Santa Eulària des Riu weather in January

In January, Santa Eulària des Riu sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 30 mm of rain across 6 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 18 min at the start of January to 10 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Santa Eulària des Riu's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Eulària des Riu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
12th warmest
Overnight low
11°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
30 mm
6 wet days
Daylight
9 h 30 min
8:17 AM – 5:50 PM
Cloud cover
45%
9th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
2.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Santa Eulària des Riu is capital of Santa Eulària des Riu Municipality, 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 16°C through the month.

A typical January day in Santa Eulària des Riu reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Santa Eulària des Riu

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.

Santa Eulària des Riu weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan16° / 11°3069.65.5
Feb16° / 11°254.910.55.7
Mar18° / 12°224.411.76.8
Apr20° / 14°265137.2
May23° / 17°202.914.18.3
Jun27° / 20°81.714.78.4
Jul30° / 23°30.414.57.1
Aug30° / 24°151.713.56.5
Sep27° / 22°414.712.37.4
Oct24° / 19°446117.7
Nov19° / 14°467.19.96.8
Dec17° / 12°365.79.36.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16535
26535
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Santa Eulària des Riu gets around 30 mm of rain over 6 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 19% and peaks near 24% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
115
215
315
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515
615
715
815
915
1016
1116
1216
1317
1417
1518
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2122
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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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1973
2973
3982
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5982
6991
7991
8991
9991
10991
11991
12991
13991
14991
15991
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31991

Wind in January

Winds average 17 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 18 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 42 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:18 AM to 8:09 AM, and sunset from 5:36 PM to 6:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.38:185:36
29.38:185:37
39.38:185:38
49.38:185:39
59.48:185:39
69.48:185:40
79.48:185:41
89.48:185:42
99.48:185:43
109.48:185:44
119.48:185:45
129.58:185:46
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149.58:175:48
159.58:175:49
169.58:175:50
179.68:165:51
189.68:165:52
199.68:165:53
209.68:155:54
219.78:155:55
229.78:145:56
239.78:145:57
249.78:135:58
259.88:135:59
269.88:126:00
279.88:116:01
289.98:116:02
299.98:106:04
309.98:096:05
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.17 kWh/m² to a high of 7.55 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.5 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.3Moderate
22.3Moderate
32.3Moderate
42.3Moderate
52.3Moderate
62.3Moderate
72.3Moderate
82.4Moderate
92.4Moderate
102.4Moderate
112.4Moderate
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292.8Moderate
302.9Moderate
312.9Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Santa Eulària des Riu?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.4
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Santa Eulària des Riu for sightseeing.

What to pack for Santa Eulària des Riu in January

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

In January, Santa Eulària des Riu sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Santa Eulària des Riu 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 15 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 2 to Nov 6 — about 5.2 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 Santa Eulària des Riu 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 Santa Eulària des Riu peaks around July 16 at about 9 (very high) — 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateVery highHighModerateLowJul 16UV 9Dec 18UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar5High
Apr4Moderate
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Santa Eulària des Riu?

Santa Eulària des Riu sits at 39.0°N, 1.5°E, 9 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Ibiza, 12 km away.

Sant AgustíSon RapinyaPalmaJaveaMarratxí

Topography around Santa Eulària des Riu

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Santa Eulària des Riu.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Eulària des Riu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 235 m around an average of 36 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 402 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 477 m.

The land around Santa Eulària des Riu is covered by water (32%), trees (27%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, water (56%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and water (93%) within 80 km.

3 km
235 m
16 km
402 m
80 km
477 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Ibiza 12 km · Sant Antoni de Portmany 20 km · Calvià 106 km · Sant Agustí 111 km · Son Rapinya 115 km · Palma 116 km · Javea 120 km · Marratxí 125 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 Santa Eulària des Riu (38.9846°, 1.5341°, elevation 9 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).