Burgos weather in January

In January, Burgos sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 54 mm of precipitation across 9.9 wet days and about 9.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 7°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% 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 Burgos's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Burgos's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 7°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 1°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 54 mm; 9.9 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 12 min; 8:47 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover: 71%; 11th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 1.68 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.0; out of 10

Burgos is city in in Castile and Leon, Spain and cultural property in Burgos, Spain.

Air quality: Good; PM10 18.6 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 7°C through the month.

A typical January day in Burgos reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°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)	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8
Avg low (°C)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

How January really feels in Burgos

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Burgos weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	7° / 1°	54	9.9	3.1	9.3	1.0
Feb	9° / 1°	44	9	3.2	10.3	1.8
Mar	12° / 3°	50	10.2	1.7	11.6	3.2
Apr	14° / 5°	66	12.2	0.6	13.1	3.9
May	18° / 8°	64	11.3	0	14.4	5.6
Jun	23° / 11°	42	7.5	0	15	7.3
Jul	26° / 13°	23	4.6	0	14.8	7.9
Aug	27° / 13°	20	4.3	0	13.7	7.9
Sep	22° / 11°	39	6.7	0	12.3	7.4
Oct	17° / 8°	62	9.5	0.1	10.8	5.4
Nov	11° / 4°	63	11.1	0.9	9.6	2.5
Dec	8° / 2°	56	9.2	1.3	9	1.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

	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 (%)	32	32	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	29	29	28	28	29	29
Cloudier (%)	68	68	69	69	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	72	72	71	72	72	72	72	72	72	73	73	72	71	71	72	72	71	71

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	28	72
15	28	72
16	29	71
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	28	72
26	29	71
27	29	71
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	29	71
31	29	71

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Burgos gets around 54 mm of rain and snow over 9.9 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 32% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring 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 (%)	35	35	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	33	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Snow chance (%)	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	7
2	35	7
3	36	8
4	36	8
5	35	8
6	35	8
7	35	8
8	34	9
9	34	9
10	33	9
11	33	9
12	33	9
13	32	9
14	32	9
15	32	10
16	31	10
17	31	10
18	31	10
19	31	10
20	31	10
21	31	11
22	31	11
23	31	11
24	31	11
25	31	12
26	31	12
27	31	12
28	31	12
29	31	12
30	31	12
31	31	12

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 14 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 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)	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
Feels	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	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	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	14	light breeze
13	14	light breeze
14	14	light breeze
15	14	light breeze
16	14	light breeze
17	14	light breeze
18	14	light breeze
19	14	light breeze
20	14	light breeze
21	14	light breeze
22	14	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 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 8:49 AM to 8:37 AM, and sunset from 5:47 PM to 6:19 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)	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7
Sunrise (AM)	8:49	8:50	8:50	8:50	8:50	8:50	8:50	8:49	8:49	8:49	8:49	8:49	8:48	8:48	8:48	8:47	8:47	8:46	8:46	8:45	8:45	8:44	8:44	8:43	8:42	8:42	8:41	8:40	8:39	8:38	8:37
Sunset (PM)	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:18	6:19

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.0	8:49	5:47
2	9.0	8:50	5:47
3	9.0	8:50	5:48
4	9.0	8:50	5:49
5	9.0	8:50	5:50
6	9.0	8:50	5:51
7	9.0	8:50	5:52
8	9.1	8:49	5:53
9	9.1	8:49	5:54
10	9.1	8:49	5:55
11	9.1	8:49	5:56
12	9.1	8:49	5:57
13	9.2	8:48	5:58
14	9.2	8:48	5:59
15	9.2	8:48	6:00
16	9.2	8:47	6:01
17	9.3	8:47	6:02
18	9.3	8:46	6:03
19	9.3	8:46	6:04
20	9.3	8:45	6:05
21	9.4	8:45	6:07
22	9.4	8:44	6:08
23	9.4	8:44	6:09
24	9.5	8:43	6:10
25	9.5	8:42	6:11
26	9.5	8:42	6:13
27	9.6	8:41	6:14
28	9.6	8:40	6:15
29	9.6	8:39	6:16
30	9.7	8:38	6:18
31	9.7	8:37	6:19

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.46 kWh/m² to a high of 7.13 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.68 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	1.6	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	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1
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	Moderate	Moderate	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	1.6	Dim
11	1.6	Dim
12	1.6	Dim
13	1.6	Dim
14	1.6	Dim
15	1.6	Dim
16	1.7	Dim
17	1.7	Dim
18	1.7	Dim
19	1.7	Dim
20	1.8	Dim
21	1.8	Dim
22	1.8	Dim
23	1.8	Dim
24	1.9	Dim
25	1.9	Dim
26	1.9	Dim
27	1.9	Dim
28	2.0	Dim
29	2.0	Moderate
30	2.0	Moderate
31	2.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Burgos?

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

1.0

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 Burgos.

What to pack for Burgos in January

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

In January, Burgos sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Burgos 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 Burgos peaks around July 16 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 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	2	5	6	7	9	10	9	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	2	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Burgos?

Burgos sits at 42.3°N, 3.7°W, 863 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Gamonal, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Burgos

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Burgos has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 125 m around an average of 887 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 280 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,826 m.

The land around Burgos is covered by cropland (35%) and artificial surfaces (35%) within 3 km, cropland (69%) within 16 km, and cropland (49%), trees (28%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

125 m

cropland 35%

16 km

280 m

cropland 69%

80 km

1,826 m

cropland 49%

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

January weather nearby: Gamonal 3.0 km · Miranda de Ebro 73 km · Aranda de Duero 75 km · Palencia 77 km · Gasteiz / Vitoria 101 km · Logroño 104 km · Laudio / Llodio 108 km · Valladolid 114 km

Spain travel facts

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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 Burgos (42.3411°, -3.7018°, elevation 863 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	28	72
15	28	72
16	29	71
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	28	72
26	29	71
27	29	71
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	29	71
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	7
2	35	7
3	36	8
4	36	8
5	35	8
6	35	8
7	35	8
8	34	9
9	34	9
10	33	9
11	33	9
12	33	9
13	32	9
14	32	9
15	32	10
16	31	10
17	31	10
18	31	10
19	31	10
20	31	10
21	31	11
22	31	11
23	31	11
24	31	11
25	31	12
26	31	12
27	31	12
28	31	12
29	31	12
30	31	12
31	31	12

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	28	72
15	28	72
16	29	71
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	28	72
26	29	71
27	29	71
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	29	71
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	7
2	35	7
3	36	8
4	36	8
5	35	8
6	35	8
7	35	8
8	34	9
9	34	9
10	33	9
11	33	9
12	33	9
13	32	9
14	32	9
15	32	10
16	31	10
17	31	10
18	31	10
19	31	10
20	31	10
21	31	11
22	31	11
23	31	11
24	31	11
25	31	12
26	31	12
27	31	12
28	31	12
29	31	12
30	31	12
31	31	12

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	28	72
15	28	72
16	29	71
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	28	72
26	29	71
27	29	71
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	29	71
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	7
2	35	7
3	36	8
4	36	8
5	35	8
6	35	8
7	35	8
8	34	9
9	34	9
10	33	9
11	33	9
12	33	9
13	32	9
14	32	9
15	32	10
16	31	10
17	31	10
18	31	10
19	31	10
20	31	10
21	31	11
22	31	11
23	31	11
24	31	11
25	31	12
26	31	12
27	31	12
28	31	12
29	31	12
30	31	12
31	31	12

	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