Calatayud weather in January

In January, Calatayud sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 30 mm of precipitation across 7.1 wet days and about 9.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 9°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Calatayud's 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Calatayud's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 9°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 1°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 30 mm; 7.1 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 18 min; 8:36 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover: 56%; 8th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 2.12 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.1; out of 10

Calatayud is Aragonese city, capital of the municipality of Calatayud, Spain.

Founded: 1120

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 9°C through the month.

A typical January day in Calatayud reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 13°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	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10
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	10	1
2	10	1
3	9	1
4	9	1
5	9	1
6	9	1
7	9	1
8	9	1
9	9	1
10	9	1
11	9	1
12	9	1
13	9	1
14	9	1
15	9	1
16	9	1
17	9	1
18	9	1
19	9	1
20	9	1
21	9	1
22	9	1
23	9	1
24	9	1
25	9	1
26	9	1
27	9	1
28	10	1
29	10	1
30	10	1
31	10	1

How January really feels in Calatayud

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.

Calatayud weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	9° / 1°	30	7.1	1.5	9.4	2.1
Feb	11° / 1°	26	6	1.4	10.3	3.0
Mar	15° / 3°	35	7.2	0.8	11.7	4.8
Apr	17° / 5°	52	9.5	0.4	13.1	5.6
May	22° / 9°	54	9.2	0	14.3	6.7
Jun	27° / 13°	36	7.3	0	14.9	6.9
Jul	31° / 15°	22	4.7	0	14.7	5.6
Aug	30° / 15°	21	5.5	0	13.7	5.8
Sep	25° / 12°	33	5.6	0	12.3	7.7
Oct	19° / 8°	41	7.2	0	10.9	6.6
Nov	13° / 4°	39	7.3	0.4	9.7	3.9
Dec	10° / 2°	26	5.9	0.8	9.1	2.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% 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 52%.

	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 (%)	49	49	48	48	48	48	48	47	47	48	48	47	48	48	48	47	48	48	48	48	49	49	48	48	48	48	48	48	47	47	47
Cloudier (%)	51	51	52	52	52	52	52	53	53	52	52	53	52	52	52	53	52	52	52	52	51	51	52	52	52	52	52	52	53	53	53

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	47	53
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	49	51
22	49	51
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Calatayud gets around 30 mm of rain and snow over 7.1 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 22% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days, and about 2 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 (%)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	25	26	26	26	26	25
Snow chance (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

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 11 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
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26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 06 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 42 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:38 AM to 8:27 AM, and sunset from 5:42 PM to 6:13 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)	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	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	9.8
Sunrise (AM)	8:38	8:38	8:38	8:38	8:38	8:38	8:38	8:38	8:38	8:38	8:38	8:37	8:37	8:37	8:37	8:36	8:36	8:35	8:35	8:34	8:34	8:33	8:33	8:32	8:31	8:31	8:30	8:29	8:28	8:28	8:27
Sunset (PM)	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:11	6:12	6:13

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.1	8:38	5:42
2	9.1	8:38	5:42
3	9.1	8:38	5:43
4	9.1	8:38	5:44
5	9.1	8:38	5:45
6	9.1	8:38	5:46
7	9.1	8:38	5:47
8	9.2	8:38	5:48
9	9.2	8:38	5:48
10	9.2	8:38	5:49
11	9.2	8:38	5:50
12	9.2	8:37	5:51
13	9.3	8:37	5:52
14	9.3	8:37	5:53
15	9.3	8:37	5:54
16	9.3	8:36	5:56
17	9.3	8:36	5:57
18	9.4	8:35	5:58
19	9.4	8:35	5:59
20	9.4	8:34	6:00
21	9.5	8:34	6:01
22	9.5	8:33	6:02
23	9.5	8:33	6:03
24	9.5	8:32	6:05
25	9.6	8:31	6:06
26	9.6	8:31	6:07
27	9.6	8:30	6:08
28	9.7	8:29	6:09
29	9.7	8:28	6:11
30	9.7	8:28	6:12
31	9.8	8:27	6:13

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.84 kWh/m² to a high of 7.32 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.12 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)	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	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	1.9	Dim
2	1.9	Dim
3	1.9	Dim
4	1.9	Dim
5	2.0	Dim
6	2.0	Dim
7	2.0	Dim
8	2.0	Moderate
9	2.0	Moderate
10	2.0	Moderate
11	2.0	Moderate
12	2.0	Moderate
13	2.1	Moderate
14	2.1	Moderate
15	2.1	Moderate
16	2.1	Moderate
17	2.1	Moderate
18	2.1	Moderate
19	2.2	Moderate
20	2.2	Moderate
21	2.2	Moderate
22	2.2	Moderate
23	2.3	Moderate
24	2.3	Moderate
25	2.3	Moderate
26	2.3	Moderate
27	2.4	Moderate
28	2.4	Moderate
29	2.4	Moderate
30	2.5	Moderate
31	2.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Calatayud?

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

2.1

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 Calatayud.

What to pack for Calatayud in January

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

In January, Calatayud sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Calatayud 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 Calatayud peaks around July 14 at about 10 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	6	7	7	9	10	8	6	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	7	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Calatayud?

Calatayud sits at 41.4°N, 1.6°W, 542 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Montecanal, 66 km away.

Topography around Calatayud

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Calatayud has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 174 m around an average of 573 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 994 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,124 m.

The land around Calatayud is covered by grassland (54%) within 3 km, grassland (51%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (38%), grassland (36%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

174 m

grassland 54%

16 km

994 m

grassland 51%

80 km

2,124 m

cropland 38%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

January weather nearby: Montecanal 66 km · Utebo 67 km · Oliver-Valdefierro 67 km · Delicias 70 km · Almozara 71 km · Zaragoza 72 km · Tudela 79 km · Soria 82 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 Calatayud (41.3535°, -1.6432°, elevation 542 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	1
2	10	1
3	9	1
4	9	1
5	9	1
6	9	1
7	9	1
8	9	1
9	9	1
10	9	1
11	9	1
12	9	1
13	9	1
14	9	1
15	9	1
16	9	1
17	9	1
18	9	1
19	9	1
20	9	1
21	9	1
22	9	1
23	9	1
24	9	1
25	9	1
26	9	1
27	9	1
28	10	1
29	10	1
30	10	1
31	10	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	47	53
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	49	51
22	49	51
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	47	53
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	49	51
22	49	51
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	47	53
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	49	51
22	49	51
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

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

	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