Bünde weather in January

In January, Bünde sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 69 mm of precipitation across 13.4 wet days and about 8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-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 36 min at the start of January to 8 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Bünde's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bünde's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
69 mm
13.4 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
8:36 AM – 4:34 PM
Cloud cover
77%
10th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Bünde is human settlement in 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 Bünde 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 about 1°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Bünde

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.

Bünde weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6913.42.980.0
Feb / 53113.59.50.2
Mar / 5912.21.711.51.7
Apr14° / 51110.213.63.9
May18° / 6111.4015.45.4
Jun21° / 12°6512016.45.9
Jul23° / 14°7713.40166.2
Aug23° / 14°7412.7014.56.2
Sep19° / 11°6110.4012.45.7
Oct14° / 6612.1010.33.6
Nov / 6112.50.98.51.3
Dec / 7013.32.87.60.1

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 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11981
21981
32080
42080
52179
62179
72179
82278
92278
102377
112278
122278
132377
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212377
222377
232278
242278
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272179
282179
292179
302179
312179

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Bünde gets around 69 mm of rain and snow over 13.4 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 43% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1459
2459
3459
4458
5458
6458
7457
8447
9447
10437
11436
12437
13427
14427
15428
16428
17429
18429
194210
204210
214211
224211
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244212
254213
264213
274213
284113
294113
304013
314013

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
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26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 16 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
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 36 min at the start of January to 8 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:42 AM to 8:19 AM, and sunset from 4:15 PM to 4:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.68:424:15
27.68:424:16
37.68:424:17
47.68:424:18
57.68:424:20
67.78:414:21
77.78:414:22
87.78:414:23
97.78:404:24
107.88:404:26
117.88:394:27
127.88:384:28
137.98:384:30
147.98:374:31
157.98:364:33
168.08:364:34
178.08:354:36
188.18:344:37
198.18:334:39
208.18:324:40
218.28:314:42
228.28:304:44
238.38:294:45
248.38:284:47
258.48:274:49
268.48:254:50
278.58:244:52
288.58:234:54
298.68:214:56
308.68:204:58
318.78:194:59

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.53 kWh/m² to a high of 5.21 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.71 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 Bünde?

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 Bünde.

What to pack for Bünde in January

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

In January, Bünde 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 Bünde 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 Bünde peaks around July 12 at about 6 (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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 12UV 6Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bünde?

Bünde sits at 52.2°N, 8.6°E, 74 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Kirchlengern, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Bünde

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bünde has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 78 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 285 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 518 m.

The land around Bünde is covered by trees (27%), cropland (26%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, cropland (41%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and cropland (49%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
68 m
16 km
285 m
80 km
518 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Kirchlengern 3.0 km · Hiddenhausen 4.0 km · Enger 7.0 km · Löhne 7.0 km · Spenge 9.0 km · Herford 11 km · Lübbecke 12 km · Bad Oeynhausen 15 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 Bünde (52.1984°, 8.5864°, elevation 74 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).