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Weather in Madrid in January

January in Madrid is cool and fairly dry: highs average 9.8°C (50°F), lows 2.7°C, with 33 mm of rain on 5.7 days with 1 mm or more and 4.8 hours of sun a day.

Average high9.8°C50°F
Average low2.7°C37°F
Rain33 mm5.7 days of 1 mm+
Sun4.8 ha day, 149 h in the month
Humidity71%6.2 frost days
Average temperature6.3°C12th warmest of 12 months

Madrid across the year

Average daily high and low Average rainfall

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Compared with December, the average high is 0.2°C lower and rainfall is 18 mm lower. Among the 60 places with month pages, Madrid ranks 47 for the warmest average high in January (1 = warmest) and 42 for the wettest.

January compared with places of similar warmth

PlaceAvg high °CAvg low °CRain mmSun h/day
Madrid9.82.7334.8
Logroño9.92.0283.4
Cuenca9.7-0.5405.0
Teruel9.7-2.319–
Lleida10.00.9263.7
Albacete10.5-0.2214.9
Zaragoza10.52.7214.2

See January in every place on one page, Barcelona, Seville, Valencia.

Questions

What is the weather like in Madrid in January?

In January the average daily high in Madrid is 9.8°C (50°F) and the average low 2.7°C (37°F). It is cool and fairly dry: 33 mm of rain on 5.7 days with 1 mm or more, with 4.8 hours of sun a day.

Does it rain in Madrid in January?

On average 33 mm of rain falls in January, on 5.7 days with 1 mm or more. That makes January the 7th wettest month of the year (1 = wettest).

Is this a forecast?

No. These are climate normals: the average for 1981–2010. Any one year can be warmer, colder, drier or wetter.