Torrox weather in January

In January, Torrox sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 56 mm of precipitation across 7.3 wet days and about 9.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-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 47% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 30 min at the start of January to 10 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Torrox's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Torrox's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 56 mm; 7.3 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 42 min; 8:33 AM – 6:17 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 11th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 2.7 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

Torrox is capital of Torrox Municipality, 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 Torrox reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than 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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	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)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

Torrox weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 10°	56	7.3	9.8	4.2
Feb	14° / 10°	48	7.1	10.6	4.3
Mar	15° / 12°	51	6.8	11.7	5.1
Apr	16° / 13°	38	6.7	12.9	5.8
May	19° / 16°	24	4.8	13.9	7.2
Jun	22° / 19°	9	1.3	14.5	8.8
Jul	25° / 21°	1	0.2	14.3	9.4
Aug	26° / 22°	3	0.6	13.4	9.1
Sep	23° / 20°	19	3.2	12.2	8.4
Oct	20° / 17°	54	6.3	11	7.0
Nov	16° / 13°	68	7	10	5.7
Dec	14° / 11°	72	7.6	9.5	4.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% 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 37%.

	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 (%)	61	62	62	62	63	63	63	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	61	61	62	62	62	63	63	64	65	65	66	66	66	67	67	67
Cloudier (%)	39	38	38	38	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	38	38	38	37	37	36	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	33

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	62	38
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Torrox gets around 56 mm of rain and snow over 7.3 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 24% and peaks near 27% 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 (%)	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	27	26	26	26	25	25

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

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 (%)	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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	15	15	15	15	15	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	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	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 30 min at the start of January to 10 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:33 AM to 8:26 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:33 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)	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1
Sunrise (AM)	8:33	8:33	8:34	8:34	8:34	8:34	8:34	8:34	8:34	8:34	8:34	8:34	8:33	8:33	8:33	8:33	8:33	8:32	8:32	8:32	8:31	8:31	8:30	8:30	8:29	8:29	8:28	8:28	8:27	8:26	8:26
Sunset (PM)	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:31	6:32	6:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.5	8:33	6:05
2	9.5	8:33	6:05
3	9.5	8:34	6:06
4	9.6	8:34	6:07
5	9.6	8:34	6:08
6	9.6	8:34	6:08
7	9.6	8:34	6:09
8	9.6	8:34	6:10
9	9.6	8:34	6:11
10	9.6	8:34	6:12
11	9.7	8:34	6:13
12	9.7	8:34	6:14
13	9.7	8:33	6:15
14	9.7	8:33	6:15
15	9.7	8:33	6:16
16	9.7	8:33	6:17
17	9.8	8:33	6:18
18	9.8	8:32	6:19
19	9.8	8:32	6:20
20	9.8	8:32	6:21
21	9.9	8:31	6:22
22	9.9	8:31	6:23
23	9.9	8:30	6:24
24	9.9	8:30	6:25
25	10.0	8:29	6:26
26	10.0	8:29	6:27
27	10.0	8:28	6:28
28	10.0	8:28	6:29
29	10.1	8:27	6:31
30	10.1	8:26	6:32
31	10.1	8:26	6:33

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.36 kWh/m² to a high of 7.85 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.7 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)	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1
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	2.4	Moderate
2	2.4	Moderate
3	2.5	Moderate
4	2.5	Moderate
5	2.5	Moderate
6	2.5	Moderate
7	2.5	Moderate
8	2.5	Moderate
9	2.6	Moderate
10	2.6	Moderate
11	2.6	Moderate
12	2.6	Moderate
13	2.6	Moderate
14	2.6	Moderate
15	2.7	Moderate
16	2.7	Moderate
17	2.7	Moderate
18	2.7	Moderate
19	2.8	Moderate
20	2.8	Moderate
21	2.8	Moderate
22	2.8	Moderate
23	2.9	Moderate
24	2.9	Moderate
25	2.9	Moderate
26	3.0	Moderate
27	3.0	Moderate
28	3.0	Moderate
29	3.0	Moderate
30	3.1	Moderate
31	3.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Torrox?

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

4.2

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Torrox for sightseeing.

What to pack for Torrox in January

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

In January, Torrox sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Torrox 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 16 km away) is warmest in August at about 24°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 16 to Oct 11 — about 3.9 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	15	15	16	18	20	22	24	22	20	17	16
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Cool
Feb	15	Cool
Mar	15	Cool
Apr	16	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	20	Refreshing
Jul	22	Refreshing
Aug	24	Refreshing
Sep	22	Refreshing
Oct	20	Cool
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Torrox 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 Torrox peaks around July 16 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (moderate).

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	7	8	7	8	10	8	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Torrox?

Torrox sits at 36.8°N, 4.0°W, 147 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Nerja, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Torrox

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Torrox has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 555 m around an average of 199 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,818 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,448 m.

The land around Torrox is covered by trees (35%), shrubs (29%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, water (43%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and water (31%), trees (29%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

555 m

trees 35%

16 km

1,818 m

water 43%

80 km

3,448 m

water 31%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: Nerja 7.0 km · Torre del Mar 13 km · Vélez-Málaga 14 km · Almuñécar 23 km · Rincón de la Victoria 29 km · Motril 39 km · Malaga 42 km · Las Gabias 49 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 Torrox (36.7579°, -3.9523°, elevation 147 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	14	11
2	14	11
3	14	11
4	14	11
5	14	10
6	14	10
7	14	10
8	13	10
9	13	10
10	13	10
11	13	10
12	13	10
13	13	10
14	13	10
15	13	10
16	13	10
17	13	10
18	13	10
19	13	10
20	13	10
21	13	10
22	13	10
23	13	10
24	13	10
25	13	10
26	13	10
27	13	10
28	13	10
29	13	10
30	13	10
31	13	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	62	38
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	62	38
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	62	38
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0