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Barcelona in January

Cool and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Barcelona is cool: highs near 58°F, lows near 41°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 29 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Barcelona is cool: highs near 14°C, lows near 5°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 29 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
58°F14°Caverage
Low
41°F5°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 19% of days
Daylight
9h 33mon average

Is January a good time to visit Barcelona?

January sits outside Barcelona's best months, which run in two parts: May to June, or October. Expect cool days and rain on about one day a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 58°F in January, against 58°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 14°C in January, against 14°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

19% of days in January, against 16% to 41% through the year.

Cloud cover

47% cover in January, against 21% to 49% through the year.

Daylight

9h 33m in January, against 9h 14m to 15h 07m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December59°15°low 43°low 6°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. January58°14°low 41°low 5°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February59°15°low 41°low 5°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Barcelona sits, in January

Europe/Madrid
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
8:15 AMsets 5:45 PM
Above the sea
30 mlow-lying
Latitude
41.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Torroja del Priorat116 km west

The land around Barcelona, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Spain in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Barcelona

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 7 km west of Barcelona. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (30 m) against the climate model's (99 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (30 m) against the climate model's (99 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.