Cool in Jan
19°C average high
avg high · 5° at night
25°C+ on 1 in 10 days
Spain
Málaga & Costa del Sol weather in January
Is it warm? Not really. January in Málaga & Costa del Sol is cool: afternoons average 16°C and nights 9°C. Most days (80%) peak between 13°C and 20°C.
Cool · average high
16°C
25°C or more on almost no days; 20°C or more on about one in ten days.
- Average low9°overnight
- Sea16°average, 2023–2025
- Rainy days545 mm in the month
- SkySome cloud45% cloud · 35% clear days
How warm it really gets
Every January afternoon from 2011–2025: 465 days. Most (80%) peaked between 13° and 20°.
January, year by year
The average January high in each year. The warmest, 2024, averaged 18°C; the coolest, 2011, 15°C.
Compared with home
Average January highs. Expect rain on about 5 days (45 mm in a typical month).
- Málaga & Costa del Sol16°
- Cork9°
- Dublin8°
- London8°
- Belfast7°
- Manchester7°
- Glasgow6°
Warmer in January, not much further
Flying times are estimates from Dublin; Málaga & Costa del Sol is about 2h 45m.
Cool in Jan
19°C average high
avg high · 14° at night
25°C+ on rarely
Mild in Jan
21°C average high
avg high · 11° at night
25°C+ on 1 in 10 days
Air: ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2011–2025. Sea: Copernicus Marine analysis via Open-Meteo, 2023–2025. Rainy day = 2 mm or more. Clear day = average cloud cover of 30% or less. These are averages of past weather, not a forecast. Methodology