Palafrugell weather in January

In January, Palafrugell sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 58 mm of rain across 6.7 wet days and about 9.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 12°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 hours at the start of January to 9 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Palafrugell's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Palafrugell's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 58 mm; 6.7 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 18 min; 8:19 AM – 5:35 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 7th clearest
Wind: 21 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 2.06 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

Palafrugell is capital city of the municipality of Palafrugell.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 12°C through the month.

A typical January day in Palafrugell reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with 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)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

Palafrugell weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-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	12° / 10°	58	6.7	9.3	3.6
Feb	12° / 9°	44	6.1	10.3	3.6
Mar	13° / 11°	50	6.2	11.7	4.2
Apr	15° / 12°	49	7	13.1	4.9
May	18° / 15°	38	5.3	14.3	6.4
Jun	21° / 19°	17	3.2	15	7.9
Jul	24° / 22°	13	1.8	14.7	8.8
Aug	24° / 22°	13	2.6	13.7	8.6
Sep	22° / 20°	60	5.8	12.3	7.6
Oct	19° / 17°	86	7.9	10.9	6.5
Nov	16° / 13°	71	7.7	9.6	5.2
Dec	13° / 11°	60	6.5	9	4.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% 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 41%.

	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 (%)	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	58	59	59	59	58	59	59	59	60	60	60	60
Cloudier (%)	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	41	41	41	42	41	41	41	40	40	40	40

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	58	42
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	58	42
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Palafrugell gets around 58 mm of rain over 6.7 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 21% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22

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

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 21 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 22 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)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 hours at the start of January to 9 h 42 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 8:21 AM to 8:09 AM, and sunset from 5:20 PM to 5:52 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)	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7
Sunrise (AM)	8:21	8:21	8:21	8:21	8:21	8:21	8:21	8:21	8:20	8:20	8:20	8:20	8:20	8:19	8:19	8:19	8:18	8:18	8:17	8:17	8:16	8:16	8:15	8:14	8:14	8:13	8:12	8:11	8:11	8:10	8:09
Sunset (PM)	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.0	8:21	5:20
2	9.0	8:21	5:21
3	9.0	8:21	5:22
4	9.0	8:21	5:23
5	9.0	8:21	5:24
6	9.1	8:21	5:25
7	9.1	8:21	5:26
8	9.1	8:21	5:26
9	9.1	8:20	5:27
10	9.1	8:20	5:28
11	9.2	8:20	5:29
12	9.2	8:20	5:30
13	9.2	8:20	5:31
14	9.2	8:19	5:33
15	9.2	8:19	5:34
16	9.3	8:19	5:35
17	9.3	8:18	5:36
18	9.3	8:18	5:37
19	9.3	8:17	5:38
20	9.4	8:17	5:39
21	9.4	8:16	5:40
22	9.4	8:16	5:41
23	9.5	8:15	5:43
24	9.5	8:14	5:44
25	9.5	8:14	5:45
26	9.6	8:13	5:46
27	9.6	8:12	5:47
28	9.6	8:11	5:49
29	9.7	8:11	5:50
30	9.7	8:10	5:51
31	9.7	8:09	5:52

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.77 kWh/m² to a high of 6.8 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.06 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)	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.5
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	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	1.8	Dim
2	1.9	Dim
3	1.9	Dim
4	1.9	Dim
5	1.9	Dim
6	1.9	Dim
7	1.9	Dim
8	1.9	Dim
9	1.9	Dim
10	2.0	Dim
11	2.0	Dim
12	2.0	Dim
13	2.0	Moderate
14	2.0	Moderate
15	2.0	Moderate
16	2.1	Moderate
17	2.1	Moderate
18	2.1	Moderate
19	2.1	Moderate
20	2.1	Moderate
21	2.1	Moderate
22	2.2	Moderate
23	2.2	Moderate
24	2.2	Moderate
25	2.3	Moderate
26	2.3	Moderate
27	2.3	Moderate
28	2.3	Moderate
29	2.4	Moderate
30	2.4	Moderate
31	2.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Palafrugell?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Palafrugell.

What to pack for Palafrugell in January

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

In January, Palafrugell sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and a windbreaker. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera windbreaker

Sea temperature near Palafrugell in January

The nearest coast averages about 13°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 24°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 21 to Oct 6 — about 3.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	13	13	13	14	16	20	22	24	22	19	17	15
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	13	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	13	Bracing
Apr	14	Bracing
May	16	Cool
Jun	20	Cool
Jul	22	Refreshing
Aug	24	Refreshing
Sep	22	Refreshing
Oct	19	Cool
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	15	Bracing

UV index in Palafrugell 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 Palafrugell peaks around July 13 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	4	7	6	8	9	7	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	6	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Palafrugell?

Palafrugell sits at 41.9°N, 3.2°E, 69 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Palamós, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Palafrugell

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Palafrugell has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 179 m around an average of 73 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 525 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,699 m.

The land around Palafrugell is covered by trees (45%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, water (48%) and trees (27%) within 16 km, and water (43%) and trees (40%) within 80 km.

3 km

179 m

trees 45%

16 km

525 m

water 48%

80 km

1,699 m

water 43%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

January weather nearby: Palamós 8.0 km · Sant Feliu de Guíxols 18 km · Girona 29 km · Salt 31 km · Lloret de Mar 36 km · Roses 38 km · Banyoles 40 km · Blanes 41 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
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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 Palafrugell (41.9174°, 3.1631°, elevation 69 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	13	10
2	12	10
3	12	10
4	12	10
5	12	10
6	12	10
7	12	10
8	12	10
9	12	10
10	12	10
11	12	10
12	12	10
13	12	10
14	12	10
15	12	10
16	12	10
17	12	10
18	12	10
19	12	10
20	12	10
21	12	10
22	12	9
23	12	9
24	12	9
25	12	9
26	12	9
27	12	9
28	12	9
29	12	9
30	12	9
31	12	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	58	42
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	58	42
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	58	42
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	58	42
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	58	42
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	58	42
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

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

	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