Skive weather in January

In January, Skive sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 62 mm of precipitation across 12 wet days and about 7.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-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 12% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 36 min at the start of January to 8 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Skive's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Skive's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
62 mm
12 wet days
Daylight
7 h 12 min
8:58 AM – 4:08 PM
Cloud cover
75%
9th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Skive is town in 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 Skive 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 Skive

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.

Skive weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -0°62123.47.20.0
Feb / -1°4910.43.79.10.0
Mar / 4910.6211.40.7
Apr11° / 4810.20.513.92.7
May15° / 5911.2016.14.6
Jun18° / 10°7010.7017.35.6
Jul20° / 12°7211.6016.86.1
Aug20° / 12°7912.9014.95.9
Sep17° / 10°6911.6012.54.9
Oct12° / 7612.60.110.12.9
Nov / 5811.60.77.91.0
Dec / 6111.92.26.70.0

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 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Skive gets around 62 mm of rain and snow over 12 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 38% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days, and about 3 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 19 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 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 36 min at the start of January to 8 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:08 AM to 8:36 AM, and sunset from 3:46 PM to 4:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.69:083:46
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56.79:073:51
66.89:063:52
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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 0.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.34 kWh/m² to a high of 5.67 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.5 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Skive?

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
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Skive.

What to pack for Skive in January

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

In January, Skive 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 Skive 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 40 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.

0°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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May10Bracing
Jun13Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov10Bracing
Dec7Bracing

UV index in Skive in January

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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 Skive peaks around June 20 at about 5 (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 5 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
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Location & terrain

Where is Skive?

Skive sits at 56.6°N, 9.0°E, 24 m above sea level, in Denmark. The nearest listed city is Viborg, 26 km away.

ViborgHolstebroHerningSilkeborgRandersAalborgNørresundbyTilst

Topography around Skive

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Skive has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 184 m.

The land around Skive is covered by grassland (25%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, cropland (45%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (36%) and water (27%) within 80 km.

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January weather nearby: Viborg 26 km · Holstebro 34 km · Herning 48 km · Silkeborg 54 km · Randers 63 km · Aalborg 76 km · Nørresundby 77 km · Tilst 79 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 Skive (56.567°, 9.0271°, elevation 24 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).