Alzey weather in January

In January, Alzey sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 47 mm of precipitation across 11 wet days and about 8.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-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 14% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 hours at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Alzey's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alzey's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
1st coldest
Precipitation
47 mm
11 wet days
Daylight
8 h 18 min
8:27 AM – 4:47 PM
Cloud cover
76%
10th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.92 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

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 Alzey 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 10°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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314-1

How January really feels in Alzey

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.

Alzey weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -0°47112.68.40.0
Feb / 419.12.69.80.3
Mar10° / 4810.71.211.52.2
Apr15° / 439.70.213.54.3
May19° / 6211.2015.15.7
Jun22° / 13°5610.30166.5
Jul24° / 15°5910.8015.76.8
Aug24° / 14°5410.2014.26.9
Sep20° / 11°529.4012.46.1
Oct14° / 5310.5010.53.8
Nov / 5211.50.88.81.2
Dec / 6012.32.980.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
22179
32179
42179
52179
62179
72377
82377
92377
102476
112476
122476
132575
142575
152575
162575
172674
182674
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202674
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282575
292575
302575
312575

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Alzey 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 41% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1419
2409
3408
4408
5408
6398
7397
8387
9387
10377
11377
12367
13357
14357
15347
16348
17348
18338
19339
20339
21339
223310
233310
243310
253311
263311
273311
283311
293211
303211
313211

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 (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
613light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
1212light breeze
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3012light breeze
3112light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 hours at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:32 AM to 8:12 AM, and sunset from 4:30 PM to 5:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.08:324:30
28.08:324:31
38.08:324:32
48.08:314:33
58.08:314:34
68.18:314:35
78.18:314:36
88.18:314:37
98.18:304:38
108.28:304:39
118.28:294:41
128.28:294:42
138.28:284:43
148.38:284:44
158.38:274:46
168.38:274:47
178.48:264:49
188.48:254:50
198.58:244:51
208.58:234:53
218.58:234:54
228.68:224:56
238.68:214:57
248.78:204:59
258.78:195:00
268.78:185:02
278.88:175:04
288.88:155:05
298.98:145:07
308.98:135:08
319.08:125:10

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.69 kWh/m² to a high of 5.59 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.92 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.7Dim
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170.9Dim
180.9Dim
191.0Dim
201.0Dim
211.0Dim
221.0Dim
231.1Dim
241.1Dim
251.1Dim
261.1Dim
271.1Dim
281.2Dim
291.2Dim
301.2Dim
311.3Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Alzey?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Alzey.

What to pack for Alzey in January

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

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

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Alzey 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 Alzey peaks around July 16 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighModerateLowJul 16UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Alzey?

Alzey sits at 49.7°N, 8.1°E, 173 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Bad Kreuznach, 21 km away.

Topography around Alzey

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alzey has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 146 m around an average of 212 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 403 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 850 m.

The land around Alzey is covered by cropland (43%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, cropland (56%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
146 m
16 km
403 m
80 km
850 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Bad Kreuznach 21 km · Worms 22 km · Ingelheim am Rhein 25 km · Nieder-Ingelheim 26 km · Bürstadt 27 km · Mainz 29 km · Bingen am Rhein 29 km · Gonsenheim 29 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 Alzey (49.7466°, 8.1151°, elevation 173 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).