Costa del Sol in January
Around 13 °C by day, sea 15.6 °C. Too cold to swim. Quieter than the peak: 1 of 5.
January on the Costa del Sol is 13 °C by day and 15.6 °C in the sea. Load is 1 out of 5 — the year's low along with February.
January is the month the winter liveability column exists for. Along this shore it runs from 3 to 5, and right now you can see what the numbers stand for. A five means a working market, doctors seeing patients and people on the street on a weekday. A three means half the places are shut until Easter. Of the fourteen places on this coast, four hold the top score: Málaga, Vélez-Málaga, Mijas and Rincón de la Victoria.
Towns nearby in January
| Town | Air | Sea | Busy | Winter | €/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torre del Mar | 13 | 15.6 | 1/5 | 4/5 | 1 581 |
| Torrox | 13 | 15.6 | 1/5 | 4/5 | 2 000 |
| Nerja | 13 | 15.6 | 1/5 | 4/5 | 2 450 |
| Vélez-Málaga | 13 | 15.6 | 2/5 | 5/5 | 2 529 |
| Alhaurín de la Torre | 13 | 15.6 | 1/5 | 5/5 | 2 708 |
| Málaga | 13 | 15.6 | 2/5 | 5/5 | 3 206 |
| Mijas | 13 | 15.6 | 1/5 | 4/5 | 3 231 |
| Rincón de la Victoria | 13 | 15.6 | 1/5 | 5/5 | 3 331 |
| Manilva | 13 | 15.8 | 1/5 | 4/5 | 3 450 |
| Estepona | 13 | 15.8 | 1/5 | 5/5 | 3 471 |
| Fuengirola | 13 | 16 | 1/5 | 4/5 | 3 614 |
| Benalmádena | 13 | 15.6 | 1/5 | 4/5 | 3 758 |
| Torremolinos | 13 | 15.6 | 1/5 | 4/5 | 3 875 |
| Marbella | 13 | 15.9 | 1/5 | 5/5 | 4 292 |
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: 44 rainy days a year, 71% humidity in winter. We have no monthly normals yet and will not invent a split.