Rakvere weather in January

In January, Rakvere sees average daytime highs of -3°C and overnight lows near -7°C, with 39 mm of precipitation across 10.3 wet days and about 6.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -3°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 5 h 54 min at the start of January to 7 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Rakvere's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rakvere's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-3°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-7°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
39 mm
10.3 wet days
Daylight
6 h 30 min
9:08 AM – 3:39 PM
Cloud cover
87%
11th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Rakvere is town in northern Estonia.

Density
1,394/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 -3°C through the month.

A typical January day in Rakvere reaches about -3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -7°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -10°C and 3°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Rakvere

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
31 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Rakvere weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-3° / -7°3910.310.66.60.0
Feb-2° / -8°359.18.78.70.0
Mar / -5°359.47.311.30.0
Apr / 379.62.614.11.9
May15° / 5210.10.216.64.5
Jun19° / 10°8413.3018.15.5
Jul21° / 13°7412.5017.56.2
Aug20° / 12°7713.9015.35.7
Sep15° / 5311.5012.64.3
Oct / 5911.81.39.81.4
Nov / -1°49115.27.30.0
Dec-1° / -4°4611.49.35.90.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Rakvere gets around 39 mm of rain and snow over 10.3 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 34% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 11 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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313536

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 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 5 h 54 min at the start of January to 7 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:22 AM to 8:42 AM, and sunset from 3:14 PM to 4:14 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
15.99:223:14
25.99:213:15
35.99:213:16
46.09:203:18
56.09:203:19
66.09:193:21
76.19:183:22
86.19:183:24
96.29:173:26
106.29:163:28
116.29:153:29
126.39:143:31
136.39:123:33
146.49:113:35
156.59:103:37
166.59:083:39
176.69:073:41
186.69:063:44
196.79:043:46
206.89:023:48
216.89:013:50
226.98:593:52
237.08:573:55
247.08:563:57
257.18:543:59
267.28:524:02
277.28:504:04
287.38:484:07
297.48:464:09
307.58:444:12
317.58:424:14

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.19 kWh/m² to a high of 5.52 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.33 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 Rakvere?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Rakvere.

What to pack for Rakvere in January

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

In January, Rakvere sees daytime highs around -3°C and nights near -7°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Rakvere 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 31 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 1°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
Feb1Bracing
Mar1Bracing
Apr2Bracing
May7Bracing
Jun12Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep15Bracing
Oct11Bracing
Nov7Bracing
Dec4Bracing

UV index in Rakvere 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 Rakvere peaks around June 19 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 19UV 5Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Rakvere?

Rakvere sits at 59.3°N, 26.4°E, 0 m above sea level, in Estonia. The nearest listed city is Kohtla-Järve, 52 km away.

Kohtla-JärveMaarduLasnamäePiritaKesklinnTallinnKristiinePõhja-Tallinn

Topography around Rakvere

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rakvere has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 79 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 180 m.

The land around Rakvere is covered by grassland (31%), trees (27%) and cropland (26%) within 3 km, cropland (42%), trees (36%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (39%) and water (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
44 m
16 km
113 m
80 km
180 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Kohtla-Järve 52 km · Maardu 79 km · Lasnamäe 85 km · Pirita 87 km · Kesklinn 91 km · Tallinn 91 km · Kristiine 94 km · Põhja-Tallinn 95 km

Estonia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 66% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$34,418
2025
Happiness
6.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
99%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.5
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
4.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 561
Religion
none 58%Orthodox 17%Protestant 9%other 3%

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 Rakvere (59.3481°, 26.3578°, 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).