Cieza weather in January

In January, Cieza sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 25 mm of precipitation across 4.7 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°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 24 min at the start of January to 10 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Cieza's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cieza's year-round climate.

Daytime high
14°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
25 mm
4.7 wet days
Daylight
9 h 36 min
8:27 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover
43%
5th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
2.61 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.9
out of 10

Cieza is municipality seat in Region of Murcia, 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 14°C through the month.

A typical January day in Cieza reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1145
2144
3144
4144
5144
6144
7144
8144
9144
10144
11144
12144
13144
14144
15144
16144
17144
18144
19144
20144
21144
22144
23145
24145
25145
26145
27145
28145
29155
30155
31155

How January really feels in Cieza

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Cieza 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan14° / 254.79.64.9
Feb16° / 244.410.55.7
Mar19° / 36511.76.9
Apr21° / 10°355.9137.3
May25° / 13°285147.8
Jun30° / 17°162.614.66.1
Jul33° / 20°41.214.44.4
Aug33° / 20°122.713.54.4
Sep28° / 17°385.212.36.7
Oct23° / 13°325.7117.7
Nov18° / 325.49.96.5
Dec15° / 284.69.45.1

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 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16634
26733
36733
46634
56634
66733
76733
86733
96733
106733
116634
126634
136634
146535
156535
166535
176535
186436
196436
206337
216337
226238
236238
246238
256139
266139
276238
286238
296238
306337
316337

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Cieza gets around 25 mm of rain and snow over 4.7 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 15% and peaks near 18% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

0%10%20%30%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
113
213
313
413
512
612
712
812
912
1012
1113
1213
1313
1413
1514
1614
1714
1815
1915
2016
2116
2217
2317
2418
2518
2618
2718
2818
2918
3018
3117

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 (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
209calm
219calm
229calm
239calm
249calm
259calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 24 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 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:27 AM to 8:19 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 6:19 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.48:275:50
29.48:285:51
39.48:285:52
49.48:285:53
59.48:285:53
69.48:285:54
79.58:285:55
89.58:285:56
99.58:285:57
109.58:285:58
119.58:285:59
129.58:276:00
139.68:276:00
149.68:276:01
159.68:276:02
169.68:276:03
179.68:266:04
189.78:266:05
199.78:266:06
209.78:256:07
219.78:256:08
229.88:246:10
239.88:246:11
249.88:236:12
259.88:236:13
269.98:226:14
279.98:216:15
289.98:216:16
299.98:206:17
3010.08:196:18
3110.08:196:19

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.25 kWh/m² to a high of 7.58 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.61 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.4Moderate
22.4Moderate
32.4Moderate
42.4Moderate
52.4Moderate
62.4Moderate
72.5Moderate
82.5Moderate
92.5Moderate
102.5Moderate
112.5Moderate
122.5Moderate
132.6Moderate
142.6Moderate
152.6Moderate
162.6Moderate
172.6Moderate
182.6Moderate
192.7Moderate
202.7Moderate
212.7Moderate
222.7Moderate
232.8Moderate
242.8Moderate
252.8Moderate
262.8Moderate
272.9Moderate
282.9Moderate
292.9Moderate
303.0Moderate
313.0Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Cieza?

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

4.9
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Cieza for sightseeing.

What to pack for Cieza in January

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

In January, Cieza sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Cieza 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 Cieza peaks around July 15 at about 10 (extreme) — 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highVery highHighModerateJul 15UV 10Dec 18UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar6High
Apr8Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Cieza?

Cieza sits at 38.2°N, 1.4°W, 194 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Archena, 17 km away.

Topography around Cieza

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cieza has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 408 m around an average of 252 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,012 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,989 m.

The land around Cieza is covered by grassland (36%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, grassland (36%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (29%), trees (25%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
408 m
16 km
1,012 m
80 km
1,989 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Archena 17 km · Mula 23 km · Molina de Segura 28 km · Jumilla 28 km · Las Torres de Cotillas 28 km · Alcantarilla 35 km · Cehegín 37 km · Murcia 38 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 Cieza (38.24°, -1.4199°, elevation 194 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).