Madrid in January
In January, Madrid has 32.0 mm (1.26 in) of rain, a daily high of 10.2 °C (50.4 °F) and a daily low of 3.0 °C (37.4 °F), as 1991-2020 means; figures in brackets are converted.
Last updated : what the month is like; shorter source notes.
Best time to visit Madrid: January misses our rule: days are 5.8 °C under our 16 °C and nights are 5.0 °C under our 8 °C. Expect 5.5 rain days, 4.5 nights below 0 °C and days that grow by 46 min.
What January is like in Madrid
- On the evening of 5 January, the Three Kings, Melchor, Gaspar and Baltasar, ride along the Paseo de la Castellana on three royal floats. Source: esMadrid (Madrid City Council tourism), checked .
- Around 17 January, people bring their pets to be blessed at the church on Calle Hortaleza for San Antón. Small breads, the panecillos, are blessed too. Source: esMadrid (Madrid City Council tourism), checked .
- A Neapolitan nativity scene from the eighteenth century goes on show each Christmas, into January, at the Museo de Historia de Madrid. It has fifty jointed figures. Source: esMADRID (Madrid Destino, Ayuntamiento de Madrid), checked .
Key figures
Weather in January, 1991-2020 means
- Daily high
- 10.2 °C (50.4 °F)
- Daily low
- 3.0 °C (37.4 °F)
- Rain
- 32.0 mm (1.26 in) in the month
- Sunshine
- no data
Climate normals 1991-2020, computed by AEMET and submitted to the World Meteorological Organization. Checked .
Station: Madrid Retiro, 2.2 km from the city centre point.
How we define and convert these figures
Notes. Sunshine: the source file has no row for this measure.
Daylight on 15 January 2026
- Sunrise
- 08:36 local time
- Sunset
- 18:13 local time
- Day length
- 9 h 37 min
Day length 1-31 January: 9 h 21 min to 10 h 07 min, +46 min.
Source: NOAA Solar Calculator equations, checked .
Month by month
Each month: daily high in °C, then rain in mm, 1991-2020 means.
WMO climate normals 1991-2020, as above, checked .
This month against the year
| Measure | January | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Daily high | 10.2 °C | coldest |
| Daily low | 3.0 °C | coldest |
| Rain | 32.0 mm | 5th driest |
| Sunshine | no data | no data |
| Day length | 9 h 37 min | 2nd shortest |
Equal values share a rank. How we rank months
Madrid in January, on average: 5.5 rain days (1 mm or more), 4.5 frost days (low below 0 °C), 0.0 hot days (high 30 °C or more).
WMO climate normals 1991-2020, as above, checked .
Day length: NOAA solar equations, checked .
Public holidays this month
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| Thursday | New Year's Day |
| Tuesday | Epiphany |
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day |
| Wednesday | Epiphany |
Typed from the official list and re-checked, .
English names are from the holidays library where the official list gives none. How we check holidays
Source: Official public holiday list (datos.madrid.es), checked ; holidays Python library, checked . Library: holidays 0.105.
Same month in 20 cities
Madrid is warmer than 12 of our 20 cities in January by mean daily high. How we rank cities
Closest high and low in January: Osaka (0.3 °C apart), Hiroshima (0.7), London (1.1, equal), Rome (1.1, equal), Tokyo (1.1, equal).
| City | Gap from Madrid, °C | High, °C | Low, °C | Rain, mm | Sunshine, hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid (this page) | — | 10.2 | 3.0 | 32.0 | no data |
| Osaka (closest) | 0.3 | 9.7 | 3.0 | 47.0 | 146.5 |
| Hiroshima (closest) | 0.7 | 9.9 | 2.0 | 46.2 | 138.6 |
| London (closest) | 1.1 | 8.6 | 3.5 | 58.1 | no data |
| Rome (closest) | 1.1 | 12.0 | 3.4 | no data | no data |
| Tokyo (closest) | 1.1 | 9.8 | 1.2 | 59.7 | 192.6 |
| Paris | 1.4 | 7.6 | 3.2 | 47.6 | 59.0 |
| Amsterdam | 2.9 | 6.2 | 1.2 | 66.5 | 69.0 |
| Barcelona | 3.6 | 14.2 | 6.2 | 42.6 | 119.9 |
| Seville | 4.6 | 16.2 | 6.1 | 56.3 | 202.0 |
| Berlin | 5.5 | 3.6 | -1.4 | 47.7 | 51.1 |
| Munich | 5.5 | 4.0 | -1.8 | 51.9 | 74.6 |
| Vienna | 5.5 | 3.5 | -1.3 | 42.1 | 70.2 |
| New York | 5.7 | 4.2 | -2.3 | 92.5 | no data |
| Prague | 6.5 | 2.7 | -2.4 | 25.4 | 51.4 |
| Los Angeles | 8.1 | 20.0 | 9.4 | 83.6 | no data |
| Hong Kong | 10.1 | 18.7 | 14.6 | 33.2 | 145.8 |
| Chicago | 10.4 | -0.2 | -7.3 | 50.5 | no data |
| Buenos Aires | 18.6 | 30.1 | 20.2 | 134.4 | 272.7 |
| Singapore | 20.9 | 30.6 | 24.3 | 221.6 | no data |
Sources (1991-2020): WMO climate normals and NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, checked , ; Hong Kong: our 1991-2020 mean of the Hong Kong Observatory daily climate series on DATA.GOV.HK; Singapore: our 1991-2020 mean of the National Environment Agency monthly climate series on data.gov.sg; both checked . Each city's page names its station. All sources in full on Methodology.
Hong Kong figures: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Hong Kong Observatory own the intellectual property rights in the data; attribution to them and DATA.GOV.HK. Licence: Terms and Conditions of Use of DATA.GOV.HK, version 1.2.
Singapore figures: Contains information from the National Environment Agency on data.gov.sg, made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0 (https://data.gov.sg/open-data-licence). The Agency does not endorse our means.
Sources
- WMO Member Nations (each national weather service's own submission); archived by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Attribution: WMO Member Nations (2023). WMO Climatological Standard Normals for 1991-2020 (NCEI Accession 0253808). Station files named in each record. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/800j-vn07. Accessed on the check date shown. Licence: No licence stated. Published by NOAA NCEI for WMO; citation requested. Checked .
- NOAA Solar Calculator equations, computed locally, NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory (method); City by Month (computation). Attribution: Computed with the NOAA Solar Calculator method (no NOAA endorsement implied). Licence: Method, not data. Checked .
- holidays Python library, run locally. Attribution: holidays library, Vacanza team. Licence: MIT. Checked .
Official sources
Cite this page: City by Month. "Madrid in January: weather, daylight, holidays". https://citybymonth.com/cities/spain/madrid/january/. Last updated 5 November 2026.