Moncofa weather in January

In January, Moncofa sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 37 mm of precipitation across 4.5 wet days and about 9.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% 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 Moncofa's 5th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Moncofa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 37 mm; 4.5 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 30 min; 8:26 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover: 43%; 5th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 2.47 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.4; out of 10

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month.

A typical January day in Moncofa reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

Moncofa weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 7°	37	4.5	9.5	5.4
Feb	16° / 8°	24	4.1	10.4	5.8
Mar	18° / 9°	35	4.9	11.7	6.7
Apr	20° / 11°	41	6.1	13	6.9
May	23° / 15°	33	4.8	14.2	7.8
Jun	26° / 19°	18	3.4	14.8	8.1
Jul	29° / 21°	9	1.7	14.5	7.2
Aug	29° / 22°	26	4.2	13.6	6.6
Sep	26° / 19°	57	6.6	12.3	7.4
Oct	23° / 15°	52	6.3	10.9	7.6
Nov	18° / 11°	49	5.6	9.8	6.7
Dec	16° / 8°	36	5	9.2	5.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% 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 35%.

	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 (%)	64	64	64	64	64	65	65	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	63	64	65	65	65	67	67	68
Cloudier (%)	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	36	35	35	35	33	33	32

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	64	36
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	68	32

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Moncofa gets around 37 mm of rain and snow over 4.5 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 14% and peaks near 16% on the wettest days, and about 0 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 (%)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

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 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.

	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)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

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 8:27 AM to 8:17 AM, and sunset from 5:40 PM to 6:11 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)	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	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	9.9	9.9
Sunrise (AM)	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:26	8:26	8:26	8:25	8:25	8:25	8:24	8:24	8:23	8:23	8:22	8:21	8:21	8:20	8:19	8:19	8:18	8:17
Sunset (PM)	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:10	6:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.2	8:27	5:40
2	9.2	8:27	5:41
3	9.2	8:27	5:42
4	9.3	8:27	5:43
5	9.3	8:27	5:44
6	9.3	8:27	5:44
7	9.3	8:27	5:45
8	9.3	8:27	5:46
9	9.3	8:27	5:47
10	9.3	8:27	5:48
11	9.4	8:27	5:49
12	9.4	8:27	5:50
13	9.4	8:27	5:51
14	9.4	8:26	5:52
15	9.4	8:26	5:53
16	9.5	8:26	5:54
17	9.5	8:25	5:55
18	9.5	8:25	5:56
19	9.5	8:25	5:57
20	9.6	8:24	5:58
21	9.6	8:24	5:59
22	9.6	8:23	6:00
23	9.6	8:23	6:02
24	9.7	8:22	6:03
25	9.7	8:21	6:04
26	9.7	8:21	6:05
27	9.8	8:20	6:06
28	9.8	8:19	6:07
29	9.8	8:19	6:08
30	9.9	8:18	6:10
31	9.9	8:17	6:11

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.13 kWh/m² to a high of 7.36 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.47 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)	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	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	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9
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	2.2	Moderate
2	2.2	Moderate
3	2.2	Moderate
4	2.3	Moderate
5	2.3	Moderate
6	2.3	Moderate
7	2.3	Moderate
8	2.3	Moderate
9	2.3	Moderate
10	2.4	Moderate
11	2.4	Moderate
12	2.4	Moderate
13	2.4	Moderate
14	2.4	Moderate
15	2.5	Moderate
16	2.5	Moderate
17	2.5	Moderate
18	2.5	Moderate
19	2.5	Moderate
20	2.5	Moderate
21	2.6	Moderate
22	2.6	Moderate
23	2.6	Moderate
24	2.6	Moderate
25	2.7	Moderate
26	2.7	Moderate
27	2.7	Moderate
28	2.8	Moderate
29	2.8	Moderate
30	2.9	Moderate
31	2.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Moncofa?

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

5.4

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Moncofa for sightseeing.

What to pack for Moncofa in January

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

In January, Moncofa sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Moncofa 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 offshore is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 1 to Nov 2 — about 5.1 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	14	14	14	16	18	22	25	26	25	22	19	16
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	14	Bracing
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	16	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	22	Refreshing
Nov	19	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Moncofa 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 Moncofa peaks around July 15 at about 9 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	7	6	9	9	8	6	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	7	High
May	6	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Moncofa?

Moncofa sits at 39.8°N, 0.1°W, 0 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Burriana, 10 km away.

Topography around Moncofa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Moncofa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 35 m around an average of 8 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 868 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,022 m.

The land around Moncofa is covered by grassland (47%) within 3 km, water (41%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and water (36%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

35 m

grassland 47%

16 km

868 m

water 41%

80 km

2,022 m

water 36%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

January weather nearby: Burriana 10 km · Vila-real 15 km · Almassora 17 km · Sagunto 17 km · Onda 20 km · Grao de Murviedro 20 km · Castelló de la Plana 21 km · El Grao 23 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

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 Moncofa (39.8091°, -0.147°, elevation 0 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	64	36
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	68	32

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	64	36
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	68	32

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	64	36
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	68	32

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

	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