Calella weather in January

In January, Calella sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 6.7 wet days and about 9.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 4th-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 45% 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 Calella's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Calella's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 49 mm; 6.7 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 18 min; 8:20 AM – 5:38 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 6th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 2.1 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

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

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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 Calella reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

Calella weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 9°	49	6.7	9.3	3.8
Feb	12° / 9°	40	6.7	10.3	3.7
Mar	14° / 11°	42	6.4	11.7	4.4
Apr	15° / 12°	46	7.2	13.1	5.2
May	18° / 15°	37	5.7	14.3	6.6
Jun	22° / 19°	27	3.9	15	8.0
Jul	25° / 22°	19	3	14.7	8.6
Aug	26° / 23°	27	4.9	13.7	8.0
Sep	23° / 20°	69	8.8	12.3	7.2
Oct	20° / 17°	92	9.4	10.9	6.5
Nov	16° / 13°	64	8.5	9.7	5.3
Dec	13° / 11°	47	6.6	9	4.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 39%.

	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 (%)	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	61	61	61	61	60	60	60	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	60	60	60
Cloudier (%)	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	40	40	40

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Calella gets around 49 mm of rain and snow over 6.7 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 21% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25

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

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 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
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	15	light breeze
2	15	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	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze
31	15	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 8:22 AM to 8:10 AM, and sunset from 5:24 PM to 5:55 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	9.1	9.1	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	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7
Sunrise (AM)	8:22	8:22	8:22	8:22	8:22	8:22	8:22	8:22	8:22	8:21	8:21	8:21	8:21	8:20	8:20	8:20	8:19	8:19	8:18	8:18	8:17	8:17	8:16	8:16	8:15	8:14	8:13	8:13	8:12	8:11	8:10
Sunset (PM)	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55

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

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.81 kWh/m² to a high of 6.78 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.1 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	1.9	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	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5
Level	Dim	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.9	Dim
2	1.9	Dim
3	1.9	Dim
4	1.9	Dim
5	1.9	Dim
6	2.0	Dim
7	2.0	Dim
8	2.0	Dim
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	2.1	Moderate
20	2.2	Moderate
21	2.2	Moderate
22	2.2	Moderate
23	2.2	Moderate
24	2.3	Moderate
25	2.3	Moderate
26	2.3	Moderate
27	2.3	Moderate
28	2.4	Moderate
29	2.4	Moderate
30	2.4	Moderate
31	2.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Calella?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Calella.

What to pack for Calella in January

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

In January, Calella sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Calella in January

The nearest coast averages about 13°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 25°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 14 to Oct 18 — about 4.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	13	13	13	14	17	20	23	25	23	20	17	15
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	13	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	13	Bracing
Apr	14	Bracing
May	17	Cool
Jun	20	Refreshing
Jul	23	Refreshing
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	23	Refreshing
Oct	20	Refreshing
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	15	Bracing

UV index in Calella 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 Calella peaks around July 13 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	4	7	6	8	9	8	6	3	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	6	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Calella?

Calella sits at 41.6°N, 2.7°E, 15 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Pineda de Mar, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Calella

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Calella has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 399 m around an average of 61 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 764 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,749 m.

The land around Calella is covered by water (42%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, water (49%) and trees (37%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and water (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

399 m

water 42%

16 km

764 m

water 49%

80 km

1,749 m

trees 45%

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

January weather nearby: Pineda de Mar 3.0 km · Malgrat de Mar 8.0 km · Arenys de Mar 9.0 km · Tordera 11 km · Blanes 13 km · Sant Celoni 16 km · Lloret de Mar 19 km · Mataró 19 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 Calella (41.6138°, 2.6542°, elevation 15 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	13	10
2	13	10
3	13	10
4	13	10
5	13	10
6	13	10
7	13	10
8	13	10
9	13	10
10	13	10
11	13	10
12	13	10
13	12	10
14	12	10
15	12	9
16	12	9
17	12	9
18	12	9
19	12	9
20	12	9
21	12	9
22	12	9
23	12	9
24	12	9
25	12	9
26	12	9
27	12	9
28	12	9
29	12	9
30	12	9
31	12	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

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

	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