Lugo weather in January

In January, Lugo sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 107 mm of precipitation across 13 wet days and about 9.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 54 min at the start of January to 9 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Lugo's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lugo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10°
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
107 mm
13 wet days
Daylight
9 h 12 min
9:05 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover
71%
12th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
1.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.1
out of 10

Lugo is city in Galicia, Spain.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 8.4 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 10°C through the month.

A typical January day in Lugo reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Lugo weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan10° / 107130.69.22.1
Feb11° / 8110.40.910.22.7
Mar14° / 8611.60.411.63.7
Apr15° / 9113.30.113.14.1
May18° / 7412.4014.45.3
Jun21° / 12°488.1015.16.7
Jul23° / 13°254.9014.87.9
Aug24° / 14°355.9013.87.8
Sep21° / 12°558.3012.36.8
Oct17° / 10°10912.5010.85.2
Nov13° / 11914.10.19.53.1
Dec11° / 11512.80.38.92.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Lugo gets around 107 mm of rain and snow over 13 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 42% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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 13 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 54 min at the start of January to 9 h 36 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 9:07 AM to 8:55 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 6:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.99:076:00
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269.58:596:26
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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 1.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.32 kWh/m² to a high of 6.33 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.53 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Lugo?

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

2.1
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lugo.

What to pack for Lugo in January

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

In January, Lugo sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Lugo in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lugo peaks around June 23 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 23UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Lugo in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Lugo is worst in July — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (November, 6 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Lugo's WHO annual average of 8.4 µg/m³.

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1715 µg/m³Nov 226 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb8Good
Mar10Good
Apr10Good
May7Good
Jun7Good
Jul16Moderate
Aug8Good
Sep8Good
Oct10Good
Nov6Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Lugo?

Lugo sits at 43.0°N, 7.6°W, 465 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Monforte de Lemos, 54 km away.

Topography around Lugo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lugo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 150 m around an average of 438 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 444 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,928 m.

The land around Lugo is covered by trees (42%), grassland (28%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, trees (55%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

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150 m
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80 km
1,928 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Monforte de Lemos 54 km · Lalín 60 km · Oleiros 71 km · Cambre 72 km · Viveiro 73 km · Culleredo 74 km · Narón 75 km · Villafranca del Bierzo 76 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 Lugo (43.0099°, -7.556°, elevation 465 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).