La Roda weather in January

In January, La Roda sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 31 mm of precipitation across 6.5 wet days and about 9.6 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 37% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is La Roda's 10th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see La Roda's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 31 mm; 6.5 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 30 min; 8:32 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 10th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 2.36 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.0; out of 10

La Roda is municipal capital of La Roda, Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

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 11°C through the month.

A typical January day in La Roda 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.

	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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

How January really feels in La Roda

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.

La Roda 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	11° / 2°	31	6.5	0.8	9.6	3.0
Feb	13° / 3°	30	5.8	0.6	10.5	3.9
Mar	16° / 5°	39	6.8	0.3	11.7	5.6
Apr	19° / 7°	43	7.9	0.1	13	6.4
May	24° / 11°	37	6.9	0	14.1	7.4
Jun	29° / 16°	19	3.7	0	14.7	6.4
Jul	34° / 19°	5	1.5	0	14.5	4.2
Aug	33° / 19°	13	3.1	0	13.5	4.6
Sep	27° / 15°	27	4.2	0	12.3	7.3
Oct	21° / 10°	38	6.5	0	11	7.2
Nov	15° / 6°	40	6.3	0.2	9.9	4.9
Dec	12° / 3°	40	6.4	0.5	9.3	3.3

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 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

	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 (%)	53	53	53	53	52	52	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	50	50	50	50	49	49	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	49
Cloudier (%)	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	51	51	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	51

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51
31	49	51

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

La Roda gets around 31 mm of rain and snow over 6.5 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 21% and peaks near 24% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings 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 (%)	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23
Snow chance (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2

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

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 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	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	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 18 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 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:33 AM to 8:24 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 6:20 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)	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9
Sunrise (AM)	8:33	8:33	8:33	8:34	8:34	8:34	8:34	8:34	8:34	8:33	8:33	8:33	8:33	8:33	8:32	8:32	8:32	8:31	8:31	8:31	8:30	8:30	8:29	8:29	8:28	8:27	8:27	8:26	8:25	8:25	8:24
Sunset (PM)	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	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.3	8:33	5:50
2	9.3	8:33	5:51
3	9.3	8:33	5:52
4	9.3	8:34	5:53
5	9.3	8:34	5:53
6	9.3	8:34	5:54
7	9.4	8:34	5:55
8	9.4	8:34	5:56
9	9.4	8:34	5:57
10	9.4	8:33	5:58
11	9.4	8:33	5:59
12	9.4	8:33	6:00
13	9.5	8:33	6:01
14	9.5	8:33	6:02
15	9.5	8:32	6:03
16	9.5	8:32	6:04
17	9.5	8:32	6:05
18	9.6	8:31	6:06
19	9.6	8:31	6:07
20	9.6	8:31	6:08
21	9.6	8:30	6:09
22	9.7	8:30	6:10
23	9.7	8:29	6:11
24	9.7	8:29	6:12
25	9.8	8:28	6:13
26	9.8	8:27	6:14
27	9.8	8:27	6:16
28	9.8	8:26	6:17
29	9.9	8:25	6:18
30	9.9	8:25	6:19
31	9.9	8:24	6:20

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.05 kWh/m² to a high of 7.79 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.36 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)	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8
Level	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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.1	Moderate
2	2.1	Moderate
3	2.1	Moderate
4	2.1	Moderate
5	2.2	Moderate
6	2.2	Moderate
7	2.2	Moderate
8	2.2	Moderate
9	2.2	Moderate
10	2.3	Moderate
11	2.3	Moderate
12	2.3	Moderate
13	2.3	Moderate
14	2.3	Moderate
15	2.4	Moderate
16	2.4	Moderate
17	2.4	Moderate
18	2.4	Moderate
19	2.4	Moderate
20	2.5	Moderate
21	2.5	Moderate
22	2.5	Moderate
23	2.5	Moderate
24	2.5	Moderate
25	2.6	Moderate
26	2.6	Moderate
27	2.6	Moderate
28	2.7	Moderate
29	2.7	Moderate
30	2.7	Moderate
31	2.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit La Roda?

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

3.0

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 La Roda.

What to pack for La Roda in January

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

In January, La Roda 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 La Roda 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 La Roda 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 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	10	8	7	5	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	10	Extreme
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is La Roda?

La Roda sits at 39.2°N, 2.2°W, 713 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Albacete, 35 km away.

Topography around La Roda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around La Roda has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 710 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 139 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,349 m.

The land around La Roda is covered by cropland (67%) within 3 km, cropland (81%) within 16 km, and cropland (57%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

36 m

cropland 67%

16 km

139 m

cropland 81%

80 km

1,349 m

cropland 57%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

January weather nearby: Albacete 35 km · Villarrobledo 39 km · Tomelloso 75 km · Campo de Criptana 86 km · Hellín 87 km · Alcázar de San Juan 93 km · Cuenca 96 km · Requena 96 km

Spain travel facts

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Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for La Roda (39.2073°, -2.1572°, elevation 713 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	11	2
2	11	2
3	11	2
4	11	2
5	11	2
6	11	2
7	11	2
8	11	2
9	11	2
10	11	2
11	11	2
12	11	2
13	11	2
14	11	2
15	11	2
16	11	2
17	11	2
18	11	2
19	11	2
20	11	2
21	11	2
22	11	2
23	11	2
24	11	2
25	11	2
26	11	2
27	11	2
28	11	2
29	11	2
30	12	2
31	12	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51
31	49	51

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51
31	49	51

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51
31	49	51

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

	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