Weather in Sevilla in January

A good month. January works. It is not the peak, but nothing about it fights you. Highs average 16.3 °C, lows 5.6 °C, and rain falls on 7 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

January ranks 8 of 12 in Sevilla: past the worst of the year but short of March, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 7 days, 1 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for 16.3 °C days and 5.6 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

The averages here are honest — no hidden extremes worth planning around. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest January day reached 22.9 °C and the coldest night fell to -3.5 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 45 mm — roughly 94% of the month's rain in one day.

January is moderately variable: 0 mm in the driest year against 120 mm in the wettest, around an average of 48 mm. Roughly two Januarys in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 8.6 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 82%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How January sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 17 °C in December, 16.3 here, 17.7 in February. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in January

January sits at the dark end of Sevilla's year — 9.8 hours of daylight against 14.7 at midsummer, gaining 0.6 hours across the month. Sightseeing days are genuinely shorter, and an itinerary built for summer will not fit.

An inland climate

With no coast nearby, the year swings a fair way — 33 °C between the warmest afternoons and the coldest nights, wider than any coastal city at this latitude would manage.

How busy it gets

Busy. Popular without being frantic; book the things you care about, improvise the rest.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

January in Sevilla versus nearby

If Sevilla is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Málaga is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day more rain. Faro is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day more rain.

So: January works, with March the better month by 8 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

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