Telfs weather in January

In January, Telfs sees average daytime highs of -3°C and overnight lows near -11°C, with 84 mm of precipitation across 12.4 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 33% 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 Telfs's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Telfs's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-3°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-11°
1st coldest
Precipitation
84 mm
12.4 wet days
Daylight
8 h 42 min
8:05 AM – 4:45 PM
Cloud cover
58%
1st clearest
Wind
5 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
1.56 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Telfs is municipality seat in Austria.

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 Telfs reaches about -3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -11°C overnight — a 8°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)
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How January really feels in Telfs

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.

Telfs 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-3° / -11°8412.412.98.70.0
Feb-1° / -9°7911.912.59.90.0
Mar / -6°10815.214.111.60.0
Apr / -3°11115.411.313.30.6
May12° / 17620.87.314.82.2
Jun15° / 19321.13.215.73.4
Jul17° / 19820.61.415.34.2
Aug17° / 20219.61.114.14.3
Sep13° / 13815.53.712.43.2
Oct / -0°11113.27.110.61.7
Nov / -6°10112.511.29.10.1
Dec-2° / -10°9413.213.48.30.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24357
34357
44357
54357
64555
74555
84555
94654
104753
114852
124852
134852
144852
154852
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204852
214753
224753
234654
244555
254555
264555
274357
284357
294357
304258
314258

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Telfs gets around 84 mm of rain and snow over 12.4 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 39% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 13 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14545
24445
34445
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94041
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304143
314144

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 (%)
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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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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 8:09 AM to 7:52 AM, and sunset from 4:29 PM to 5:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.38:094:29
28.38:094:30
38.48:094:31
48.48:094:31
58.48:094:32
68.48:094:33
78.48:094:34
88.58:084:36
98.58:084:37
108.58:084:38
118.58:074:39
128.68:074:40
138.68:074:41
148.68:064:42
158.68:064:44
168.78:054:45
178.78:044:46
188.78:044:48
198.88:034:49
208.88:024:50
218.88:024:52
228.98:014:53
238.98:004:54
248.97:594:56
259.07:584:57
269.07:574:59
279.17:565:00
289.17:555:02
299.17:545:03
309.27:535:05
319.27:525:06

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.56 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 1.56 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
61.4Dim
71.4Dim
81.4Dim
91.4Dim
101.4Dim
111.4Dim
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141.5Dim
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171.6Dim
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271.8Dim
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291.9Dim
301.9Dim
312.0Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Telfs?

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
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Telfs.

What to pack for Telfs in January

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

In January, Telfs sees daytime highs around -3°C and nights near -11°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Telfs 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 Telfs 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 Telfs?

Telfs sits at 47.3°N, 11.1°E, 637 m above sea level, in Austria. The nearest listed city is Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 21 km away.

FussenPenzberg

Topography around Telfs

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Telfs has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 959 m around an average of 816 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,458 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,457 m.

The land around Telfs is covered by trees (61%) within 3 km, trees (54%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
959 m
16 km
2,458 m
80 km
3,457 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen
January weather nearby: Garmisch-Partenkirchen 21 km · Hötting 23 km · Wilten 25 km · Innsbruck 25 km · Pradl 27 km · Igls 27 km · Fussen 40 km · Penzberg 55 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 Telfs (47.3071°, 11.0682°, elevation 637 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).