Average Sunshine in Spain for January

The tables below give January averages for the hours of sunshine and number of sunny days at dozens of cities throughout Spain.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: East, Northeast, Northwest, Central, Balearic Islands and South of Spain.

The month's totals are averages of weather data collected during 1971 to 2000.

Eastern Spain

This section covers Spain's east coast on the Mediterranean Sea and includes the regions of Catalonia (Cataluña) and Valencian Community (Comunidad Valenciana). The highest weather station in the list is on the peak of Turo De L'Home in Parc Natural del Montseny at 1706 metres (5597 feet) elevation.

Total January sunshine

Hours	Place	Clear Days
177	Alicante	8
149	Barcelona	9
174	Castellón	7
147	Girona	10
116	Lleida	5
160	Reus	8
165	Turo De L'Home	6
169	Valencia	9

Balearic Islands

Average amount of sun in January

Hours	Place	Clear Days
161	Ibiza (Eivissa)	7
148	Menorca	3
165	Palma, Mallorca	4

Northeast Spain

Cities on this list are located near Spain's border with France, in the regions of Aragon, Basque Country (País Vasco), La Rioja and Navarre (Comunidad Foral de Navarra).

Average January sun

Hours	Place	Clear Days
86	Bilbao	3
107	Logroño	4
95	Pamplona	3
91	San Sebastián	3
133	Saragossa (Zaragoza)	5
82	Vitoria-Gasteiz	2

Northwest Spain

Cities in Asturias, Cantabria and Galicia, Spain's regions along the Atlantic Ocean, are included in this section.

Number of sunny hours and days in January on average

Hours	Place	Clear Days
108	Coruña	4
103	Gijón	3
86	Lugo	3
87	Ourense	4
117	Oviedo	4
116	Pontevedra	7
88	Santander	3
102	Santiago de Compostela	5
113	Vigo	7

Central Spain

Weather information in this table is for the regions of Castile and Leon (Castilla y León), Castile-La Mancha, Community of Madrid (Comunidad de Madrid) and Extremadura. One weather station, Puerto de Navacerrada, is at 1894 metres (6214 feet) elevation at a ski resort near Madrid.

Average total sunshine in January

Hours	Place	Clear Days
146	Albacete	7
142	Ávila	6
147	Badajoz	6
90	Burgos	4
130	León	7
148	Madrid	8
108	Puerto de Navacerrada	7
116	Salamanca	5
124	Segovia	6
150	Toledo	7
144	Torrejón de Ardoz	7
100	Valladolid	4

Southern Spain

This list covers the Andalusia (Andalucía) and Murcia regions, which stretch along Spain's southern coasts on the Atlantic and Mediterranean, including Costa del Sol.

Total January sunshine

Hours	Place	Clear Days
191	Almería	7
191	Cordova (Córdoba)	7
165	Granada	10
170	Huelva	10
181	Jerez de la Frontera	10
172	Málaga	7
172	Murcia	8
179	Seville (Sevilla)	11
153	Tarifa	5