Innsbruck weather in January

In January, Innsbruck sees average daytime highs of -2°C and overnight lows near -10°C, with 83 mm of precipitation across 12.5 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 -2°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% 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 Innsbruck's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Innsbruck's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-2°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-10°
1st coldest
Precipitation
83 mm
12.5 wet days
Daylight
8 h 42 min
8:04 AM – 4:44 PM
Cloud cover
59%
1st clearest
Wind
5 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
1.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Innsbruck is "kapital sa estado pederal", not "munisipyo".

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 9 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 -2°C through the month.

A typical January day in Innsbruck reaches about -2°C in the afternoon and slips back to -10°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -8°C and 3°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-2-10
2-2-10
3-2-9
4-2-9
5-2-9
6-2-9
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8-2-9
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30-2-9
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How January really feels in Innsbruck

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
31 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Innsbruck 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-2° / -10°8312.5138.70.0
Feb-1° / -9°7912.513.39.90.0
Mar / -5°11015.614.511.60.0
Apr / -2°11516.111.713.30.7
May12° / 17721.36.814.82.3
Jun16° / 19821.42.515.63.5
Jul18° / 203210.815.34.3
Aug17° / 206200.6144.4
Sep13° / 13915.63.312.43.3
Oct / 11813.46.910.61.7
Nov / -5°10612.911.49.10.1
Dec-2° / -9°9613.513.88.30.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
24159
34159
44159
54159
64159
74159
84258
94357
104357
114357
124456
134456
144555
154555
164555
174555
184456
194357
204456
214456
224258
234258
244258
254159
264060
273961
284060
294060
304060
313961

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Innsbruck gets around 83 mm of rain and snow over 12.5 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 40% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 13 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14546
24446
34445
44445
54344
64344
74243
84142
94141
104040
113939
123839
133738
143738
153737
163737
173738
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203739
213739
223840
233840
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253941
263942
273943
284043
294044
304144
314145

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
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3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
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11100
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14100
15100
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17100
18100
19100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
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35calm
45calm
55calm
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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 8:08 AM to 7:51 AM, and sunset from 4:28 PM to 5:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.38:084:28
28.38:084:29
38.48:084:29
48.48:074:30
58.48:074:31
68.48:074:32
78.48:074:33
88.58:074:34
98.58:074:36
108.58:064:37
118.58:064:38
128.68:064:39
138.68:054:40
148.68:054:41
158.68:044:43
168.78:044:44
178.78:034:45
188.78:024:46
198.88:024:48
208.88:014:49
218.88:004:50
228.97:594:52
238.97:594:53
248.97:584:55
259.07:574:56
269.07:564:58
279.17:554:59
289.17:545:00
299.27:535:02
309.27:525:03
319.27:515:05

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.25 kWh/m² to a high of 5.33 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.55 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.3Dim
21.3Dim
31.3Dim
41.3Dim
51.3Dim
61.3Dim
71.4Dim
81.4Dim
91.4Dim
101.4Dim
111.4Dim
121.5Dim
131.5Dim
141.5Dim
151.5Dim
161.5Dim
171.6Dim
181.6Dim
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231.7Dim
241.7Dim
251.8Dim
261.8Dim
271.8Dim
281.9Dim
291.9Dim
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311.9Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Innsbruck?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Innsbruck.

What to pack for Innsbruck in January

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

In January, Innsbruck sees daytime highs around -2°C and nights near -10°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 Innsbruck 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 Innsbruck peaks around July 13 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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 13UV 9Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar6High
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Innsbruck?

Innsbruck sits at 47.3°N, 11.4°E, 570 m above sea level, in Austria. The nearest listed city is Wilten, 1.0 km away.

Garmisch-PartenkirchenPenzbergBad Tölz

Topography around Innsbruck

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Innsbruck has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 547 m around an average of 682 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,236 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,465 m.

The land around Innsbruck is covered by trees (51%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 3 km, trees (57%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
547 m
16 km
2,236 m
80 km
3,465 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen
January weather nearby: Wilten 1.0 km · Pradl 2.0 km · Hötting 2.0 km · Igls 4.0 km · Telfs 25 km · Garmisch-Partenkirchen 34 km · Penzberg 55 km · Bad Tölz 57 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 Innsbruck (47.2627°, 11.3945°, elevation 570 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).