Esbjerg weather in January

In January, Esbjerg sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 70 mm of precipitation across 13.4 wet days and about 7.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 7th-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 13% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 54 min at the start of January to 8 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Esbjerg's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Esbjerg's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
70 mm
13.4 wet days
Daylight
7 h 24 min
8:54 AM – 4:17 PM
Cloud cover
75%
9th clearest
Wind
23 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Esbjerg is town in Denmark.

Founded
1868

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 Esbjerg reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -1°C and 8°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Esbjerg

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.

Esbjerg weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7013.42.67.50.0
Feb / 56112.69.20.0
Mar / 5311.21.911.40.4
Apr10° / 439.70.413.82.2
May14° / 5010.3015.94.0
Jun17° / 12°6610.9017.15.1
Jul19° / 14°7111.7016.65.9
Aug19° / 15°8814.4014.85.6
Sep16° / 12°8613.3012.54.6
Oct12° / 9114.5010.12.9
Nov / 7914.30.481.2
Dec / 7513.81.56.90.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Esbjerg gets around 70 mm of rain and snow over 13.4 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 43% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1457
2457
3457
4457
5456
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9466
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12457
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313910

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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Wind in January

Winds average 23 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 22 km/h on the calmest days to 23 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
123breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 54 min at the start of January to 8 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:03 AM to 8:33 AM, and sunset from 3:56 PM to 4:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.99:033:56
26.99:023:57
36.99:023:58
47.09:024:00
57.09:014:01
67.09:014:02
77.09:014:03
87.19:004:05
97.18:594:06
107.28:594:08
117.28:584:09
127.28:574:11
137.38:564:12
147.38:564:14
157.48:554:16
167.48:544:17
177.48:534:19
187.58:514:21
197.58:504:23
207.68:494:25
217.68:484:26
227.78:474:28
237.78:454:30
247.88:444:32
257.98:424:34
267.98:414:36
278.08:394:38
288.08:384:40
298.18:364:42
308.28:354:44
318.28:334:46

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.39 kWh/m² to a high of 5.73 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.55 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Esbjerg?

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
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Esbjerg.

What to pack for Esbjerg in January

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

In January, Esbjerg sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Esbjerg in January

The nearest coast averages about 4°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 3°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan4Bracing
Feb3Bracing
Mar4Bracing
Apr7Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec6Bracing

UV index in Esbjerg in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Esbjerg peaks around July 17 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 17UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Esbjerg?

Esbjerg sits at 55.5°N, 8.5°E, 17 m above sea level, in Denmark. The nearest listed city is Kolding, 64 km away.

KoldingTønderHaderslevVejleAabenraaMiddelfartHerningFredericia

Topography around Esbjerg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Esbjerg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m around an average of 8 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 149 m.

The land around Esbjerg is covered by artificial surfaces (39%) and water (31%) within 3 km, water (43%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (33%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
29 m
16 km
55 m
80 km
149 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Kolding 64 km · Tønder 65 km · Haderslev 70 km · Vejle 73 km · Aabenraa 77 km · Middelfart 81 km · Herning 81 km · Fredericia 83 km

Denmark travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E / F / K
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 92% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$76,970
2025
Happiness
7.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 611
Religion
Evangelical Lutheran 71%other/none/unspecified 24%Muslim 4%

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 Esbjerg (55.4703°, 8.4519°, elevation 17 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).