Mula weather in January

In January, Mula sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 30 mm of precipitation across 5.1 wet days and about 9.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-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 24 min at the start of January to 10 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Mula's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mula's year-round climate.

Daytime high
15°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
30 mm
5.1 wet days
Daylight
9 h 36 min
8:26 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover
43%
5th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
2.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Mula is capital town of the municipality of Mula, 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 15°C through the month.

A typical January day in Mula reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 10°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.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1155
2154
3154
4154
5154
6154
7154
8154
9154
10154
11154
12154
13154
14154
15154
16154
17154
18154
19154
20154
21154
22155
23155
24155
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26155
27155
28155
29155
30155
31155

How January really feels in Mula

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 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
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Mula weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan15° / 305.19.75.2
Feb16° / 284.510.56.0
Mar19° / 415.211.77.0
Apr21° / 10°376.1137.3
May25° / 13°305.1147.8
Jun30° / 17°162.914.66.5
Jul33° / 20°4114.44.9
Aug32° / 20°132.813.54.8
Sep28° / 17°475.512.36.8
Oct24° / 13°385.8117.7
Nov18° / 385.69.96.7
Dec15° / 3259.45.4

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 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16535
26535
36634
46634
56634
66634
76634
86634
96634
106634
116634
126535
136535
146535
156535
166535
176535
186436
196436
206436
216337
226337
236238
246238
256238
266238
276238
286238
296238
306337
316337

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Mula gets around 30 mm of rain and snow over 5.1 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 16% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
112
212
312
412
512
612
712
813
913
1013
1114
1214
1315
1415
1516
1617
1717
1818
1918
2019
2119
2220
2320
2420
2521
2621
2720
2820
2920
3019
3118

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 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
168calm
178calm
188calm
198calm
208calm
218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 24 min at the start of January to 10 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:27 AM to 8:19 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 6:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.48:275:51
29.48:275:52
39.48:275:53
49.48:275:53
59.48:285:54
69.58:285:55
79.58:285:56
89.58:285:57
99.58:285:58
109.58:275:59
119.58:275:59
129.68:276:00
139.68:276:01
149.68:276:02
159.68:276:03
169.68:266:04
179.78:266:05
189.78:266:06
199.78:256:07
209.78:256:08
219.78:246:09
229.88:246:10
239.88:246:11
249.88:236:12
259.98:226:13
269.98:226:15
279.98:216:16
289.98:216:17
2910.08:206:18
3010.08:196:19
3110.08:196:20

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.3 kWh/m² to a high of 7.63 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.67 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.4Moderate
22.4Moderate
32.4Moderate
42.5Moderate
52.5Moderate
62.5Moderate
72.5Moderate
82.5Moderate
92.5Moderate
102.6Moderate
112.6Moderate
122.6Moderate
132.6Moderate
142.6Moderate
152.6Moderate
162.7Moderate
172.7Moderate
182.7Moderate
192.7Moderate
202.8Moderate
212.8Moderate
222.8Moderate
232.8Moderate
242.8Moderate
252.9Moderate
262.9Moderate
272.9Moderate
283.0Moderate
293.0Moderate
303.0Moderate
313.1Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Mula?

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

5.2
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Mula for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mula in January

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

In January, Mula sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Mula in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mula 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 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highVery highHighModerateJul 15UV 10Dec 18UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar7High
Apr8Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Mula?

Mula sits at 38.0°N, 1.5°W, 308 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Archena, 19 km away.

Topography around Mula

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mula has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 272 m around an average of 330 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,109 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,069 m.

The land around Mula is covered by trees (38%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, grassland (34%) and trees (27%) within 16 km, and grassland (29%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
272 m
16 km
1,109 m
80 km
2,069 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Archena 19 km · Las Torres de Cotillas 22 km · Alhama de Murcia 22 km · Cieza 23 km · Molina de Segura 25 km · Alcantarilla 25 km · Cehegín 28 km · Totana 30 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 Mula (38.041°, -1.4901°, elevation 308 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).