	Moderate
14	2.3	Moderate
15	2.3	Moderate
16	2.3	Moderate
17	2.4	Moderate
18	2.4	Moderate
19	2.4	Moderate
20	2.4	Moderate
21	2.4	Moderate
22	2.5	Moderate
23	2.5	Moderate
24	2.5	Moderate
25	2.5	Moderate
26	2.6	Moderate
27	2.6	Moderate
28	2.6	Moderate
29	2.7	Moderate
30	2.7	Moderate
31	2.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Benicarló?

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

4.7

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Benicarló for sightseeing.

What to pack for Benicarló in January

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

In January, Benicarló sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Benicarló in January

The nearest coast averages about 14°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 26°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 1 to Oct 31 — about 5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	14	13	14	15	18	22	25	26	25	22	18	16
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	14	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	15	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	22	Refreshing
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Benicarló 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 Benicarló peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 2 (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)	2	3	5	7	6	9	9	8	6	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	7	High
May	6	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Benicarló?

Benicarló sits at 40.4°N, 0.4°E, 17 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Vinaròs, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Benicarló

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Benicarló has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 10 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 552 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,884 m.

The land around Benicarló is covered by water (42%) within 3 km, water (47%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and water (42%) and trees (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

44 m

water 42%

16 km

552 m

water 47%

80 km

1,884 m

water 42%

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

January weather nearby: Vinaròs 7.0 km · Sant Carles de la Ràpita 27 km · Amposta 35 km · Tortosa 45 km · Benicàssim 51 km · El Grao 61 km · Castelló de la Plana 63 km · Almassora 67 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
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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 Benicarló (40.4165°, 0.4271°, elevation 17 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	14	7
2	14	7
3	14	7
4	14	7
5	14	7
6	14	7
7	14	7
8	14	7
9	14	7
10	14	7
11	14	7
12	14	7
13	14	7
14	14	7
15	14	7
16	14	7
17	14	7
18	14	7
19	14	7
20	14	7
21	14	7
22	14	7
23	14	7
24	14	7
25	14	7
26	14	7
27	14	7
28	14	7
29	14	7
30	14	7
31	14	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	64	36
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	66	34
31	66	34

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	64	36
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	66	34
31	66	34

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	64	36
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	66	34
31	66	34

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

	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