Palma Weather in January
Palma in January
The short of it: Palma in January averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 6 °C (42 °F), with 40 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 9 h 40 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 16° · low 6° · rain 40 mm · daylight 9 h 40 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & April
Thirty years of records give Palma an average January high of 16°, a low of 6° and some 40 mm of rain. Palma's coldest stretch of the year, 16° by day and 6° by night. Rain is modest, about 40 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 9 h 40 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, Palma runs about middling and drier than most in January. Es Molinar, 2 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
January in Palma, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 6.0 mm less rain
- Versus February
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 40 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Es MolinarBalearic Islands | 2 km ESE | 16° | 6° | 39 mm |
| Son RapinyaBalearic Islands | 3 km NW | 15° | 5° | 46 mm |
| Coll d'en RabassaBalearic Islands | 4 km ESE | 16° | 6° | 39 mm |
| Sant AgustíBalearic Islands | 5 km WSW | 15° | 5° | 42 mm |
| Son RocaBalearic Islands | 5 km NW | 15° | 5° | 46 mm |
| Son FerriolBalearic Islands | 6 km E | 16° | 5° | 39 mm |
| Can PastillaBalearic Islands | 7 km ESE | 16° | 6° | 39 mm |
| MarratxíBalearic Islands | 9 km NE | 16° | 5° | 44 mm |