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Pick your month and your pace to get a recommended stay and a shape for the days.

  1. When are you going?

    Light crowds and prices. Cold temperatures.

    January fit for Barcelona

    Value in January

    80/100 OK sightseeing without the queues

    • Weather comfort 73/100

      13°C

    • Low crowds and prices 80/100

      Low

    • Dry weather 80/100

      44 mm

    Longer is better on every axis

    A day here in January

    • Morning 09:00–12:00

      Outdoors, before the heat and the coaches

      Montjuïc · Parc Guell

    • Midday 12:30–16:00

      Indoors, while the sun is high

      La Sagrada Familia · Barcelona Aquarium · Casa Battlo

    • Evening 16:30–19:30

      Streets and squares in the late light

      Barri Gòtic Medieval Quarter · Las Ramblas

  2. What's your travel pace?

  3. Your recommended stay

    3 days

    Balanced pace

    Why this duration?

    • Covers the 3 headline sights

Best destinations by month

August is usually the hottest month to visit Barcelona, Spain, with almost 84 °F ( 30 °C) high temperature average. July is very close also in terms of heat. Because of these high temperatures, these two months see most Barcelona citizens go out to the coast on vacation. The best months to visit and travel to Barcelona are most likely May through mid-July and September.

In the winter, with January being the coolest month, it rarely snows since temperatures are usually kept well above freezing point ( 53°F or 12 °C). Although October can be pleasant, it is usually the month getting the most rain (2 " or 95mm) and almost doubles any other month in terms of precipitations exept September.

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