Cuenca weather in January

In January, Cuenca sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 8.2 wet days and about 9.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-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 37% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 12 min at the start of January to 9 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Cuenca's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cuenca's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 9°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 0°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 49 mm; 8.2 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 24 min; 8:34 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover: 55%; 9th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 2.2 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.9; out of 10

Cuenca is city in the municipality of Cuenca, Spain.

Air quality: Good; PM10 24.6 µg/m³ · 2019

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 Cuenca reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 0°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)	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	9	9	9	9	9	9
Avg low (°C)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	9	1
2	9	1
3	9	0
4	9	0
5	9	0
6	9	0
7	9	0
8	9	0
9	9	0
10	9	0
11	9	0
12	9	0
13	9	0
14	9	0
15	9	0
16	9	0
17	9	0
18	9	0
19	9	0
20	9	0
21	9	0
22	9	0
23	9	0
24	9	0
25	9	1
26	9	1
27	9	1
28	9	1
29	9	1
30	9	1
31	9	1

How January really feels in Cuenca

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.

Cuenca weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 7th-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° / 0°	49	8.2	2	9.5	1.9
Feb	11° / 1°	44	7.9	2.3	10.4	2.7
Mar	14° / 3°	56	8.7	1.2	11.7	4.3
Apr	16° / 5°	66	9.8	0.5	13	5.2
May	21° / 9°	57	9	0	14.2	6.7
Jun	27° / 14°	32	5.8	0	14.8	7.4
Jul	31° / 17°	10	2.1	0	14.6	5.9
Aug	30° / 17°	18	3.7	0	13.6	6.0
Sep	25° / 13°	36	6	0	12.3	7.6
Oct	19° / 8°	67	8.8	0	10.9	6.2
Nov	13° / 4°	62	8.5	0.5	9.8	3.6
Dec	9° / 1°	58	8.5	1.3	9.2	2.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% 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 51%.

	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 (%)	50	50	49	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	48	48	48	49	49	49	49
Cloudier (%)	50	50	51	52	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	51	51	52	52	52	51	51	51	51

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	49	51
4	48	52
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	48	52
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51
31	49	51

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Cuenca gets around 49 mm of rain and snow over 8.2 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 27% and peaks near 31% 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 (%)	30	30	31	30	30	30	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	28
Snow chance (%)	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

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.

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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
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	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	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	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze
31	12	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 12 min at the start of January to 9 h 54 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 8:36 AM to 8:26 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 6:18 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)	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	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	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9
Sunrise (AM)	8:36	8:36	8:36	8:36	8:36	8:36	8:36	8:36	8:36	8:36	8:36	8:35	8:35	8:35	8:35	8:34	8:34	8:34	8:33	8:33	8:32	8:32	8:31	8:31	8:30	8:29	8:29	8:28	8:27	8:26	8:26
Sunset (PM)	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.2	8:36	5:48
2	9.2	8:36	5:48
3	9.2	8:36	5:49
4	9.2	8:36	5:50
5	9.2	8:36	5:51
6	9.3	8:36	5:52
7	9.3	8:36	5:53
8	9.3	8:36	5:53
9	9.3	8:36	5:54
10	9.3	8:36	5:55
11	9.3	8:36	5:56
12	9.4	8:35	5:57
13	9.4	8:35	5:58
14	9.4	8:35	5:59
15	9.4	8:35	6:00
16	9.4	8:34	6:01
17	9.5	8:34	6:02
18	9.5	8:34	6:03
19	9.5	8:33	6:04
20	9.5	8:33	6:06
21	9.6	8:32	6:07
22	9.6	8:32	6:08
23	9.6	8:31	6:09
24	9.7	8:31	6:10
25	9.7	8:30	6:11
26	9.7	8:29	6:12
27	9.7	8:29	6:13
28	9.8	8:28	6:15
29	9.8	8:27	6:16
30	9.8	8:26	6:17
31	9.9	8:26	6:18

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.91 kWh/m² to a high of 7.73 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.2 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	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	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	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6
Level	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	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.9	Dim
2	1.9	Dim
3	2.0	Dim
4	2.0	Dim
5	2.0	Dim
6	2.0	Moderate
7	2.0	Moderate
8	2.0	Moderate
9	2.1	Moderate
10	2.1	Moderate
11	2.1	Moderate
12	2.1	Moderate
13	2.1	Moderate
14	2.2	Moderate
15	2.2	Moderate
16	2.2	Moderate
17	2.2	Moderate
18	2.3	Moderate
19	2.3	Moderate
20	2.3	Moderate
21	2.3	Moderate
22	2.3	Moderate
23	2.4	Moderate
24	2.4	Moderate
25	2.4	Moderate
26	2.5	Moderate
27	2.5	Moderate
28	2.5	Moderate
29	2.5	Moderate
30	2.6	Moderate
31	2.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Cuenca?

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

1.9

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Cuenca.

What to pack for Cuenca in January

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

In January, Cuenca sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Cuenca 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 Cuenca peaks around July 14 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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	11	8	7	4	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	7	Very high
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Cuenca?

Cuenca sits at 40.1°N, 2.1°W, 941 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Tarancón, 75 km away.

Topography around Cuenca

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cuenca has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 331 m around an average of 988 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 560 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,370 m.

The land around Cuenca is covered by cropland (26%), trees (23%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and cropland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

331 m

cropland 26%

16 km

560 m

trees 46%

80 km

1,370 m

trees 42%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: Tarancón 75 km · Teruel 93 km · La Roda 96 km · Villarrobledo 97 km · Guadalajara 107 km · Requena 109 km · Azuqueca de Henares 111 km · Campo de Criptana 112 km

Spain travel facts

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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
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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 Cuenca (40.0667°, -2.1333°, elevation 941 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	9	1
2	9	1
3	9	0
4	9	0
5	9	0
6	9	0
7	9	0
8	9	0
9	9	0
10	9	0
11	9	0
12	9	0
13	9	0
14	9	0
15	9	0
16	9	0
17	9	0
18	9	0
19	9	0
20	9	0
21	9	0
22	9	0
23	9	0
24	9	0
25	9	1
26	9	1
27	9	1
28	9	1
29	9	1
30	9	1
31	9	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	49	51
4	48	52
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	48	52
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51
31	49	51

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

	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	9	1
2	9	1
3	9	0
4	9	0
5	9	0
6	9	0
7	9	0
8	9	0
9	9	0
10	9	0
11	9	0
12	9	0
13	9	0
14	9	0
15	9	0
16	9	0
17	9	0
18	9	0
19	9	0
20	9	0
21	9	0
22	9	0
23	9	0
24	9	0
25	9	1
26	9	1
27	9	1
28	9	1
29	9	1
30	9	1
31	9	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	49	51
4	48	52
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	48	52
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51
31	49	51

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

	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	9	1
2	9	1
3	9	0
4	9	0
5	9	0
6	9	0
7	9	0
8	9	0
9	9	0
10	9	0
11	9	0
12	9	0
13	9	0
14	9	0
15	9	0
16	9	0
17	9	0
18	9	0
19	9	0
20	9	0
21	9	0
22	9	0
23	9	0
24	9	0
25	9	1
26	9	1
27	9	1
28	9	1
29	9	1
30	9	1
31	9	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	49	51
4	48	52
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	48	52
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51
31	49	51

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

	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