Fuerteventura is typically mild in January.

Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +19°C to +17°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from +15°C to +14°C.

Pack a light jacket as it will be warm in the day and cool in the evenings.

January is the coldest month in Fuerteventura, here is the comparison with other months:

Water in Fuerteventura in January is Fresh. It varies from +18°C to +21°C, with an average of +19°C. Note that the air temperature is lower than the water temperature, averaging around +17°C.

In January, water temperatures are average relative to the rest of the year:

January weather is still as good as in December. It’s getting colder in January. From +19°C in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +17°C. As January arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 12 mm to 10 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 73% to 71%. Winds are stronger in comparison to December, going up from 4 m/s to 5 m/s on average. The days becoming less sunny, going from 10 sunny days in December to 9 in January.

February brings much the same weather, it remains good.

The climate in Fuerteventura in January has not changed much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 1993 (+20°C) and the highest in 2023 (+22°C). The driest year was 2024 with only 14 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 1989 with 174 mm.

For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Fuerteventura, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.

For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.