Skagen weather in January

In January, Skagen sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 66 mm of precipitation across 12.5 wet days and about 7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 6th-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 18 min at the start of January to 7 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Skagen's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Skagen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
66 mm
12.5 wet days
Daylight
6 h 54 min
8:59 AM – 3:54 PM
Cloud cover
74%
11th clearest
Wind
31 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Skagen is northernmost town in Denmark.

Density
53/km²
people per km²

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 Skagen reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°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 2°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 Skagen

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.

Skagen weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6612.54.470.0
Feb / 48104.18.90.0
Mar / 458.92.711.40.0
Apr / 417.80.3141.2
May12° / 509.3016.33.1
Jun15° / 13°649.6017.64.7
Jul17° / 16°558.7017.16.0
Aug18° / 16°72110155.8
Sep15° / 14°7211.4012.54.5
Oct12° / 10°9614.80102.7
Nov / 78140.87.61.2
Dec / 7114.22.76.40.2

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 73%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
22872
32872
42872
52773
62773
72773
82674
92674
102674
112575
122575
132575
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212872
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302971
312872

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Skagen gets around 66 mm of rain and snow over 12.5 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 41% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14413
24413
34313
44312
54312
64212
74212
84212
94313
104313
114313
124314
134214
144214
154215
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194016
204016
214016
223916
233917
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253917
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273917
283917
293917
304016
314016

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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Dry (%)
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3100
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22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 31 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 30 km/h on the calmest days to 32 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
131windy
231windy
332windy
432windy
532windy
632windy
732windy
832windy
932windy
1032windy
1132windy
1232windy
1332windy
1432windy
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1732windy
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1931windy
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2131windy
2231windy
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2730windy
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3030windy
3130windy

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 18 min at the start of January to 7 h 48 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 8:36 AM, and sunset from 3:31 PM to 4:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.39:113:31
26.49:103:32
36.49:103:33
46.49:103:35
56.49:093:36
66.59:093:38
76.59:083:39
86.69:073:41
96.69:063:42
106.69:063:44
116.79:053:45
126.79:043:47
136.89:033:49
146.89:023:51
156.99:013:53
166.98:593:54
177.08:583:56
187.08:573:58
197.18:564:00
207.18:544:02
217.28:534:04
227.38:514:07
237.38:504:09
247.48:484:11
257.48:464:13
267.58:454:15
277.68:434:17
287.68:414:20
297.78:394:22
307.88:384:24
317.88:364:26

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.3 kWh/m² to a high of 6.46 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.45 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Skagen?

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
6th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Skagen.

What to pack for Skagen in January

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

In January, Skagen sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer and a windbreaker. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera windbreakera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Skagen 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
Sep15Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec6Bracing

UV index in Skagen 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 Skagen 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 Skagen?

Skagen sits at 57.7°N, 10.6°E, 0 m above sea level, in Denmark. The nearest listed city is Frederikshavn, 31 km away.

FrederikshavnHjørringBjörlandaMajornaVästra FrölundaGothenburgNørresundbyKungälv

Topography around Skagen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Skagen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 2 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 140 m.

The land around Skagen is covered by water (43%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, water (90%) within 16 km, and water (75%) within 80 km.

3 km
16 m
16 km
38 m
80 km
140 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Frederikshavn 31 km · Hjørring 46 km · Björlanda 74 km · Majorna 79 km · Västra Frölunda 80 km · Gothenburg 82 km · Nørresundby 84 km · Kungälv 84 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 Skagen (57.7209°, 10.5839°, elevation 0 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).