Illescas weather in January

In January, Illescas sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 38 mm of precipitation across 7.2 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 11°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% 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 Illescas's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Illescas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
38 mm
7.2 wet days
Daylight
9 h 24 min
8:41 AM – 6:08 PM
Cloud cover
56%
11th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
2.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Illescas is capital of Illescas Municipality, Spain.

Air quality
Moderate
PM10 30.8 µg/m³ · 2019

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 Illescas 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 14°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)
1102
2102
3102
4102
5102
6102
7102
8102
9102
10102
11102
12102
13102
14102
15102
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17102
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19102
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26112
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How January really feels in Illescas

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.

Illescas 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan11° / 387.29.52.7
Feb13° / 346.510.43.9
Mar17° / 417.511.75.7
Apr19° / 487.8136.5
May24° / 12°45814.27.3
Jun30° / 17°204.114.86.2
Jul34° / 20°91.514.64.1
Aug33° / 19°112.513.64.4
Sep28° / 15°243.912.37.2
Oct21° / 11°587.510.97.0
Nov15° / 527.89.84.6
Dec11° / 497.79.22.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% 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 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
24852
34852
44852
54852
64852
74852
84852
94852
104852
114852
124951
134951
144951
155050
165050
175149
185149
195149
205149
215050
225050
235149
245149
255149
265149
275149
285149
295050
305149
315050

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Illescas gets around 38 mm of rain and snow over 7.2 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 23% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
125
225
325
425
525
624
724
824
924
1024
1123
1223
1323
1423
1523
1623
1723
1823
1923
2023
2123
2223
2323
2423
2523
2623
2723
2823
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 (%)
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 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
2010calm
2110calm
2210calm
2310calm
2410calm
2510calm
2610calm
2710calm
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2910calm
3010calm
3110calm

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 8:43 AM to 8:33 AM, and sunset from 5:54 PM to 6:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.28:435:54
29.28:435:55
39.28:435:56
49.28:435:57
59.28:435:57
69.38:435:58
79.38:435:59
89.38:436:00
99.38:436:01
109.38:436:02
119.38:436:03
129.48:436:04
139.48:426:05
149.48:426:06
159.48:426:07
169.48:416:08
179.58:416:09
189.58:416:10
199.58:406:11
209.58:406:12
219.68:396:13
229.68:396:14
239.68:386:16
249.78:386:17
259.78:376:18
269.78:366:19
279.78:366:20
289.88:356:21
299.88:346:22
309.88:336:24
319.98:336:25

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 1.9 kWh/m² to a high of 7.87 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.2 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.9Dim
21.9Dim
31.9Dim
42.0Dim
52.0Dim
62.0Dim
72.0Moderate
82.0Moderate
92.0Moderate
102.1Moderate
112.1Moderate
122.1Moderate
132.1Moderate
142.1Moderate
152.2Moderate
162.2Moderate
172.2Moderate
182.3Moderate
192.3Moderate
202.3Moderate
212.3Moderate
222.4Moderate
232.4Moderate
242.4Moderate
252.4Moderate
262.5Moderate
272.5Moderate
282.5Moderate
292.6Moderate
302.6Moderate
312.6Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Illescas?

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

2.7
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 Illescas.

What to pack for Illescas in January

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

In January, Illescas sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Illescas 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 Illescas peaks around July 15 at about 10 (very high) — 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 10Dec 19UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb2Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Illescas?

Illescas sits at 40.1°N, 3.8°W, 590 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Seseña, 13 km away.

Topography around Illescas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Illescas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m around an average of 585 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 241 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,998 m.

The land around Illescas is covered by cropland (48%), grassland (22%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, cropland (61%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (43%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
100 m
16 km
241 m
80 km
1,998 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Seseña 13 km · Humanes de Madrid 14 km · Parla 14 km · Valdemoro 16 km · Arroyomolinos 18 km · Pinto 18 km · Fuenlabrada 19 km · Ciempozuelos 20 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 Illescas (40.1221°, -3.847°, 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).