Plasencia weather in January

In January, Plasencia sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 96 mm of precipitation across 9.3 wet days and about 9.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-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 39% 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 Plasencia's 10th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Plasencia's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
96 mm
9.3 wet days
Daylight
9 h 30 min
8:50 AM – 6:17 PM
Cloud cover
54%
10th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
2.14 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Plasencia is innhabited place in Plasencia, 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 12°C through the month.

A typical January day in Plasencia reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1114
2114
3114
4114
5114
6114
7114
8114
9114
10114
11113
12113
13113
14113
15113
16113
17113
18113
19113
20113
21123
22123
23124
24124
25124
26124
27124
28124
29124
30124
31124

How January really feels in Plasencia

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.

Plasencia weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 969.39.53.1
Feb14° / 697.110.44.2
Mar17° / 757.911.75.8
Apr19° / 688.8136.4
May23° / 12°517.114.27.4
Jun29° / 16°132.414.86.9
Jul33° / 19°40.914.64.7
Aug32° / 19°81.513.64.9
Sep28° / 16°444.412.37.2
Oct21° / 12°1229.110.96.8
Nov15° / 1059.69.84.7
Dec12° / 1159.49.23.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14654
24654
34654
44654
54654
64654
74654
84654
94753
104753
114753
124753
134852
144951
155050
165050
175149
185149
195149
205248
215248
225347
235248
245347
255248
265248
275347
285248
295248
305248
315248

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Plasencia gets around 96 mm of rain and snow over 9.3 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 30% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
134
234
334
434
534
634
733
833
933
1032
1132
1232
1331
1431
1530
1630
1729
1829
1928
2028
2128
2228
2328
2428
2528
2627
2727
2827
2927
3027
3127

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
18calm
28calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
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 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 8:51 AM to 8:41 AM, and sunset from 6:04 PM to 6:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.28:516:04
29.28:526:04
39.28:526:05
49.28:526:06
59.28:526:07
69.38:526:08
79.38:526:08
89.38:526:09
99.38:526:10
109.38:526:11
119.38:516:12
129.48:516:13
139.48:516:14
149.48:516:15
159.48:506:16
169.58:506:17
179.58:506:18
189.58:496:19
199.58:496:20
209.58:496:21
219.68:486:23
229.68:476:24
239.68:476:25
249.78:466:26
259.78:466:27
269.78:456:28
279.78:446:29
289.88:446:30
299.88:436:32
309.88:426:33
319.98:416:34

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.86 kWh/m² to a high of 7.82 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.14 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.8Dim
21.9Dim
31.9Dim
41.9Dim
51.9Dim
61.9Dim
71.9Dim
81.9Dim
92.0Dim
102.0Dim
112.0Moderate
122.0Moderate
132.0Moderate
142.1Moderate
152.1Moderate
162.1Moderate
172.2Moderate
182.2Moderate
192.2Moderate
202.3Moderate
212.3Moderate
222.3Moderate
232.4Moderate
242.4Moderate
252.4Moderate
262.4Moderate
272.5Moderate
282.5Moderate
292.5Moderate
302.6Moderate
312.6Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Plasencia

In seasonPeak

In January, Plasencia sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Plasencia's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Plasencia?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Plasencia.

What to pack for Plasencia in January

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

In January, Plasencia sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Plasencia 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 Plasencia peaks around July 17 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 17UV 9Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct5Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Plasencia?

Plasencia sits at 40.0°N, 6.1°W, 368 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Béjar, 48 km away.

Talavera de la ReinaSequeiraGuarda

Topography around Plasencia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Plasencia has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 364 m around an average of 398 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,112 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,402 m.

The land around Plasencia is covered by grassland (45%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, grassland (63%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (59%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
364 m
16 km
1,112 m
80 km
2,402 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Béjar 48 km · Navalmoral de la Mata 49 km · Cáceres 66 km · Arenas de San Pedro 87 km · Talavera de la Reina 107 km · Salamanca 110 km · Sequeira 113 km · Guarda 115 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 Plasencia (40.0312°, -6.0884°, elevation 368 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).