Soumagne weather in January

In January, Soumagne sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 97 mm of precipitation across 14.6 wet days and about 8.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 4°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Soumagne's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Soumagne's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
97 mm
14.6 wet days
Daylight
8 h 12 min
8:40 AM – 4:53 PM
Cloud cover
76%
10th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.84 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Soumagne is town in Soumagne municipality, Belgium.

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 4°C through the month.

A typical January day in Soumagne reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to 0°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -1°C and 9°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Soumagne

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.

Soumagne weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 9714.64.28.30.0
Feb / -0°8313.15.59.70.1
Mar / 8514.73.411.51.5
Apr13° / 6412.70.713.53.2
May17° / 7313.9015.24.7
Jun19° / 11°8514016.25.4
Jul21° / 13°8914.5015.85.9
Aug21° / 13°8713.3014.35.9
Sep17° / 10°7412012.45.2
Oct13° / 7613.2010.43.3
Nov / 8314.31.68.71.1
Dec / 10815.94.97.80.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21882
31882
42080
52080
62179
72179
82278
92278
102377
112575
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Soumagne gets around 97 mm of rain and snow over 14.6 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 48% and peaks near 51% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
15114
25113
35012
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314519

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 18 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
218light breeze
318light breeze
418light breeze
518light breeze
618light breeze
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3117light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:45 AM to 8:24 AM, and sunset from 4:35 PM to 5:17 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.88:454:35
27.88:454:36
37.98:454:37
47.98:454:38
57.98:454:39
67.98:454:40
77.98:444:41
88.08:444:42
98.08:444:44
108.08:434:45
118.18:434:46
128.18:424:47
138.18:424:49
148.18:414:50
158.28:404:51
168.28:404:53
178.38:394:54
188.38:384:56
198.38:374:57
208.48:364:59
218.48:365:00
228.58:355:02
238.58:345:03
248.58:335:05
258.68:315:07
268.68:305:08
278.78:295:10
288.78:285:11
298.88:275:13
308.88:255:15
318.98:245:17

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.64 kWh/m² to a high of 5.27 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.84 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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271.1Dim
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Soumagne?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Soumagne.

What to pack for Soumagne in January

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

In January, Soumagne sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 15 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

UV index in Soumagne 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 Soumagne peaks around July 13 at about 6 (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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Soumagne 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 Soumagne is worst in April — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 11 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodApr 1218 µg/m³Nov 2211 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov11Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Soumagne?

Soumagne sits at 50.6°N, 5.7°E, 200 m above sea level, in Belgium. The nearest listed city is Herve, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Soumagne

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Soumagne has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 180 m around an average of 243 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 376 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 998 m.

The land around Soumagne is covered by grassland (57%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, grassland (40%) and trees (39%) within 16 km, and trees (41%), grassland (26%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
180 m
16 km
376 m
80 km
998 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Herve 4.0 km · Fléron 5.0 km · Verviers 9.0 km · Chaudfontaine 9.0 km · Heusy 9.0 km · Grivegnée 10 km · Herstal 10 km · Liège 13 km

Belgium travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 81% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$60,750
2025
Happiness
6.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
5.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 608
Religion
Roman Catholic 57%nonbeliever/agnostic 20%atheist 9%Muslim 7%

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 Soumagne (50.6138°, 5.7468°, elevation 200 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).