Madrid Weather in January
Madrid in January
The short of it: Madrid in January averages a high of 11 °C (52 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 33 mm (1.3 in) of rain and about 9 h 35 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low 2° · rain 33 mm · daylight 9 h 35 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & April
January in Madrid brings afternoons near 11° and nights around 2°, with about 33 mm of rain over the month. The dead of winter in Madrid: highs scarcely reach 11°, nights fall to 2°. Rain is modest, about 33 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 9 h 35 min in mid-January, 17 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates January 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and April.
Against its neighbours, Madrid runs warmer than most and wetter than most in January. Madrid Centro, 0 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
January in Madrid, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- about the same, 9.0 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 35 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid CentroMadrid | 0 km N | 11° | 2° | 34 mm |
| EmbajadoresMadrid | 1 km S | 11° | 2° | 33 mm |
| LavapiésMadrid | 1 km S | 11° | 2° | 33 mm |
| RetiroMadrid | 2 km ESE | 11° | 2° | 33 mm |
| ArganzuelaMadrid | 2 km SSE | 11° | 2° | 33 mm |
| ChamberíMadrid | 2 km N | 11° | 2° | 34 mm |
| SalamancaMadrid | 2 km NE | 11° | 2° | 34 mm |
| UseraMadrid | 3 km S | 11° | 2° | 33 mm |