Ribeira weather in January

In January, Ribeira sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 163 mm of precipitation across 14 wet days and about 9.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 54 min at the start of January to 9 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ribeira's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ribeira's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 163 mm; 14 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 12 min; 9:08 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 12th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 1.59 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.6; out of 10

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ribeira reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 14°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)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

Ribeira 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 5°	163	14	9.2	2.6
Feb	12° / 5°	113	11.2	10.3	3.2
Mar	15° / 6°	124	12.3	11.6	4.2
Apr	16° / 8°	130	14.4	13.1	4.4
May	18° / 10°	111	13.2	14.4	5.5
Jun	21° / 12°	60	8.6	15.1	6.8
Jul	24° / 14°	33	5.9	14.8	7.8
Aug	24° / 14°	48	6.6	13.7	7.8
Sep	22° / 13°	80	8.8	12.3	6.9
Oct	18° / 11°	166	13.9	10.8	5.3
Nov	14° / 8°	168	15	9.6	3.5
Dec	12° / 6°	165	13.7	8.9	2.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

	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 (%)	30	30	30	29	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	34	34	34	34	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	36
Cloudier (%)	70	70	70	71	70	70	70	70	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	66	66	66	66	65	65	64	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	64

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	36	64
29	37	63
30	37	63
31	36	64

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ribeira gets around 163 mm of rain and snow over 14 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 46% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	49	49	50	50	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	47	47	46	45	45	44	43	42	42	41	40	39	39	39	39	39

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	50
4	50
5	49
6	49
7	49
8	49
9	49
10	49
11	49
12	49
13	48
14	48
15	48
16	47
17	47
18	46
19	45
20	45
21	44
22	43
23	42
24	42
25	41
26	40
27	39
28	39
29	39
30	39
31	39

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 99% 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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in January

Winds average 13 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 54 min 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 48 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:10 AM to 8:57 AM, and sunset from 6:04 PM to 6:37 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)	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.7
Sunrise (AM)	9:10	9:10	9:10	9:10	9:10	9:10	9:10	9:10	9:10	9:09	9:09	9:09	9:09	9:08	9:08	9:08	9:07	9:07	9:06	9:06	9:05	9:04	9:04	9:03	9:02	9:02	9:01	9:00	8:59	8:58	8:57
Sunset (PM)	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:36	6:37

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	8.9	9:10	6:04
2	8.9	9:10	6:05
3	8.9	9:10	6:06
4	8.9	9:10	6:07
5	9.0	9:10	6:07
6	9.0	9:10	6:08
7	9.0	9:10	6:09
8	9.0	9:10	6:10
9	9.0	9:10	6:11
10	9.0	9:09	6:12
11	9.1	9:09	6:13
12	9.1	9:09	6:14
13	9.1	9:09	6:15
14	9.1	9:08	6:16
15	9.2	9:08	6:17
16	9.2	9:08	6:19
17	9.2	9:07	6:20
18	9.2	9:07	6:21
19	9.3	9:06	6:22
20	9.3	9:06	6:23
21	9.3	9:05	6:24
22	9.4	9:04	6:26
23	9.4	9:04	6:27
24	9.4	9:03	6:28
25	9.4	9:02	6:29
26	9.5	9:02	6:30
27	9.5	9:01	6:32
28	9.5	9:00	6:33
29	9.6	8:59	6:34
30	9.6	8:58	6:36
31	9.7	8:57	6:37

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.37 kWh/m² to a high of 6.52 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.59 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)	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.4	Dim
2	1.4	Dim
3	1.4	Dim
4	1.4	Dim
5	1.4	Dim
6	1.4	Dim
7	1.4	Dim
8	1.4	Dim
9	1.4	Dim
10	1.4	Dim
11	1.5	Dim
12	1.5	Dim
13	1.5	Dim
14	1.5	Dim
15	1.5	Dim
16	1.6	Dim
17	1.6	Dim
18	1.6	Dim
19	1.6	Dim
20	1.7	Dim
21	1.7	Dim
22	1.7	Dim
23	1.8	Dim
24	1.8	Dim
25	1.8	Dim
26	1.9	Dim
27	1.9	Dim
28	1.9	Dim
29	1.9	Dim
30	2.0	Dim
31	2.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Ribeira?

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

2.6

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ribeira.

What to pack for Ribeira in January

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

In January, Ribeira sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Ribeira 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 at the nearest coast (about 54 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

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

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

UV index in Ribeira 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 Ribeira peaks around July 15 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (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	2	5	6	7	8	9	8	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

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

Location & terrain

Where is Ribeira?

Ribeira sits at 42.7°N, 8.4°W, 158 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is A Estrada, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Ribeira

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ribeira has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 303 m around an average of 167 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 823 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,307 m.

The land around Ribeira is covered by trees (61%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, trees (66%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and trees (52%), grassland (24%) and water (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

303 m

trees 61%

16 km

823 m

trees 66%

80 km

1,307 m

trees 52%

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

January weather nearby: A Estrada 7.0 km · Teo 11 km · Santiago de Compostela 18 km · Lalín 28 km · Vilagarcía de Arousa 31 km · Boiro 38 km · Pontevedra 38 km · Poio 38 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 Ribeira (42.7381°, -8.4411°, elevation 158 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	12	5
2	12	5
3	12	5
4	11	5
5	11	5
6	11	5
7	11	5
8	11	5
9	11	5
10	11	5
11	11	5
12	11	5
13	11	5
14	11	5
15	11	5
16	11	5
17	11	5
18	11	5
19	11	5
20	11	5
21	11	5
22	11	5
23	11	5
24	11	5
25	11	5
26	11	5
27	12	5
28	12	5
29	12	5
30	12	5
31	12	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	36	64
29	37	63
30	37	63
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	50
4	50
5	49
6	49
7	49
8	49
9	49
10	49
11	49
12	49
13	48
14	48
15	48
16	47
17	47
18	46
19	45
20	45
21	44
22	43
23	42
24	42
25	41
26	40
27	39
28	39
29	39
30	39
31	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	36	64
29	37	63
30	37	63
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	50
4	50
5	49
6	49
7	49
8	49
9	49
10	49
11	49
12	49
13	48
14	48
15	48
16	47
17	47
18	46
19	45
20	45
21	44
22	43
23	42
24	42
25	41
26	40
27	39
28	39
29	39
30	39
31	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	36	64
29	37	63
30	37	63
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	50
4	50
5	49
6	49
7	49
8	49
9	49
10	49
11	49
12	49
13	48
14	48
15	48
16	47
17	47
18	46
19	45
20	45
21	44
22	43
23	42
24	42
25	41
26	40
27	39
28	39
29	39
30	39
31	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0
31	100	0