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Photo by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Santiago de Compostela in January
avoid · not the best time to go · the coolest month of the year
The year in Santiago de Compostela
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- JanJSantiago de Compostela in January: avoid
- FebFSantiago de Compostela in February: ok
- MarMSantiago de Compostela in March: ok
- AprASantiago de Compostela in April: good
- MayMSantiago de Compostela in May: sweet spot
- JunJSantiago de Compostela in June: sweet spot
- JulJSantiago de Compostela in July: sweet spot, busy
- AugASantiago de Compostela in August: sweet spot, busy
- SepSSantiago de Compostela in September: good, busy
- OctOSantiago de Compostela in October: ok
- NovNSantiago de Compostela in November: avoid
- DecDSantiago de Compostela in December: avoid
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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The numbers
| Daily high | 12°C |
|---|---|
| Nightly low | 5°C |
| Feels like, afternoon | 9°C |
| Rainy days, 1 mm or more | 15 · 189 mm |
| Humidity | 86% |
| Sunshine | 5.3 h/day |
| Daylight | 9.4 h/day |
| Crowds | 80 / 100, higher is quieter |
Ten-year averages for this calendar month. 15 rainy days, as the weather station at Santiago de Compostela airport (11 km away) counts them: its January average over 10 years, 2017–2026 (WMO 08042). A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain.
Weather read at the old town, 11 km from the airport (SCQ): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
How busy it gets
Public holidays in January
Holidays crowd a place out and push fares up around them; they count toward the crowd score above.
Santiago de Compostela in pictures
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Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What to pack
- A proper coat, hat and gloves: nights average 5°C.
- Rain gear you will actually use: about 15 rainy days and 189 mm.
- Humidity averages 86%; breathable fabrics dry faster.
Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.
Before you go
Type C and F plugs at 230 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Euro. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise a high degree of caution. US State Department: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution. Everything for Spain: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
On arrival in Santiago de Compostela: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.
January elsewhere
In January from
The other months at Santiago de Compostela
- January
- February ok
- March ok
- April good
- May sweet spot
- June sweet spot
- July sweet spot
- August sweet spot
- September good
- October ok
- November avoid
- December avoid
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