Novelda weather in January

In January, Novelda sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 28 mm of precipitation across 4.9 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 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% 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 Novelda's 5th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Novelda's year-round climate.

Daytime high
14°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
28 mm
4.9 wet days
Daylight
9 h 36 min
8:24 AM – 6:00 PM
Cloud cover
44%
5th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
2.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Novelda is capital town of the municipality of Novelda, 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 Novelda reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 18°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)
1145
2145
3145
4145
5145
6145
7145
8145
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10145
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30145
31145

Novelda 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan14° / 284.90.39.64.7
Feb15° / 234.70.510.55.3
Mar18° / 325.50.111.76.5
Apr20° / 10°396.60136.9
May24° / 13°325.4014.17.8
Jun28° / 17°193.3014.67.3
Jul31° / 20°51.4014.45.9
Aug31° / 20°143.5013.55.6
Sep27° / 17°406.3012.37.2
Oct22° / 13°366.20117.5
Nov17° / 345.90.19.96.2
Dec14° / 254.70.39.44.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16634
26634
36634
46634
56733
66733
76733
86733
96733
106733
116634
126634
136634
146535
156535
166535
176436
186436
196337
206337
216238
226139
236139
246139
256139
266139
276139
286238
296238
306238
316238

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Novelda gets around 28 mm of rain and snow over 4.9 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 20% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1130
2130
3130
4130
5130
6120
7121
8121
9121
10131
11131
12131
13131
14141
15141
16151
17151
18161
19161
20171
21182
22182
23192
24192
25192
26202
27202
28202
29191
30191
31191

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
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3100
4100
5100
6100
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8100
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22100
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24100
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28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 10 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
210calm
310calm
410calm
510calm
610calm
710calm
810calm
910calm
1010calm
1110calm
1210calm
1310calm
1410calm
1510calm
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1810calm
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2010calm
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3111calm

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 8:25 AM to 8:16 AM, and sunset from 5:47 PM to 6:16 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.48:255:47
29.48:255:48
39.48:255:49
49.48:265:50
59.48:265:50
69.48:265:51
79.48:265:52
89.58:265:53
99.58:265:54
109.58:265:55
119.58:255:56
129.58:255:57
139.58:255:57
149.68:255:58
159.68:255:59
169.68:246:00
179.68:246:01
189.68:246:02
199.78:236:03
209.78:236:04
219.78:226:06
229.78:226:07
239.88:216:08
249.88:216:09
259.88:206:10
269.98:206:11
279.98:196:12
289.98:196:13
299.98:186:14
3010.08:176:15
3110.08:166:16

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.25 kWh/m² to a high of 7.53 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.62 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.4Moderate
22.4Moderate
32.4Moderate
42.4Moderate
52.4Moderate
62.4Moderate
72.5Moderate
82.5Moderate
92.5Moderate
102.5Moderate
112.5Moderate
122.5Moderate
132.6Moderate
142.6Moderate
152.6Moderate
162.6Moderate
172.6Moderate
182.6Moderate
192.7Moderate
202.7Moderate
212.7Moderate
222.7Moderate
232.8Moderate
242.8Moderate
252.8Moderate
262.8Moderate
272.9Moderate
282.9Moderate
292.9Moderate
303.0Moderate
313.0Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Novelda?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Novelda for sightseeing.

What to pack for Novelda in January

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

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

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Novelda 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 31 km away) 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 3 — about 5.1 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan15Bracing
Feb14Bracing
Mar15Bracing
Apr16Cool
May18Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep25Warm
Oct22Refreshing
Nov19Cool
Dec16Cool

UV index in Novelda 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 Novelda peaks around July 14 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highVery highHighModerateJul 14UV 10Dec 18UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar6High
Apr8Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Novelda?

Novelda sits at 38.4°N, 0.8°W, 247 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Aspe, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Novelda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Novelda has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 164 m around an average of 255 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,083 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,544 m.

The land around Novelda is covered by grassland (44%) within 3 km, grassland (53%) within 16 km, and grassland (25%), trees (23%) and water (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
164 m
16 km
1,083 m
80 km
1,544 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Aspe 4.0 km · Elda 11 km · Elche 15 km · Crevillente 15 km · San Vicent del Raspeig 21 km · Alicante 25 km · Santa Pola 28 km · Mutxamel 28 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 Novelda (38.3848°, -0.7677°, elevation 247 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).