Hjørring weather in January

In January, Hjørring sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 60 mm of precipitation across 11.8 wet days and about 7 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 17% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 24 min at the start of January to 7 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Hjørring's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hjørring's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
60 mm
11.8 wet days
Daylight
7 hours
9:00 AM – 3:59 PM
Cloud cover
73%
10th clearest
Wind
22 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Hjørring is town in Denmark.

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 Hjørring 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 Hjørring

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.

Hjørring 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 / 6011.84.270.0
Feb / 4393.990.0
Mar / 429.22.711.40.4
Apr10° / 4290.413.92.2
May14° / 529.5016.24.1
Jun17° / 11°6510.3017.65.4
Jul19° / 14°629.80176.3
Aug20° / 14°7611.70156.0
Sep16° / 12°6311012.54.8
Oct12° / 7612.80.1102.8
Nov / 6011.90.97.71.1
Dec / 5912.22.96.40.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% 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 71%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Hjørring gets around 60 mm of rain and snow over 11.8 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 42% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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24113
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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 22 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 22 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
122breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 24 min at the start of January to 7 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:11 AM to 8:37 AM, and sunset from 3:35 PM to 4:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.49:113:35
26.49:113:37
36.59:103:38
46.59:103:39
56.59:103:40
66.59:093:42
76.69:083:43
86.69:083:45
96.79:073:46
106.79:063:48
116.79:053:50
126.89:043:51
136.89:033:53
146.99:023:55
156.99:013:57
167.09:003:59
177.08:594:01
187.18:584:02
197.18:564:04
207.28:554:06
217.38:534:08
227.38:524:11
237.48:504:13
247.48:494:15
257.58:474:17
267.68:464:19
277.68:444:21
287.78:424:23
297.88:404:26
307.88:394:28
317.98:374:30

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.31 kWh/m² to a high of 6.32 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.47 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Hjørring?

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 Hjørring.

What to pack for Hjørring in January

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

In January, Hjørring 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 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Hjørring in January

The nearest coast averages about 5°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 19 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in February near 4°C.

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

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan5Bracing
Feb4Bracing
Mar5Bracing
Apr7Bracing
May10Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep15Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec7Bracing

UV index in Hjørring 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 Hjørring peaks around August 10 at about 5 (moderate) — 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 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowAug 10UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Hjørring?

Hjørring sits at 57.5°N, 10.0°E, 51 m above sea level, in Denmark. The nearest listed city is Frederikshavn, 33 km away.

FrederikshavnNørresundbySkagenAalborgRandersBjörlandaSkiveViborg

Topography around Hjørring

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hjørring has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m around an average of 30 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 108 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 m.

The land around Hjørring is covered by grassland (33%), cropland (24%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, cropland (39%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and water (63%) within 80 km.

3 km
57 m
16 km
108 m
80 km
141 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Frederikshavn 33 km · Nørresundby 45 km · Skagen 46 km · Aalborg 46 km · Randers 112 km · Björlanda 115 km · Skive 115 km · Viborg 118 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 Hjørring (57.4642°, 9.9823°, elevation 51 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).