Mazarrón weather in January

In January, Mazarrón sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 32 mm of rain across 4.7 wet days and about 9.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% 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 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Mazarrón's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mazarrón's year-round climate.

Daytime high
14°
12th warmest
Overnight low
11°
1st coldest
Rainfall
32 mm
4.7 wet days
Daylight
9 h 42 min
8:24 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover
41%
8th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
2.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.9
out of 10

Mazarrón is capital of Mazarrón 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 14°C through the month.

A typical January day in Mazarrón reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Mazarrón weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan14° / 11°324.79.74.9
Feb14° / 11°244.110.64.9
Mar15° / 12°294.311.75.5
Apr17° / 14°213.312.96.4
May19° / 17°152.1147.7
Jun23° / 20°50.714.59.0
Jul25° / 23°10.214.39.4
Aug26° / 24°71.313.48.8
Sep24° / 22°333.512.38.4
Oct21° / 19°314.6117.6
Nov18° / 15°345.4106.5
Dec15° / 12°284.69.55.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% 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 33%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16832
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Mazarrón gets around 32 mm of rain over 4.7 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 15% and peaks near 18% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
112
212
312
412
512
612
712
812
912
1013
1113
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1314
1415
1515
1616
1716
1817
1917
2018
2118
2218
2318
2418
2518
2618
2718
2818
2917
3017
3116

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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1982
2982
3982
4982
5991
6991
7991
8991
9991
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Wind in January

Winds average 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
1215light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 24 min at the start of January to 10 h 06 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 8:25 AM to 8:17 AM, and sunset from 5:52 PM to 6:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.48:255:52
29.58:255:52
39.58:255:53
49.58:265:54
59.58:265:55
69.58:265:56
79.58:265:56
89.58:265:57
99.58:265:58
109.68:265:59
119.68:256:00
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149.68:256:03
159.68:256:04
169.78:246:05
179.78:246:06
189.78:246:07
199.78:236:08
209.88:236:09
219.88:236:10
229.88:226:11
239.88:226:12
249.98:216:13
259.98:216:14
269.98:206:15
279.98:206:16
2810.08:196:17
2910.08:186:18
3010.08:186:19
3110.18:176:20

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.37 kWh/m² to a high of 7.63 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.73 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.5Moderate
22.5Moderate
32.5Moderate
42.5Moderate
52.5Moderate
62.5Moderate
72.6Moderate
82.6Moderate
92.6Moderate
102.6Moderate
112.6Moderate
122.7Moderate
132.7Moderate
142.7Moderate
152.7Moderate
162.7Moderate
172.7Moderate
182.8Moderate
192.8Moderate
202.8Moderate
212.8Moderate
222.9Moderate
232.9Moderate
242.9Moderate
252.9Moderate
263.0Moderate
273.0Moderate
283.0Moderate
293.1Moderate
303.1Moderate
313.1Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Mazarrón?

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

4.9
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Mazarrón for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mazarrón in January

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

In January, Mazarrón sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Mazarrón in January

The nearest coast averages about 15°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 25 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 3 to Nov 2 — about 5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan15Cool
Feb15Bracing
Mar15Bracing
Apr16Cool
May18Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul24Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep24Warm
Oct22Refreshing
Nov19Cool
Dec16Cool

UV index in Mazarrón 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 Mazarrón peaks around July 14 at about 10 (very high) — 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 highHighModerateJul 14UV 10Dec 18UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar6High
Apr8Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Mazarrón?

Mazarrón sits at 37.6°N, 1.3°W, 66 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Totana, 25 km away.

Topography around Mazarrón

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mazarrón has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 390 m around an average of 97 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 780 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,041 m.

The land around Mazarrón is covered by grassland (44%) within 3 km, grassland (31%) and water (27%) within 16 km, and water (33%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
390 m
16 km
780 m
80 km
2,041 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Totana 25 km · Barrio de Peral 29 km · Cartagena 29 km · Alhama de Murcia 30 km · Águilas 32 km · Lorca 35 km · Torre-Pacheco 36 km · La Unión 39 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 Mazarrón (37.5992°, -1.3149°, elevation 66 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).