Bad Vilbel weather in January

In January, Bad Vilbel sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 52 mm of precipitation across 11.1 wet days and about 8.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-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 13% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 54 min at the start of January to 8 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Bad Vilbel's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bad Vilbel's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
1st coldest
Precipitation
52 mm
11.1 wet days
Daylight
8 h 18 min
8:26 AM – 4:43 PM
Cloud cover
76%
10th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.85 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 Bad Vilbel reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to -0°C overnight — a 5°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 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
140
240
340
440
540
640
740
840
940
1040
1140
1240
1340
1440
1540
1640
1740
1840
194-1
204-1
214-1
224-1
234-1
244-1
254-1
264-1
274-1
284-1
294-1
304-1
314-1

How January really feels in Bad Vilbel

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.

Bad Vilbel weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -0°5211.12.78.30.0
Feb / -0°439.42.49.70.3
Mar10° / 4810.61.111.52.2
Apr15° / 449.70.113.54.4
May19° / 5910.7015.25.8
Jun22° / 13°5510.4016.16.5
Jul25° / 15°6211.3015.76.7
Aug24° / 14°569.7014.36.9
Sep20° / 11°528.7012.46.2
Oct14° / 5310.4010.53.9
Nov / 5410.80.88.81.3
Dec / 6413.13.37.90.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
22080
32080
42080
52080
62179
72179
82278
92278
102278
112377
122377
132476
142476
152476
162476
172575
182575
192575
202575
212575
222575
232575
242476
252476
262575
272674
282575
292575
302575
312575

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Bad Vilbel gets around 52 mm of rain and snow over 11.1 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 36% and peaks near 44% 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 (%)
14410
2449
3439
4439
5428
6418
7407
8407
9397
10387
11377
12367
13357
14347
15347
16338
17338
18329
19329
203210
213210
223211
233311
243311
253312
263312
273312
283312
293312
303312
313311

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 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
1212light breeze
1312light breeze
1412light breeze
1512light breeze
1612calm
1712calm
1812calm
1912calm
2012calm
2112calm
2212calm
2312calm
2412calm
2512calm
2612calm
2712calm
2812calm
2912calm
3012calm
3112calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 54 min at the start of January to 8 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:31 AM to 8:11 AM, and sunset from 4:25 PM to 5:06 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.98:314:25
27.98:314:26
37.98:314:27
48.08:314:28
58.08:314:29
68.08:314:30
78.08:304:31
88.08:304:32
98.18:304:34
108.18:294:35
118.18:294:36
128.28:284:37
138.28:284:39
148.28:274:40
158.28:274:41
168.38:264:43
178.38:254:44
188.48:244:46
198.48:244:47
208.48:234:49
218.58:224:50
228.58:214:52
238.68:204:53
248.68:194:55
258.68:184:56
268.78:174:58
278.78:165:00
288.88:145:01
298.88:135:03
308.98:125:04
318.98:115:06

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.64 kWh/m² to a high of 5.55 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.85 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.7Dim
20.7Dim
30.7Dim
40.7Dim
50.7Dim
60.7Dim
70.7Dim
80.7Dim
90.7Dim
100.8Dim
110.8Dim
120.8Dim
130.8Dim
140.8Dim
150.8Dim
160.8Dim
170.9Dim
180.9Dim
190.9Dim
200.9Dim
210.9Dim
221.0Dim
231.0Dim
241.0Dim
251.0Dim
261.0Dim
271.1Dim
281.1Dim
291.1Dim
301.1Dim
311.2Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Bad Vilbel?

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 Bad Vilbel.

What to pack for Bad Vilbel in January

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

In January, Bad Vilbel 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 Bad Vilbel 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 Bad Vilbel peaks around July 15 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bad Vilbel?

Bad Vilbel sits at 50.2°N, 8.7°E, 117 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Karben, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Bad Vilbel

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bad Vilbel has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m around an average of 145 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 495 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 850 m.

The land around Bad Vilbel is covered by cropland (39%) and trees (29%) within 3 km, trees (41%), cropland (28%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
110 m
16 km
495 m
80 km
850 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Karben 6.0 km · Maintal 8.0 km · Frankfurt 8.0 km · Offenbach 9.0 km · Mühlheim am Main 10 km · Bad Homburg vor der Höhe 10 km · Friedrichsdorf 10 km · Nidderau 11 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 Bad Vilbel (50.1787°, 8.7376°, elevation 117 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).