Middelfart weather in January

In January, Middelfart sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 54 mm of precipitation across 11.8 wet days and about 7.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-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 Middelfart's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Middelfart's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
54 mm
11.8 wet days
Daylight
7 h 24 min
8:49 AM – 4:12 PM
Cloud cover
77%
10th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Middelfart is town on the eastern side of Little Belt, Denmark.

Founded
1231

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 Middelfart 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 -2°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 Middelfart

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.

Middelfart weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -0°5411.83.27.40.0
Feb / -1°449.73.29.20.0
Mar / 4510.31.911.40.7
Apr11° / 429.40.413.82.9
May16° / 5410.9015.94.7
Jun18° / 10°6511017.15.7
Jul21° / 13°6812016.66.1
Aug21° / 13°7212.3014.86.0
Sep17° / 10°5711012.55.1
Oct12° / 5911.50.110.13.1
Nov / 5011.20.781.1
Dec / 55112.26.90.0

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 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Middelfart gets around 54 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 37% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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

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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 8:58 AM to 8:28 AM, and sunset from 3:51 PM to 4:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.98:583:51
26.98:573:52
36.98:573:53
47.08:573:54
57.08:573:55
67.08:563:57
77.08:563:58
87.18:553:59
97.18:544:01
107.18:544:02
117.28:534:04
127.28:524:05
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167.48:494:12
177.48:484:14
187.58:474:16
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207.68:444:19
217.68:434:21
227.78:424:23
237.78:404:25
247.88:394:27
257.98:374:29
267.98:364:31
278.08:344:33
288.08:334:35
298.18:314:37
308.28:304:39
318.28:284:41

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 5.83 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 Middelfart?

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 Middelfart.

What to pack for Middelfart in January

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

In January, Middelfart sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near -0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Middelfart in January

The nearest coast averages about 2°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 16 km away) 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°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan2Bracing
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Mar2Bracing
Apr4Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep15Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec4Bracing

UV index in Middelfart 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 Middelfart peaks around June 23 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 23UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
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Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
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Location & terrain

Where is Middelfart?

Middelfart sits at 55.5°N, 9.7°E, 4 m above sea level, in Denmark. The nearest listed city is Fredericia, 7.0 km away.

VejleHedenstedHaderslevHorsensOdenseAabenraa

Topography around Middelfart

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Middelfart has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 113 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m.

The land around Middelfart is covered by water (33%), trees (23%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, water (36%) and cropland (29%) within 16 km, and cropland (37%) and water (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
67 m
16 km
113 m
80 km
185 m
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January weather nearby: Fredericia 7.0 km · Kolding 16 km · Vejle 26 km · Hedensted 29 km · Haderslev 32 km · Horsens 40 km · Odense 43 km · Aabenraa 55 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 Middelfart (55.5059°, 9.7305°, elevation 4 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).