Úbeda weather in January

In January, Úbeda sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 68 mm of precipitation across 9.3 wet days and about 9.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 12°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 24 min at the start of January to 10 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Úbeda's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Úbeda's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
68 mm
9.3 wet days
Daylight
9 h 36 min
8:34 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover
52%
10th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
2.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Úbeda is capital of Úbeda 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 12°C through the month.

A typical January day in Úbeda reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1123
2123
3123
4123
5123
6122
7122
8122
9122
10122
11122
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13122
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15122
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20122
21122
22122
23122
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26122
27123
28123
29123
30123
31123

How January really feels in Úbeda

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.

Úbeda 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 689.30.89.73.3
Feb14° / 608.30.910.54.1
Mar17° / 639.10.411.75.7
Apr19° / 619.50.1136.3
May24° / 12°437.70147.4
Jun29° / 16°173.4014.66.6
Jul34° / 20°41.2014.44.3
Aug33° / 19°92.6013.54.3
Sep28° / 16°325.1012.36.9
Oct22° / 11°547.60117.2
Nov16° / 729.40.19.95.1
Dec13° / 789.10.49.43.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
25149
35149
45050
55149
65149
75050
85050
95149
105149
115149
125050
135149
145149
155149
165149
175149
185248
195248
205149
215149
225248
235248
245149
255149
265248
275347
285347
295347
305347
315446

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Úbeda gets around 68 mm of rain and snow over 9.3 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 30% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1301
2302
3302
4302
5302
6292
7292
8282
9282
10282
11282
12282
13282
14282
15282
16282
17292
18292
19292
20302
21302
22313
23313
24323
25323
26323
27323
28323
29323
30323
31323

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
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
176calm
186calm
196calm
206calm
216calm
226calm
236calm
246calm
256calm
266calm
276calm
286calm
296calm
306calm
316calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 24 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 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:35 AM to 8:26 AM, and sunset from 5:59 PM to 6:28 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.48:355:59
29.48:355:59
39.48:356:00
49.48:356:01
59.48:356:02
69.58:356:03
79.58:356:03
89.58:356:04
99.58:356:05
109.58:356:06
119.58:356:07
129.68:356:08
139.68:346:09
149.68:346:10
159.68:346:11
169.68:346:12
179.78:336:13
189.78:336:14
199.78:336:15
209.78:326:16
219.78:326:17
229.88:316:18
239.88:316:19
249.88:306:20
259.98:306:21
269.98:296:22
279.98:296:23
289.98:286:24
2910.08:276:25
3010.08:276:27
3110.08:266:28

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.15 kWh/m² to a high of 7.94 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.47 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.2Moderate
22.2Moderate
32.2Moderate
42.3Moderate
52.3Moderate
62.3Moderate
72.3Moderate
82.3Moderate
92.3Moderate
102.4Moderate
112.4Moderate
122.4Moderate
132.4Moderate
142.4Moderate
152.5Moderate
162.5Moderate
172.5Moderate
182.5Moderate
192.5Moderate
202.5Moderate
212.6Moderate
222.6Moderate
232.6Moderate
242.6Moderate
252.7Moderate
262.7Moderate
272.7Moderate
282.8Moderate
292.8Moderate
302.8Moderate
312.9Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Úbeda?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Úbeda.

What to pack for Úbeda in January

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

In January, Úbeda sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 2°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Úbeda 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 Úbeda peaks around July 17 at about 10 (extreme) — 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 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highVery highHighModerateJul 17UV 10Dec 19UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar7High
Apr8Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Úbeda?

Úbeda sits at 38.0°N, 3.4°W, 766 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Baeza, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Úbeda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Úbeda has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 345 m around an average of 691 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 563 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,202 m.

The land around Úbeda is covered by trees (70%) within 3 km, trees (75%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
345 m
16 km
563 m
80 km
2,202 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Baeza 9.0 km · Linares 25 km · Villanueva del Arzobispo 36 km · La Carolina 36 km · Bailén 37 km · Campiña 41 km · Jaén 46 km · Andújar 60 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 Úbeda (38.0133°, -3.3705°, elevation 766 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).