This month
Marbella in January
The coolest month of the year on the Costa del Sol, and still mild enough for a coat rather than a parka.
Weather in January
AEMET's normal for January also counts 7.9 clear days out of the month and 69% average humidity, both published on the month's own weather page.
Full January weather, day by day normals: January
Sea temperature in January
one of the coolest readings of the year, just above February's low point
Sea temperature, bathing water and jellyfish reports: Average sea temperature
January is the low point of Marbella's year by air temperature, but a mild one: AEMET's normal puts the daytime high at 16.8°C, and the sea is close to its own yearly low too, still a swimmable-for-some 15.7°C by Open-Meteo's reanalysis. Rain is at its most frequent alongside November and December, spread over roughly six days, but 180 hours of sunshine for the month still works out to a clear morning or afternoon most days. The Cabalgata de Reyes, Spain's traditional Epiphany parade, closes out the Christmas season in the town's first days. For the rest of the winter picture, see Marbella in winter.
What's on in January
- Cabalgata de Reyes
- 5 January, every year
The full calendar, every date sourced: Marbella's events calendar
More on January
Marbella in winter: the full guide · Things to do in Marbella · What everything costs
Questions
What's the weather like in Marbella in January?
A daytime high around 16.8°C, an overnight low near 7.4°C, 5.8 days of rain and 180 hours of sunshine, AEMET's 1981–2010 normal for the Málaga Airport station, the nearest full weather station to Marbella.
Is the sea warm enough to swim in Marbella in January?
Marbella's sea averages 15.7°C in January, an Open-Meteo marine reanalysis for 2023–2025 at the nearest modelled point to the coast, not an in-situ buoy reading.
What's on in Marbella in January?
See the dated town events on this page, each read from the organiser's own listing or the Ayuntamiento de Marbella's own calendar rather than guessed at.
How this page is built
Every weather and sea figure on this page is a published normal, not a forecast for this year; every event date is read from the organiser's own listing or the Ayuntamiento's own calendar on the date shown. Nothing here is estimated or carried over from a previous year without saying so.
AEMET (Málaga Airport, 1981-2010): https://www.aemet.es/es/serviciosclimaticos/datosclimatologicos/valoresclimatologicos?l=6155A&k=and · Open-Meteo marine (2023-2025): https://marine-api.open-meteo.com/v1/marine