Bretten weather in January

In January, Bretten sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 68 mm of precipitation across 12.5 wet days and about 8.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-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 18% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Bretten's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bretten's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
1st coldest
Precipitation
68 mm
12.5 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
8:21 AM – 4:48 PM
Cloud cover
71%
10th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
1.02 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 Bretten 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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How January really feels in Bretten

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.

Bretten 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 / -0°6812.548.50.0
Feb / 60113.59.80.4
Mar10° / 7012.61.911.62.3
Apr15° / 5411.10.113.44.4
May19° / 10°8513.20155.6
Jun22° / 13°7512.3015.96.3
Jul25° / 15°7912.6015.66.6
Aug24° / 15°7112014.26.6
Sep20° / 11°6410.2012.46.1
Oct14° / 6911.40.110.54.0
Nov / 7011.41.18.91.4
Dec / 82143.58.10.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 71%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12575
22575
32575
42674
52674
62674
72674
82872
92872
102971
112971
123070
133070
143070
153070
163169
173169
183169
193169
203169
213169
223070
233070
242971
252971
262971
272872
282872
292872
302971
313070

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Bretten gets around 68 mm of rain and snow over 12.5 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 40% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14713
24613
34612
44612
54512
64512
74411
84311
94211
104211
114110
124010
134011
143911
153911
163911
173812
183812
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203813
213813
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283815
293715
303715
313715

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
1312calm
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1512calm
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1712calm
1812calm
1912calm
2012calm
2112calm
2212calm
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2512calm
2612calm
2712light breeze
2812light breeze
2912light breeze
3012light breeze
3112light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 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 8:26 AM to 8:07 AM, and sunset from 4:31 PM to 5:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.18:264:31
28.18:264:32
38.18:264:33
48.18:264:33
58.18:264:34
68.28:264:36
78.28:254:37
88.28:254:38
98.28:254:39
108.38:244:40
118.38:244:41
128.38:234:42
138.38:234:44
148.48:224:45
158.48:224:46
168.48:214:48
178.58:214:49
188.58:204:50
198.58:194:52
208.68:184:53
218.68:174:55
228.78:174:56
238.78:164:58
248.78:154:59
258.88:145:01
268.88:135:02
278.98:125:04
288.98:105:05
299.08:095:07
309.08:085:08
319.18:075:10

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.79 kWh/m² to a high of 5.6 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.02 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.8Dim
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30.8Dim
40.8Dim
50.8Dim
60.9Dim
70.9Dim
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90.9Dim
100.9Dim
110.9Dim
120.9Dim
131.0Dim
141.0Dim
151.0Dim
161.0Dim
171.0Dim
181.1Dim
191.1Dim
201.1Dim
211.1Dim
221.1Dim
231.2Dim
241.2Dim
251.2Dim
261.2Dim
271.3Dim
281.3Dim
291.3Dim
301.3Dim
311.4Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Bretten?

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 Bretten.

What to pack for Bretten in January

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

In January, Bretten 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 Bretten 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 Bretten peaks around July 14 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 14UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bretten?

Bretten sits at 49.0°N, 8.7°E, 183 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Bruchsal, 13 km away.

Topography around Bretten

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bretten has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m around an average of 212 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 329 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,077 m.

The land around Bretten is covered by cropland (35%) and trees (34%) within 3 km, trees (42%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
138 m
16 km
329 m
80 km
1,077 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Bruchsal 13 km · Mühlacker 14 km · Pforzheim 17 km · Eppingen 19 km · Vaihingen an der Enz 22 km · Karlsruhe 22 km · Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 23 km · Ettlingen 24 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 Bretten (49.0369°, 8.7074°, elevation 183 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).