Odense weather in January

In January, Odense sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 47 mm of precipitation across 11 wet days and about 7.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-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 12% 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 Odense's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Odense's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
47 mm
11 wet days
Daylight
7 h 24 min
8:45 AM – 4:10 PM
Cloud cover
77%
9th clearest
Wind
20 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Odense is main city of the island of Funen, Denmark.

Air quality
Good
PM10 20.3 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
592/km²
people per km²
Founded
1355

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 Odense 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 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 Odense

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.

Odense weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -0°47113.57.50.0
Feb / -0°389.13.49.20.0
Mar / 41101.911.40.8
Apr12° / 4210.20.413.82.9
May16° / 5410.8015.95.0
Jun19° / 11°6911.6017.15.8
Jul22° / 13°7011.9016.66.3
Aug21° / 13°7012.2014.86.2
Sep17° / 10°5110.1012.55.4
Oct12° / 5410.9010.13.2
Nov / 4410.50.88.11.1
Dec / 4810.52.16.90.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 77%.

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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Odense gets around 47 mm of rain and snow over 11 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 35% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 20 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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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 8:54 AM to 8:25 AM, and sunset from 3:49 PM to 4:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.98:543:49
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57.08:533:54
67.08:533:55
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298.18:284:35
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.06 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.57 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Odense?

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 Odense.

What to pack for Odense in January

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

In January, Odense sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near -0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Odense 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 at the nearest coast (about 25 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.

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Jun14Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep15Cool
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UV index in Odense 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 Odense peaks around June 20 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
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Location & terrain

Where is Odense?

Odense sits at 55.4°N, 10.4°E, 17 m above sea level, in Denmark. The nearest listed city is Nyborg, 27 km away.

NyborgSvendborgMiddelfartFredericiaKalundborgKoldingHaderslevHedensted

Topography around Odense

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Odense has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m around an average of 15 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 197 m.

The land around Odense is covered by artificial surfaces (52%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, cropland (42%), trees (21%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and water (49%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

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January weather nearby: Nyborg 27 km · Svendborg 40 km · Middelfart 43 km · Fredericia 44 km · Kalundborg 54 km · Kolding 59 km · Haderslev 59 km · Hedensted 60 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 Odense (55.3959°, 10.3883°, 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).