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Bilbao in January

Around 9.5 °C by day, sea 13.5 °C. Too cold to swim. Quieter than the peak: 1 of 4.

Sea by month, °C
13.5
J
12.8
F
12.8
M
13.8
A
15.8
M
18.9
J
21.3
J
22.2
A
21.2
S
18.7
O
16.3
N
14.5
D

January in Bilbao is 9.5 °C by day and 13.5 °C in the water. Load is 1 out of 5: the city belongs to its residents.

Spend January with a calculator and an honest map. The sea is 12 km away — Bilbao stands on a river, not on a shore, and the beach is a trip rather than a view. In exchange the winter score is 5 out of 5: January runs everything June does. Heating is normal here rather than a luxury, because the winter is real: 9.5 °C by day against 13 °C in Marbella.

Towns nearby in January

TownAirSeaBusyWinter€/m²
Bilbao9.513.51/55/53 400
Getxo9.513.51/55/54 044
San Sebastián / Donostia9.512.71/55/55 107
Zarautz9.512.91/55/56 994

The winter column is a 1-to-5 estimate: are places open, does transport run, is anyone about between November and March. Tourists never notice; anyone who moved does.

Rain days and humidity are annual here, not monthly: 140 rainy days a year, 77% humidity in winter. We have no monthly normals yet and will not invent a split.