Yecla weather in January

In January, Yecla sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 24 mm of precipitation across 4.4 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-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 49% 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 Yecla's 5th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yecla's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 24 mm; 4.4 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 36 min; 8:26 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 5th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 2.6 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

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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 Yecla reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than 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	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5

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

How January really feels in Yecla

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Yecla 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 4°	24	4.4	0.3	9.6	4.4
Feb	15° / 5°	21	4.8	0.5	10.5	5.1
Mar	17° / 7°	31	5.4	0.1	11.7	6.4
Apr	20° / 9°	38	6.4	0	13	6.9
May	24° / 13°	33	5.5	0	14.1	7.8
Jun	29° / 17°	19	3.3	0	14.6	7.0
Jul	32° / 20°	5	1.6	0	14.4	5.4
Aug	31° / 20°	15	3.3	0	13.5	5.3
Sep	27° / 17°	38	5.7	0	12.3	7.2
Oct	22° / 13°	33	5.5	0	11	7.5
Nov	17° / 8°	32	5.6	0.1	9.9	6.0
Dec	14° / 5°	24	4.7	0.3	9.4	4.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% 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 36%.

	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 (%)	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	65	65	65	65	63	63	63	62	61	61	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	61	61
Cloudier (%)	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	35	35	35	35	37	37	37	38	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	39	39

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	62	38
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	61	39
31	61	39

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Yecla gets around 24 mm of rain and snow over 4.4 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 14% and peaks near 18% 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 (%)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17
Snow chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1

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

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 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.

	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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

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 8:27 AM to 8:18 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 6:17 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)	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0
Sunrise (AM)	8:27	8:27	8:28	8:28	8:28	8:28	8:28	8:28	8:28	8:28	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:26	8:26	8:26	8:25	8:25	8:24	8:24	8:23	8:23	8:22	8:22	8:21	8:20	8:20	8:19	8:18
Sunset (PM)	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.3	8:27	5:48
2	9.4	8:27	5:49
3	9.4	8:28	5:49
4	9.4	8:28	5:50
5	9.4	8:28	5:51
6	9.4	8:28	5:52
7	9.4	8:28	5:53
8	9.4	8:28	5:54
9	9.4	8:28	5:55
10	9.5	8:28	5:55
11	9.5	8:27	5:56
12	9.5	8:27	5:57
13	9.5	8:27	5:58
14	9.5	8:27	5:59
15	9.6	8:27	6:00
16	9.6	8:26	6:01
17	9.6	8:26	6:02
18	9.6	8:26	6:03
19	9.6	8:25	6:04
20	9.7	8:25	6:05
21	9.7	8:24	6:06
22	9.7	8:24	6:07
23	9.8	8:23	6:08
24	9.8	8:23	6:10
25	9.8	8:22	6:11
26	9.8	8:22	6:12
27	9.9	8:21	6:13
28	9.9	8:20	6:14
29	9.9	8:20	6:15
30	10.0	8:19	6:16
31	10.0	8:18	6:17

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.24 kWh/m² to a high of 7.53 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.6 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	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0
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	2.4	Moderate
4	2.4	Moderate
5	2.4	Moderate
6	2.4	Moderate
7	2.5	Moderate
8	2.5	Moderate
9	2.5	Moderate
10	2.5	Moderate
11	2.5	Moderate
12	2.5	Moderate
13	2.5	Moderate
14	2.6	Moderate
15	2.6	Moderate
16	2.6	Moderate
17	2.6	Moderate
18	2.6	Moderate
19	2.7	Moderate
20	2.7	Moderate
21	2.7	Moderate
22	2.7	Moderate
23	2.7	Moderate
24	2.8	Moderate
25	2.8	Moderate
26	2.8	Moderate
27	2.9	Moderate
28	2.9	Moderate
29	2.9	Moderate
30	2.9	Moderate
31	3.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Yecla?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Yecla for sightseeing.

What to pack for Yecla in January

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

In January, Yecla sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Yecla 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 69 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 1 to Nov 3 — about 5.1 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	14	15	16	18	22	25	26	25	22	19	16
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Bracing
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	15	Bracing
Apr	16	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	22	Refreshing
Nov	19	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Yecla 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 Yecla peaks around July 14 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 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	6	8	7	9	11	8	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Yecla?

Yecla sits at 38.6°N, 1.1°W, 620 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Villena, 22 km away.

Topography around Yecla

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yecla has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 202 m around an average of 610 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 741 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,544 m.

The land around Yecla is covered by grassland (38%) within 3 km, cropland (32%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and trees (29%), grassland (27%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

202 m

grassland 38%

16 km

741 m

cropland 32%

80 km

1,544 m

trees 29%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: Villena 22 km · Jumilla 24 km · Almansa 28 km · Elda 32 km · Novelda 39 km · Aspe 43 km · Ibi 47 km · Crevillente 48 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 Yecla (38.6136°, -1.1147°, elevation 620 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	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	13	4
5	13	4
6	13	4
7	13	4
8	13	4
9	13	4
10	13	4
11	13	4
12	13	4
13	13	4
14	13	4
15	13	4
16	13	4
17	13	4
18	13	4
19	13	4
20	13	4
21	13	4
22	13	4
23	13	4
24	13	4
25	13	4
26	13	4
27	13	4
28	13	4
29	14	4
30	14	4
31	14	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	62	38
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	61	39
31	61	39

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	62	38
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	61	39
31	61	39

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	62	38
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	61	39
31	61	39

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

	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