Calp weather in January

In January, Calp sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 53 mm of rain across 6 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 18 min at the start of January to 10 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Calp's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Calp's year-round climate.

Daytime high
15°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
53 mm
6 wet days
Daylight
9 h 36 min
8:22 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover
44%
7th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
2.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Calp is innhabited place in Calpe, Spain.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month.

A typical January day in Calp reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1159
2159
3159
4159
5159
6159
7159
8159
9159
10159
11159
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13159
14159
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Calp 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan15° / 5369.65.1
Feb15° / 405.610.55.3
Mar17° / 11°445.711.76.2
Apr19° / 13°486136.9
May22° / 16°334.614.17.8
Jun26° / 20°142.614.68.4
Jul29° / 22°81.314.47.6
Aug29° / 23°223.313.56.8
Sep26° / 20°747.412.37.3
Oct23° / 17°727.5117.3
Nov18° / 13°647.19.96.5
Dec16° / 10°596.29.35.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16634
26634
36733
46634
56733
66733
76733
86634
96634
106634
116634
126535
136535
146436
156436
166436
176436
186337
196238
206238
216238
226238
236139
246238
256238
266238
276337
286337
296337
306436
316337

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Calp gets around 53 mm of rain over 6 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 19% and peaks near 24% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
115
215
315
415
515
615
715
815
915
1016
1116
1217
1317
1418
1518
1619
1719
1820
1920
2021
2122
2222
2323
2423
2523
2623
2724
2824
2923
3023
3123

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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
2991
3991
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
101000
111000
121000
131000
141000
151000
161000
171000
181000
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201000
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221000
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311000

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 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
1312calm
1412calm
1512calm
1612calm
1712calm
1812light breeze
1912light breeze
2012light breeze
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3113light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 18 min at the start of January to 10 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:23 AM to 8:14 AM, and sunset from 5:43 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.38:235:43
29.48:235:44
39.48:235:45
49.48:235:46
59.48:235:46
69.48:235:47
79.48:235:48
89.48:235:49
99.48:235:50
109.58:235:51
119.58:235:52
129.58:235:53
139.58:235:53
149.58:225:54
159.68:225:55
169.68:225:56
179.68:215:57
189.68:215:58
199.68:216:00
209.78:206:01
219.78:206:02
229.78:196:03
239.78:196:04
249.88:186:05
259.88:186:06
269.88:176:07
279.98:176:08
289.98:166:09
299.98:156:10
309.98:146:11
3110.08:146:13

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.2 kWh/m² to a high of 7.5 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.57 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.3Moderate
22.3Moderate
32.3Moderate
42.4Moderate
52.4Moderate
62.4Moderate
72.4Moderate
82.4Moderate
92.4Moderate
102.5Moderate
112.5Moderate
122.5Moderate
132.5Moderate
142.5Moderate
152.5Moderate
162.6Moderate
172.6Moderate
182.6Moderate
192.6Moderate
202.6Moderate
212.7Moderate
222.7Moderate
232.7Moderate
242.8Moderate
252.8Moderate
262.8Moderate
272.8Moderate
282.9Moderate
292.9Moderate
302.9Moderate
313.0Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Calp?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Calp for sightseeing.

What to pack for Calp in January

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

In January, Calp sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Calp in January

The nearest coast averages about 15°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 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 3 to Nov 3 — about 5.1 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan15Bracing
Feb14Bracing
Mar14Bracing
Apr16Cool
May18Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep25Warm
Oct22Refreshing
Nov19Cool
Dec16Cool

UV index in Calp 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 Calp peaks around July 16 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 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 16UV 9Dec 18UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7Very high
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Calp?

Calp sits at 38.6°N, 0.0°E, 58 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Altea, 10 km away.

Topography around Calp

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Calp has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 579 m around an average of 75 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,076 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,542 m.

The land around Calp is covered by water (34%), artificial surfaces (25%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, water (48%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and water (49%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
579 m
16 km
1,076 m
80 km
1,542 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Altea 10 km · l'Alfàs del Pi 15 km · la Nucia 15 km · Javea 19 km · Benidorm 19 km · Denia 22 km · Villajoyosa 29 km · Oliva 34 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
Roman Catholic 58%atheist 16%agnostic 11%non-believer 11%

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 Calp (38.6447°, 0.0445°, elevation 58 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).