Butzbach weather in January

In January, Butzbach sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 56 mm of precipitation across 11.3 wet days and about 8.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-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 Butzbach's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Butzbach's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-1°
1st coldest
Precipitation
56 mm
11.3 wet days
Daylight
8 h 12 min
8:27 AM – 4:42 PM
Cloud cover
76%
10th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.83 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 Butzbach reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to -1°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 9°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)
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How January really feels in Butzbach

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.

Butzbach weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°5611.33.18.30.0
Feb / -0°469.63.19.70.2
Mar / 5111.11.511.51.9
Apr14° / 469.80.213.54.1
May18° / 5910.9015.25.6
Jun21° / 12°6110.7016.16.3
Jul24° / 14°6711.8015.86.6
Aug23° / 14°6010.4014.36.7
Sep19° / 10°559.1012.46.0
Oct13° / 5510.90.110.53.6
Nov / 5611.11.18.81.1
Dec / 6713.13.77.90.0

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

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11981
21981
31981
42080
52080
62080
72278
82278
92278
102377
112377
122476
132476
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222377
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302377
312377

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Butzbach gets around 56 mm of rain and snow over 11.3 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 43% 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 (%)
14311
24311
34210
44110
5419
6409
7399
8398
9388
10378
11378
12368
13368
14358
15359
16349
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283514
293514
303514
313414

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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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 13 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
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813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
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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 8:33 AM to 8:12 AM, and sunset from 4:24 PM to 5:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.98:334:24
27.98:334:25
37.98:334:26
47.98:324:27
57.98:324:28
68.08:324:29
78.08:324:30
88.08:314:32
98.08:314:33
108.18:314:34
118.18:304:35
128.18:304:37
138.18:294:38
148.28:294:39
158.28:284:41
168.28:274:42
178.38:274:43
188.38:264:45
198.48:254:46
208.48:244:48
218.48:234:49
228.58:224:51
238.58:214:52
248.68:204:54
258.68:194:56
268.78:184:57
278.78:174:59
288.78:165:00
298.88:145:02
308.88:135:04
318.98:125:05

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.61 kWh/m² to a high of 5.52 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.83 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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230.9Dim
241.0Dim
251.0Dim
261.0Dim
271.0Dim
281.1Dim
291.1Dim
301.1Dim
311.1Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Butzbach?

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 Butzbach.

What to pack for Butzbach in January

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

In January, Butzbach sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near -1°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 Butzbach 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 Butzbach peaks around July 14 at about 7 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 14UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Butzbach?

Butzbach sits at 50.4°N, 8.7°E, 206 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Bad Nauheim, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Butzbach

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Butzbach has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 253 m around an average of 223 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 408 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 850 m.

The land around Butzbach is covered by cropland (42%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, trees (39%) and cropland (37%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) within 80 km.

3 km
253 m
16 km
408 m
80 km
850 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Bad Nauheim 9.0 km · Friedberg 12 km · Gießen 17 km · Neu-Anspach 18 km · Wetzlar 18 km · Friedrichsdorf 21 km · Bad Homburg vor der Höhe 23 km · Karben 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 Butzbach (50.434°, 8.6712°, elevation 206 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).