Igualada weather in January

In January, Igualada sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 41 mm of precipitation across 6.3 wet days and about 9.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°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 hours at the start of January to 9 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Igualada's 5th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Igualada's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
41 mm
6.3 wet days
Daylight
9 h 18 min
8:24 AM – 5:42 PM
Cloud cover
48%
5th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
2.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Igualada is human settlement in 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 11°C through the month.

A typical January day in Igualada reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Igualada

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Igualada weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan11° / 416.30.69.32.9
Feb12° / 315.60.710.33.8
Mar16° / 518.10.311.75.2
Apr18° / 7510.4013.15.8
May21° / 11°779.6014.36.7
Jun26° / 15°558.10157.3
Jul28° / 18°426.7014.76.9
Aug28° / 18°669.8013.76.4
Sep24° / 14°9511.4012.36.8
Oct20° / 11°879.8010.96.4
Nov15° / 596.60.19.74.8
Dec11° / 415.90.493.1

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%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Igualada gets around 41 mm of rain and snow over 6.3 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 20% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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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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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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Sunrise & sunset in January

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Daylight runs from about 9 hours at the start of January to 9 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:26 AM to 8:14 AM, and sunset from 5:28 PM to 5:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.08:265:28
29.08:265:29
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49.18:265:30
59.18:265:31
69.18:265:32
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.9 kWh/m² to a high of 7.12 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.19 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Igualada?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Igualada.

What to pack for Igualada in January

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

In January, Igualada sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Igualada in January

The nearest coast averages about 14°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 51 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 8 to Oct 27 — about 4.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan14Bracing
Feb13Bracing
Mar13Bracing
Apr15Bracing
May17Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul24Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep24Warm
Oct21Refreshing
Nov18Cool
Dec15Cool

UV index in Igualada 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 Igualada peaks around July 15 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.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
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Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
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Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
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Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Igualada?

Igualada sits at 41.6°N, 1.6°E, 322 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Piera, 13 km away.

Topography around Igualada

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Igualada has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m around an average of 349 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 988 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,626 m.

The land around Igualada is covered by cropland (38%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, trees (60%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (43%) and water (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
193 m
16 km
988 m
80 km
2,626 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Piera 13 km · Esparreguera 22 km · Olesa de Montserrat 23 km · Manresa 24 km · Vilafranca del Penedès 27 km · Martorell 29 km · Sant Andreu de la Barca 33 km · Terrassa 33 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 Igualada (41.581°, 1.6172°, elevation 322 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).