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Madrid in January

Cool and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Madrid is cool: highs near 52°F, lows near 34°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Madrid is cool: highs near 11°C, lows near 1°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
52°F11°Caverage
Low
34°F1°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 25% of days
Daylight
9h 38mon average

Is January a good time to visit Madrid?

January sits outside Madrid's best months, which run in two parts: May, or September to October. Expect cool days and rain on about two days 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 52°F in January, against 52°F to 93°F through the year.Highs near 11°C in January, against 11°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

25% of days in January, against 5% to 28% through the year.

Cloud cover

52% cover in January, against 17% to 55% through the year.

Daylight

9h 38m in January, against 9h 20m to 15h 00m 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. December54°12°low 36°low 2°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. January52°11°low 34°low 1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. February56°13°low 35°low 2°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Madrid sits, in January

Europe/Madrid
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
8:36 AMsets 6:11 PM
Above the sea
650 mupland
Latitude
40.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Valencia303 km east

The land around Madrid, 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 Madrid

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Madrid. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.