Hellín weather in January

In January, Hellín sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 23 mm of precipitation across 4.8 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 13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% 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 Hellín's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hellín's year-round climate.

Daytime high
13°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
23 mm
4.8 wet days
Daylight
9 h 36 min
8:28 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover
47%
6th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
2.52 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Hellín is capital of Hellín Municipality, 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 13°C through the month.

A typical January day in Hellín reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 17°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)
1133
2133
3133
4133
5133
6133
7133
8133
9133
10133
11133
12133
13133
14133
15133
16133
17133
18133
19133
20133
21133
22133
23133
24133
25133
26134
27134
28134
29134
30134
31134

How January really feels in Hellín

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.

Hellín 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 daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 234.80.59.64.2
Feb15° / 234.80.410.55.0
Mar18° / 355.40.211.76.5
Apr20° / 355.90137.1
May25° / 12°305.7014.17.7
Jun30° / 16°142.9014.66.3
Jul33° / 19°51.7014.44.4
Aug33° / 19°143013.54.6
Sep28° / 16°315012.37.0
Oct22° / 12°285.40117.6
Nov17° / 325.40.19.96.0
Dec14° / 304.90.29.44.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% 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 40%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16238
26238
36238
46238
56238
66238
76139
86139
96139
106139
116040
126040
136040
145941
155941
165941
176040
185941
195941
205941
215842
225842
235842
245842
255842
265743
275743
285842
295842
305941
315941

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Hellín gets around 23 mm of rain and snow over 4.8 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 1 day brings snow.

0%10%20%30%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1141
2141
3141
4141
5141
6141
7141
8141
9141
10142
11142
12142
13142
14142
15142
16152
17152
18152
19152
20162
21162
22172
23172
24172
25182
26182
27181
28181
29171
30171
31171

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 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
210calm
310calm
410calm
510calm
610calm
710calm
810calm
910calm
1010calm
1110calm
1210calm
1310calm
1410calm
1510calm
1610calm
1710calm
1810calm
1911calm
2011calm
2111calm
2211calm
2311calm
2411calm
2511calm
2611calm
2711calm
2811calm
2911calm
3011calm
3111calm

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 8:29 AM to 8:20 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 6:20 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.48:295:51
29.48:295:51
39.48:305:52
49.48:305:53
59.48:305:54
69.48:305:55
79.48:305:55
89.48:305:56
99.58:305:57
109.58:305:58
119.58:295:59
129.58:296:00
139.58:296:01
149.58:296:02
159.68:296:03
169.68:286:04
179.68:286:05
189.68:286:06
199.78:276:07
209.78:276:08
219.78:276:09
229.78:266:10
239.88:266:11
249.88:256:12
259.88:246:13
269.88:246:14
279.98:236:15
289.98:236:17
299.98:226:18
3010.08:216:19
3110.08:206:20

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.18 kWh/m² to a high of 7.66 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.52 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.3Moderate
22.3Moderate
32.3Moderate
42.3Moderate
52.3Moderate
62.4Moderate
72.4Moderate
82.4Moderate
92.4Moderate
102.4Moderate
112.4Moderate
122.5Moderate
132.5Moderate
142.5Moderate
152.5Moderate
162.5Moderate
172.5Moderate
182.6Moderate
192.6Moderate
202.6Moderate
212.6Moderate
222.6Moderate
232.7Moderate
242.7Moderate
252.7Moderate
262.7Moderate
272.8Moderate
282.8Moderate
292.8Moderate
302.9Moderate
312.9Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Hellín?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Hellín for sightseeing.

What to pack for Hellín in January

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

In January, Hellín sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Hellín 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 Hellín 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 Hellín?

Hellín sits at 38.5°N, 1.7°W, 590 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Jumilla, 33 km away.

Topography around Hellín

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hellín has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m around an average of 550 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 704 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,049 m.

The land around Hellín is covered by grassland (36%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, grassland (31%), shrubs (23%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (32%), cropland (29%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
193 m
16 km
704 m
80 km
2,049 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Jumilla 33 km · Cieza 39 km · Caravaca 47 km · Cehegín 47 km · Yecla 52 km · Mula 55 km · Albacete 55 km · Archena 56 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 Hellín (38.5106°, -1.701°, elevation 590 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).