Salou weather in January

In January, Salou sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 42 mm of precipitation across 6.1 wet days and about 9.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Salou's 7th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Salou's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 42 mm; 6.1 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 24 min; 8:24 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 7th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 2.24 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Salou is capital town of the municipality of Salou, Spain.

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 13°C through the month.

A typical January day in Salou reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with 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	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
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

Salou weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 8°	42	6.1	9.4	4.3
Feb	14° / 8°	31	5	10.4	4.7
Mar	16° / 10°	37	5.7	11.7	5.5
Apr	17° / 12°	43	6.9	13.1	6.2
May	20° / 15°	38	5.4	14.3	7.3
Jun	24° / 19°	20	3.4	14.9	8.3
Jul	27° / 22°	18	3.7	14.7	8.1
Aug	27° / 23°	40	5.6	13.6	7.6
Sep	25° / 20°	77	8.6	12.3	7.4
Oct	21° / 16°	78	8.1	10.9	7.0
Nov	17° / 12°	53	6.1	9.7	6.1
Dec	14° / 9°	42	6	9.1	4.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%.

	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 (%)	64	65	65	66	66	65	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	65	64	64	63	63	63	62	63	63	63	63	64	64	64
Cloudier (%)	36	35	35	34	34	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	36	36	37	37	37	38	37	37	37	37	36	36	36

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	65	35
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	65	35
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	62	38
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	64	36

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Salou gets around 42 mm of rain and snow over 6.1 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 20% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	21

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

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 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
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	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	16	light breeze
21	16	light breeze
22	16	light breeze
23	16	light breeze
24	16	light breeze
25	16	light breeze
26	16	light breeze
27	16	light breeze
28	16	light breeze
29	16	light breeze
30	16	light breeze
31	16	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 48 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 8:26 AM to 8:15 AM, and sunset from 5:31 PM to 6:03 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)	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8
Sunrise (AM)	8:26	8:26	8:26	8:26	8:26	8:26	8:26	8:26	8:26	8:26	8:26	8:25	8:25	8:25	8:25	8:24	8:24	8:23	8:23	8:22	8:22	8:21	8:21	8:20	8:20	8:19	8:18	8:17	8:17	8:16	8:15
Sunset (PM)	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.1	8:26	5:31
2	9.1	8:26	5:32
3	9.1	8:26	5:33
4	9.1	8:26	5:34
5	9.1	8:26	5:35
6	9.2	8:26	5:35
7	9.2	8:26	5:36
8	9.2	8:26	5:37
9	9.2	8:26	5:38
10	9.2	8:26	5:39
11	9.2	8:26	5:40
12	9.3	8:25	5:41
13	9.3	8:25	5:42
14	9.3	8:25	5:43
15	9.3	8:25	5:44
16	9.4	8:24	5:45
17	9.4	8:24	5:46
18	9.4	8:23	5:47
19	9.4	8:23	5:49
20	9.5	8:22	5:50
21	9.5	8:22	5:51
22	9.5	8:21	5:52
23	9.5	8:21	5:53
24	9.6	8:20	5:54
25	9.6	8:20	5:55
26	9.6	8:19	5:57
27	9.7	8:18	5:58
28	9.7	8:17	5:59
29	9.7	8:17	6:00
30	9.8	8:16	6:01
31	9.8	8:15	6:03

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.94 kWh/m² to a high of 7.22 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.24 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)	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	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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	2.0	Moderate
2	2.0	Moderate
3	2.0	Moderate
4	2.0	Moderate
5	2.0	Moderate
6	2.1	Moderate
7	2.1	Moderate
8	2.1	Moderate
9	2.1	Moderate
10	2.1	Moderate
11	2.1	Moderate
12	2.2	Moderate
13	2.2	Moderate
14	2.2	Moderate
15	2.2	Moderate
16	2.2	Moderate
17	2.3	Moderate
18	2.3	Moderate
19	2.3	Moderate
20	2.3	Moderate
21	2.3	Moderate
22	2.4	Moderate
23	2.4	Moderate
24	2.4	Moderate
25	2.5	Moderate
26	2.5	Moderate
27	2.5	Moderate
28	2.5	Moderate
29	2.6	Moderate
30	2.6	Moderate
31	2.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Salou?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Salou for sightseeing.

What to pack for Salou in January

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

In January, Salou sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Salou 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 20 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 7 to Oct 27 — about 4.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	14	13	13	15	17	21	24	26	24	21	18	15
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	14	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	13	Bracing
Apr	15	Bracing
May	17	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	24	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	24	Warm
Oct	21	Refreshing
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	15	Cool

UV index in Salou 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 Salou peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (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	5	7	6	9	9	8	6	4	2	2
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	5	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	6	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Salou?

Salou sits at 41.1°N, 1.1°E, 6 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is La Pineda, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Salou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Salou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 69 m around an average of 15 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 618 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,410 m.

The land around Salou is covered by water (32%), artificial surfaces (24%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, water (51%) within 16 km, and trees (33%) and water (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

69 m

water 32%

16 km

618 m

water 51%

80 km

1,410 m

trees 33%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: La Pineda 3.0 km · Vila-seca 4.0 km · Cambrils 7.0 km · Reus 9.0 km · Tarragona 10 km · Torredembarra 23 km · Valls 25 km · El Vendrell 36 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 Salou (41.0766°, 1.1416°, elevation 6 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	8
2	13	8
3	13	8
4	13	8
5	13	8
6	13	8
7	13	8
8	13	8
9	13	8
10	13	8
11	13	8
12	13	8
13	13	8
14	13	8
15	13	8
16	13	8
17	13	8
18	13	8
19	13	8
20	13	8
21	13	8
22	13	8
23	13	8
24	13	8
25	13	8
26	13	8
27	13	8
28	13	8
29	13	8
30	13	8
31	13	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	65	35
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	65	35
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	62	38
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	64	36

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	65	35
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	65	35
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	62	38
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	64	36

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	65	35
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	65	35
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	62	38
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	64	36

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

	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