Achim weather in January

In January, Achim sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 64 mm of precipitation across 13.2 wet days and about 7.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-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 7 h 24 min at the start of January to 8 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Achim's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Achim's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
64 mm
13.2 wet days
Daylight
7 h 48 min
8:38 AM – 4:28 PM
Cloud cover
78%
10th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Achim is settlement in Achim, Germany.

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 Achim 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 10°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Achim

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.

Achim weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6413.22.37.90.0
Feb / 5010.32.69.50.2
Mar / 5311.11.511.51.7
Apr14° / 4910.50.213.63.9
May18° / 6110.8015.55.5
Jun21° / 11°6912016.65.9
Jul23° / 14°8113.2016.26.2
Aug23° / 13°7312.7014.56.2
Sep19° / 11°5810.4012.45.7
Oct14° / 6111.7010.33.6
Nov / 5511.90.68.41.3
Dec / 6512.72.47.40.1

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 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Achim gets around 64 mm of rain and snow over 13.2 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 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1438
2438
3437
4437
5446
6446
7446
8445
9435
10435
11435
12425
13425
14426
15416
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20418
21419
22419
234110
244110
254010
264010
274010
283910
293910
303910
313810

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, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 24 min at the start of January to 8 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:45 AM to 8:20 AM, and sunset from 4:09 PM to 4:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.48:454:09
27.48:454:10
37.48:454:11
47.58:454:12
57.58:444:13
67.58:444:15
77.58:444:16
87.68:434:17
97.68:434:18
107.68:424:20
117.78:424:21
127.78:414:22
137.78:404:24
147.88:404:25
157.88:394:27
167.88:384:28
177.98:374:30
187.98:364:32
198.08:354:33
208.08:344:35
218.18:334:37
228.18:324:38
238.28:314:40
248.28:304:42
258.38:284:43
268.38:274:45
278.48:264:47
288.48:244:49
298.58:234:51
308.58:224:53
318.68:204:54

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.49 kWh/m² to a high of 5.23 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.64 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Achim?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Achim.

What to pack for Achim in January

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

In January, Achim sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Achim in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Achim peaks around July 15 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 22 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
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Achim?

Achim sits at 53.0°N, 9.0°E, 14 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Oyten, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Achim

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Achim 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 85 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 253 m.

The land around Achim is covered by grassland (38%), cropland (23%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, cropland (37%), grassland (30%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (36%), trees (31%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
48 m
16 km
85 m
80 km
253 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Oyten 5.0 km · Bremen 16 km · Lilienthal 16 km · Verden 17 km · Syke 18 km · Stuhr 19 km · Delmenhorst 27 km · Bassum 27 km

Germany travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 80% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$60,496
2025
Happiness
6.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 615
Religion
none 44%Roman Catholic 25%Protestant 23%other 5%

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 Achim (53.0142°, 9.0263°, elevation 14 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. 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).