Wolfsberg weather in January

In January, Wolfsberg sees average daytime highs of 2°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 31 mm of precipitation across 6.1 wet days and about 8.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-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 30% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 24 min at the start of January to 9 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Wolfsberg's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wolfsberg's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-6°
1st coldest
Precipitation
31 mm
6.1 wet days
Daylight
8 h 42 min
7:48 AM – 4:32 PM
Cloud cover
64%
6th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
1.41 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Wolfsberg is locality in Wolfsberg District, Austria.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 12.8 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 Wolfsberg reaches about 2°C in the afternoon and slips back to -6°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -4°C and 6°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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81-6
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How January really feels in Wolfsberg

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.

Wolfsberg weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -6°316.158.80.0
Feb / -5°417.36.1100.0
Mar / -1°559.44.811.61.5
Apr13° / 7311.61.713.33.5
May18° / 10514.80.214.85.0
Jun21° / 11°11615.2015.65.7
Jul23° / 13°11114.9015.36.2
Aug23° / 13°11213.70146.3
Sep18° / 10011.1012.45.5
Oct13° / 799.4110.63.5
Nov / 749.23.49.20.8
Dec / -5°5285.88.40.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 59%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
24060
34060
44060
54159
64060
74060
84060
94060
104060
114159
124258
134258
144258
154357
164258
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204258
214159
224159
234159
244159
254159
264060
274060
284060
294159
304159
314159

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Wolfsberg gets around 31 mm of rain and snow over 6.1 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 20% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12218
22218
32117
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152015
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172016
182016
192017
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212018
222018
232018
242019
252019
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272020
282120
292120
302120
312120

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 6 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 24 min at the start of January to 9 h 18 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 7:52 AM to 7:36 AM, and sunset from 4:16 PM to 4:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.47:524:16
28.47:524:16
38.47:524:17
48.47:524:18
58.57:524:19
68.57:524:20
78.57:524:21
88.57:514:22
98.57:514:23
108.67:514:24
118.67:504:26
128.67:504:27
138.67:504:28
148.77:494:29
158.77:494:30
168.77:484:32
178.87:484:33
188.87:474:34
198.87:464:35
208.97:464:37
218.97:454:38
228.97:444:40
239.07:434:41
249.07:424:42
259.07:424:44
269.17:414:45
279.17:404:47
289.27:394:48
299.27:384:49
309.27:374:51
319.37:364:52

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.13 kWh/m² to a high of 5.53 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.41 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.2Dim
21.2Dim
31.2Dim
41.2Dim
51.2Dim
61.2Dim
71.2Dim
81.3Dim
91.3Dim
101.3Dim
111.3Dim
121.3Dim
131.3Dim
141.4Dim
151.4Dim
161.4Dim
171.4Dim
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231.6Dim
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271.7Dim
281.7Dim
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311.8Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Wolfsberg?

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 Wolfsberg.

What to pack for Wolfsberg in January

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

In January, Wolfsberg sees daytime highs around 2°C and nights near -6°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Wolfsberg 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 Wolfsberg peaks around July 16 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. 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
Feb2Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May7High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Wolfsberg in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Wolfsberg is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Wolfsberg's WHO annual average of 12.8 µg/m³.

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateApr 915 µg/m³Sep 2011 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul12Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep11Good
Oct11Good
Nov11Good
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Wolfsberg?

Wolfsberg sits at 46.8°N, 14.8°E, 461 m above sea level, in Austria. The nearest listed city is Sankt Peter, 45 km away.

Sankt PeterStraßgangKlagenfurtWetzelsdorfEggenbergSankt MartinGriesLend

Topography around Wolfsberg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wolfsberg has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 706 m around an average of 564 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,761 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,321 m.

The land around Wolfsberg is covered by trees (42%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, trees (63%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and trees (71%) within 80 km.

3 km
706 m
16 km
1,761 m
80 km
2,321 m
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January weather nearby: Sankt Peter 45 km · Straßgang 47 km · Klagenfurt 48 km · Wetzelsdorf 48 km · Eggenberg 49 km · Sankt Martin 49 km · Gries 50 km · Lend 51 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 Wolfsberg (46.8406°, 14.8442°, elevation 461 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).