Tarancón weather in January

In January, Tarancón sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 45 mm of precipitation across 8.1 wet days and about 9.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% 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 Tarancón's 10th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tarancón's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
45 mm
8.1 wet days
Daylight
9 h 30 min
8:38 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover
55%
10th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
2.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.4
out of 10

Tarancón is capital of Tarancón 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 10°C through the month.

A typical January day in Tarancón reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 14°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)
1102
2102
3102
4102
5102
6102
7102
8102
9101
10101
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How January really feels in Tarancón

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 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
31
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Tarancón weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan10° / 458.10.99.52.4
Feb12° / 407.2110.43.4
Mar16° / 488.10.411.75.1
Apr18° / 579.10.1136.0
May23° / 11°498.2014.27.1
Jun29° / 15°244.5014.86.7
Jul33° / 19°91.6014.54.7
Aug32° / 18°122.7013.64.9
Sep27° / 14°274.5012.37.5
Oct20° / 10°628.5010.96.7
Nov14° / 608.40.19.84.2
Dec11° / 558.30.89.22.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% 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 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
25050
34951
44852
54852
64852
74951
84951
94852
104852
114852
124852
134852
144852
154852
164852
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224852
234852
244951
254951
264852
274951
285050
295050
305149
315050

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Tarancón gets around 45 mm of rain and snow over 8.1 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 26% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1283
2293
3293
4293
5293
6283
7283
8273
9273
10273
11263
12263
13263
14263
15263
16253
17252
18252
19252
20253
21253
22253
23263
24263
25263
26263
27263
28263
29263
30263
31263

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
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8100
9100
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11100
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14100
15100
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18100
19100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
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26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
1311calm
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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 8:39 AM to 8:29 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 6:22 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.28:395:51
29.28:395:52
39.28:395:53
49.28:395:54
59.38:395:54
69.38:395:55
79.38:395:56
89.38:395:57
99.38:395:58
109.38:395:59
119.38:396:00
129.48:396:01
139.48:396:02
149.48:386:03
159.48:386:04
169.58:386:05
179.58:376:06
189.58:376:07
199.58:376:08
209.68:366:09
219.68:366:10
229.68:356:11
239.68:356:12
249.78:346:14
259.78:336:15
269.78:336:16
279.78:326:17
289.88:316:18
299.88:316:19
309.88:306:21
319.98:296:22

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.88 kWh/m² to a high of 7.86 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.16 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.9Dim
21.9Dim
31.9Dim
41.9Dim
51.9Dim
61.9Dim
72.0Dim
82.0Dim
92.0Moderate
102.0Moderate
112.0Moderate
122.1Moderate
132.1Moderate
142.1Moderate
152.1Moderate
162.2Moderate
172.2Moderate
182.2Moderate
192.2Moderate
202.3Moderate
212.3Moderate
222.3Moderate
232.3Moderate
242.4Moderate
252.4Moderate
262.4Moderate
272.5Moderate
282.5Moderate
292.5Moderate
302.5Moderate
312.6Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Tarancón?

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

2.4
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 Tarancón.

What to pack for Tarancón in January

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

In January, Tarancón sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Tarancón 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 Tarancón peaks around July 15 at about 10 (extreme) — 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 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 10Dec 18UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct4Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Tarancón?

Tarancón sits at 40.0°N, 3.0°W, 817 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Arganda, 49 km away.

Topography around Tarancón

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tarancón has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 140 m around an average of 786 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 428 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 921 m.

The land around Tarancón is covered by cropland (55%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, cropland (72%) within 16 km, and cropland (62%) within 80 km.

3 km
140 m
16 km
428 m
80 km
921 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Arganda 49 km · Aranjuez 51 km · San Martín de la Vega 53 km · Ciempozuelos 55 km · Rivas-Vaciamadrid 55 km · Mejorada del Campo 59 km · Seseña 60 km · Alcalá de Henares 61 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 Tarancón (40.0085°, -3.0073°, elevation 817 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).