Burghausen weather in January

In January, Burghausen sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -2°C, with 66 mm of precipitation across 11.5 wet days and about 8.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 3°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 12 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Burghausen's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Burghausen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-2°
1st coldest
Precipitation
66 mm
11.5 wet days
Daylight
8 h 36 min
8:01 AM – 4:35 PM
Cloud cover
70%
10th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
1.14 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Burghausen is city in the Altötting district, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 11.1 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
920/km²
people per km²

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 3°C through the month.

A typical January day in Burghausen reaches about 3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -2°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 9°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)
13-1
23-1
33-1
43-1
53-1
63-1
73-1
84-1
94-1
103-2
113-2
123-2
133-2
143-2
153-2
163-2
173-2
183-2
193-2
203-2
213-2
223-2
233-2
243-2
253-2
263-2
273-2
283-2
294-2
304-2
314-2

How January really feels in Burghausen

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.

Burghausen 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 / -2°6611.56.28.60.0
Feb / -1°5611.15.19.90.2
Mar10° / 78133.311.62.2
Apr15° / 6511.70.713.44.3
May20° / 10°10614.4014.95.6
Jun23° / 13°11014.7015.86.0
Jul25° / 15°11114.8015.46.2
Aug24° / 15°10213.4014.16.4
Sep19° / 11°8912.2012.45.7
Oct14° / 7411.90.310.63.9
Nov / 6410.72.791.2
Dec / -1°7112.95.98.20.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
23169
33169
43169
53268
63268
73268
83367
93367
103367
113367
123466
133466
143466
153466
163466
173466
183367
193367
203367
213367
223367
233367
243169
253169
263169
273169
283070
293169
303169
313169

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Burghausen gets around 66 mm of rain and snow over 11.5 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 37% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14220
24220
34120
44119
54119
64019
74019
83918
93818
103718
113617
123517
133417
143418
153418
163318
173319
183319
193420
203420
213421
223521
233522
243522
253622
263622
273722
283722
293721
303721
313721

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 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
210calm
310calm
410calm
510calm
610calm
710calm
810calm
910calm
1010calm
1110calm
1210calm
1310calm
1410calm
1510calm
1610calm
1710calm
1810calm
1910calm
2010calm
2110calm
2210calm
2310calm
2410calm
2511calm
2611calm
2711calm
2811calm
2911calm
3011calm
3111calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 12 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 54 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:06 AM to 7:48 AM, and sunset from 4:18 PM to 4:56 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.28:064:18
28.28:064:19
38.28:064:20
48.38:064:21
58.38:054:22
68.38:054:23
78.38:054:24
88.38:054:25
98.48:054:26
108.48:044:27
118.48:044:28
128.48:034:30
138.58:034:31
148.58:024:32
158.58:024:33
168.68:014:35
178.68:014:36
188.68:004:37
198.77:594:39
208.77:584:40
218.77:584:41
228.87:574:43
238.87:564:44
248.87:554:46
258.97:544:47
268.97:534:49
279.07:524:50
289.07:514:52
299.17:504:53
309.17:494:55
319.17:484:56

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.9 kWh/m² to a high of 5.61 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.14 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.9Dim
20.9Dim
30.9Dim
41.0Dim
51.0Dim
61.0Dim
71.0Dim
81.0Dim
91.0Dim
101.0Dim
111.1Dim
121.1Dim
131.1Dim
141.1Dim
151.1Dim
161.1Dim
171.2Dim
181.2Dim
191.2Dim
201.2Dim
211.2Dim
221.3Dim
231.3Dim
241.3Dim
251.3Dim
261.4Dim
271.4Dim
281.4Dim
291.4Dim
301.5Dim
311.5Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Burghausen?

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 Burghausen.

What to pack for Burghausen in January

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

In January, Burghausen sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Burghausen 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 Burghausen peaks around July 10 at about 8 (very 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 10UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May7High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Burghausen?

Burghausen sits at 48.2°N, 12.8°E, 422 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Mühldorf, 25 km away.

Bad ReichenhallVilshofen

Topography around Burghausen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Burghausen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 168 m around an average of 423 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 235 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,398 m.

The land around Burghausen is covered by trees (33%), cropland (24%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, trees (43%), cropland (28%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (42%), cropland (30%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
168 m
16 km
235 m
80 km
2,398 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Mühldorf 25 km · Traunreut 29 km · Waldkraiburg 32 km · Traunstein 36 km · Freilassing 38 km · Salzburg 44 km · Bad Reichenhall 49 km · Vilshofen 57 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 Burghausen (48.1692°, 12.8314°, elevation 422 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).