Dornbirn weather in January

In January, Dornbirn sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -4°C, with 106 mm of precipitation across 13 wet days and about 8.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 3°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Dornbirn's 5th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dornbirn's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-4°
1st coldest
Precipitation
106 mm
13 wet days
Daylight
8 h 42 min
8:11 AM – 4:50 PM
Cloud cover
62%
5th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
1.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Dornbirn is capital of the Dornbirn District, Vorarlberg, Austria.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 9.3 µg/m³ · 2019

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 3°C through the month.

A typical January day in Dornbirn reaches about 3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -4°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -2°C and 9°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
13-3
23-3
33-3
43-3
53-3
63-3
73-3
83-3
93-3
103-3
113-3
123-3
133-3
143-3
153-3
163-4
173-4
183-4
193-4
203-4
213-4
223-4
233-4
243-4
253-4
263-4
273-4
283-4
293-4
303-4
313-4

How January really feels in Dornbirn

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Dornbirn weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°106139.38.70.0
Feb / -3°971299.90.0
Mar / 11615.17.411.61.5
Apr13° / 11014.33.813.33.1
May17° / 16517.10.414.94.6
Jun20° / 12°17316.5015.75.4
Jul22° / 13°16915.6015.45.9
Aug22° / 13°17015.1014.16.0
Sep18° / 10°12912.9012.45.2
Oct13° / 10712.31.110.63.5
Nov / 11513.15.69.11.0
Dec / -2°12014.89.28.30.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23862
33862
43862
53763
63763
73862
83862
93862
104060
114060
124060
134159
144159
154159
164159
174258
184258
194258
204258
214258
224159
234258
244258
254159
264060
273961
283961
294060
303961
313961

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Dornbirn gets around 106 mm of rain and snow over 13 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 42% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14830
24829
34729
44729
54628
64628
74527
84427
94327
104226
114126
124127
134027
144027
154028
164029
173929
183930
193931
203931
213932
223932
233932
244032
254033
264033
274032
284032
294032
304032
314032

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
176calm
186calm
196calm
206calm
216calm
226calm
236calm
246calm
256calm
266calm
276calm
286calm
296calm
306calm
316calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:15 AM to 7:58 AM, and sunset from 4:34 PM to 5:11 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.38:154:34
28.38:154:34
38.38:154:35
48.48:154:36
58.48:154:37
68.48:144:38
78.48:144:39
88.48:144:40
98.58:144:42
108.58:134:43
118.58:134:44
128.58:134:45
138.68:124:46
148.68:124:47
158.68:114:49
168.78:114:50
178.78:104:51
188.78:094:53
198.88:094:54
208.88:084:55
218.88:074:57
228.98:074:58
238.98:064:59
248.98:055:01
259.08:045:02
269.08:035:04
279.18:025:05
289.18:015:07
299.18:005:08
309.27:595:10
319.27:585:11

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.07 kWh/m² to a high of 5.4 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.34 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.1Dim
21.1Dim
31.1Dim
41.1Dim
51.1Dim
61.1Dim
71.2Dim
81.2Dim
91.2Dim
101.2Dim
111.2Dim
121.3Dim
131.3Dim
141.3Dim
151.3Dim
161.3Dim
171.4Dim
181.4Dim
191.4Dim
201.4Dim
211.4Dim
221.5Dim
231.5Dim
241.5Dim
251.5Dim
261.6Dim
271.6Dim
281.6Dim
291.6Dim
301.7Dim
311.7Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Dornbirn?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dornbirn.

What to pack for Dornbirn in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Dornbirn sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -4°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Dornbirn in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dornbirn peaks around July 16 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 16UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May7High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Dornbirn?

Dornbirn sits at 47.4°N, 9.7°E, 437 m above sea level, in Austria. The nearest listed city is Lustenau, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Dornbirn

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Dornbirn.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dornbirn has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 745 m around an average of 507 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,659 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,951 m.

The land around Dornbirn is covered by trees (46%), grassland (29%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, trees (48%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (41%) and trees (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
745 m
16 km
1,659 m
80 km
2,951 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen
January weather nearby: Lustenau 6.0 km · Hohenems 7.0 km · Bregenz 10 km · Lindau 15 km · Feldkirch 23 km · Saint Gallen 28 km · Bludenz 29 km · Tettnang 30 km

Austria travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 82% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$62,930
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
99%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
4.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 616
Religion
Roman Catholic 55%none 22%Muslim 8%other 5%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Dornbirn (47.4143°, 9.7419°, elevation 437 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).