Kalundborg weather in January

In January, Kalundborg sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 57 mm of precipitation across 12.2 wet days and about 7.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-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 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kalundborg's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kalundborg's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
57 mm
12.2 wet days
Daylight
7 h 24 min
8:44 AM – 4:06 PM
Cloud cover
76%
10th clearest
Wind
29 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.54 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Kalundborg 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 Kalundborg reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -0°C and 7°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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

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.

Kalundborg weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5712.23.47.40.0
Feb / 449.93.59.20.0
Mar / 439.42.111.40.1
Apr / 368.50.313.81.5
May13° / 10°5110015.93.6
Jun16° / 13°6410.5017.15.1
Jul19° / 16°6310.7016.76.0
Aug19° / 16°7111.6014.85.9
Sep16° / 14°6711.6012.54.7
Oct12° / 10°7513010.12.8
Nov / 6513.40.681.1
Dec / 6312.72.46.90.1

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 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Kalundborg gets around 57 mm of rain and snow over 12.2 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 43% 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 (%)
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24210
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64210
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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 29 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 28 km/h on the calmest days to 29 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
129breezy
229windy
329windy
429windy
529windy
629windy
729windy
829windy
929windy
1029windy
1129windy
1229windy
1329windy
1429breezy
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1629breezy
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1928breezy
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2128breezy
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2328breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 48 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 84 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:53 AM to 8:23 AM, and sunset from 3:44 PM to 4:35 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.88:533:44
26.98:533:45
36.98:533:46
46.98:533:48
56.98:523:49
67.08:523:50
77.08:513:52
87.08:513:53
97.18:503:54
107.18:493:56
117.18:493:57
127.28:483:59
137.28:474:01
147.38:464:02
157.38:454:04
167.48:444:06
177.48:434:07
187.58:424:09
197.58:414:11
207.68:404:13
217.68:384:15
227.78:374:17
237.78:364:18
247.88:344:20
257.88:334:22
267.98:314:24
277.98:304:26
288.08:284:28
298.18:274:30
308.18:254:32
318.28:234:35

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.38 kWh/m² to a high of 6 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.54 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Kalundborg?

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 Kalundborg.

What to pack for Kalundborg in January

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

In January, Kalundborg sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer and a windbreaker. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera windbreakera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Kalundborg in January

The nearest coast averages about 3°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 2°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
Jan3Bracing
Feb2Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr6Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun15Bracing
Jul18Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov8Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Kalundborg 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 Kalundborg peaks around June 22 at about 6 (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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 22UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kalundborg?

Kalundborg sits at 55.7°N, 11.1°E, 3 m above sea level, in Denmark. The nearest listed city is Slagelse, 35 km away.

SlagelseHolbækNyborgRingstedOdenseRoskildeKlinteby FrihedFrederikssund

Topography around Kalundborg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kalundborg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 12 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 149 m.

The land around Kalundborg is covered by cropland (22%), water (22%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, water (61%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and water (53%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
62 m
16 km
83 m
80 km
149 m
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January weather nearby: Slagelse 35 km · Holbæk 39 km · Nyborg 45 km · Ringsted 51 km · Odense 54 km · Roskilde 62 km · Klinteby Frihed 62 km · Frederikssund 64 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 Kalundborg (55.6795°, 11.0886°, elevation 3 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).