Calahorra weather in January

In January, Calahorra sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 40 mm of precipitation across 8 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 10°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 Calahorra's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Calahorra's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 40 mm; 8 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 12 min; 8:40 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover: 60%; 10th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 1.87 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.4; out of 10

Calahorra is capital of the Calahorra municipality, La Rioja, 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 10°C through the month.

A typical January day in Calahorra reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 8°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.

	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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2

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

How January really feels in Calahorra

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.

Calahorra 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	10° / 3°	40	8	1.2	9.3	2.4
Feb	12° / 3°	31	7	1.2	10.3	3.2
Mar	15° / 5°	39	8.3	0.7	11.6	4.8
Apr	18° / 7°	57	9.9	0.2	13.1	5.6
May	22° / 10°	59	10.2	0	14.4	6.5
Jun	26° / 14°	47	7.8	0	15	7.1
Jul	29° / 16°	28	5.6	0	14.8	6.2
Aug	29° / 16°	31	5.9	0	13.7	6.2
Sep	25° / 13°	36	6.9	0	12.3	7.5
Oct	20° / 10°	48	7.8	0	10.8	6.6
Nov	14° / 6°	50	9	0.6	9.6	4.1
Dec	11° / 3°	35	7.3	0.6	9	2.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%.

	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 (%)	44	44	45	45	45	44	44	45	45	44	45	44	45	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	43	44	45	46
Cloudier (%)	56	56	55	55	55	56	56	55	55	56	55	56	55	56	56	56	56	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	57	56	55	54

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	45	55
12	44	56
13	45	55
14	44	56
15	44	56
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	44	56
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	43	57
29	44	56
30	45	55
31	46	54

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Calahorra gets around 40 mm of rain and snow over 8 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 27% on the wettest days, and about 1 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 (%)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26
Snow chance (%)	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5

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

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 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

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 8:42 AM to 8:30 AM, and sunset from 5:40 PM to 6:12 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)	8:42	8:42	8:43	8:43	8:43	8:43	8:42	8:42	8:42	8:42	8:42	8:42	8:41	8:41	8:41	8:40	8:40	8:39	8:39	8:38	8:38	8:37	8:37	8:36	8:35	8:35	8:34	8:33	8:32	8:31	8:30
Sunset (PM)	5:40	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	5:56	5:57	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:11	6:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.0	8:42	5:40
2	9.0	8:42	5:40
3	9.0	8:43	5:41
4	9.0	8:43	5:42
5	9.0	8:43	5:43
6	9.0	8:43	5:44
7	9.0	8:42	5:45
8	9.1	8:42	5:46
9	9.1	8:42	5:47
10	9.1	8:42	5:48
11	9.1	8:42	5:49
12	9.1	8:42	5:50
13	9.2	8:41	5:51
14	9.2	8:41	5:52
15	9.2	8:41	5:53
16	9.2	8:40	5:54
17	9.3	8:40	5:55
18	9.3	8:39	5:56
19	9.3	8:39	5:57
20	9.3	8:38	5:59
21	9.4	8:38	6:00
22	9.4	8:37	6:01
23	9.4	8:37	6:02
24	9.5	8:36	6:03
25	9.5	8:35	6:05
26	9.5	8:35	6:06
27	9.6	8:34	6:07
28	9.6	8:33	6:08
29	9.6	8:32	6:09
30	9.7	8:31	6:11
31	9.7	8:30	6:12

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.62 kWh/m² to a high of 7.01 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.87 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)	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.3
Level	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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.7	Dim
2	1.7	Dim
3	1.7	Dim
4	1.7	Dim
5	1.7	Dim
6	1.7	Dim
7	1.7	Dim
8	1.8	Dim
9	1.8	Dim
10	1.8	Dim
11	1.8	Dim
12	1.8	Dim
13	1.8	Dim
14	1.8	Dim
15	1.8	Dim
16	1.9	Dim
17	1.9	Dim
18	1.9	Dim
19	1.9	Dim
20	1.9	Dim
21	2.0	Dim
22	2.0	Dim
23	2.0	Moderate
24	2.0	Moderate
25	2.1	Moderate
26	2.1	Moderate
27	2.1	Moderate
28	2.1	Moderate
29	2.2	Moderate
30	2.2	Moderate
31	2.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Calahorra?

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

2.4

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 Calahorra.

What to pack for Calahorra in January

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

In January, Calahorra sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Calahorra 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 Calahorra peaks around July 13 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 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	9	8	6	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

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

Location & terrain

Where is Calahorra?

Calahorra sits at 42.3°N, 2.0°W, 352 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Tudela, 40 km away.

Topography around Calahorra

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Calahorra has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 150 m around an average of 330 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 642 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,106 m.

The land around Calahorra is covered by cropland (43%) within 3 km, cropland (49%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and cropland (36%), trees (31%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

150 m

cropland 43%

16 km

642 m

cropland 49%

80 km

2,106 m

cropland 36%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: Tudela 40 km · Logroño 44 km · Barañáin 60 km · Iturrama 61 km · Ermitagaña 61 km · Primer Ensanche 62 km · Segundo Ensanche 62 km · Pamplona 63 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

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 Calahorra (42.3051°, -1.9652°, elevation 352 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	10	3
2	10	3
3	10	3
4	10	3
5	10	3
6	10	3
7	10	3
8	10	3
9	10	3
10	10	3
11	10	2
12	10	2
13	10	2
14	10	2
15	10	2
16	10	2
17	10	2
18	10	2
19	10	2
20	10	2
21	10	3
22	10	3
23	10	3
24	10	3
25	10	3
26	10	3
27	10	3
28	10	3
29	10	3
30	10	2
31	11	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	45	55
12	44	56
13	45	55
14	44	56
15	44	56
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	44	56
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	43	57
29	44	56
30	45	55
31	46	54

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	45	55
12	44	56
13	45	55
14	44	56
15	44	56
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	44	56
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	43	57
29	44	56
30	45	55
31	46	54

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	45	55
12	44	56
13	45	55
14	44	56
15	44	56
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	44	56
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	43	57
29	44	56
30	45	55
31	46	54

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

	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