Cuxhaven weather in January

In January, Cuxhaven sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 82 mm of precipitation across 14.9 wet days and about 7.7 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 12 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Cuxhaven's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cuxhaven's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
82 mm
14.9 wet days
Daylight
7 h 42 min
8:44 AM – 4:25 PM
Cloud cover
77%
10th clearest
Wind
23 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.6 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Cuxhaven is Wikimedia duplicated page of Q4197.

Air quality
Good
PM10 15.2 µg/m³ · 2019

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 Cuxhaven reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -1°C and 8°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
142
242
342
442
542
642
742
842
942
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How January really feels in Cuxhaven

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.

Cuxhaven 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 / 8214.92.47.70.0
Feb / 6211.72.59.40.0
Mar / 6311.91.611.50.9
Apr11° / 5110.80.213.72.7
May15° / 10°6611.9015.74.3
Jun18° / 13°8914.1016.75.1
Jul20° / 15°10114.5016.35.6
Aug20° / 16°10815.3014.65.6
Sep17° / 13°9313.4012.54.9
Oct13° / 9614.7010.23.1
Nov / 8314.50.48.31.2
Dec / 8714.82.47.20.1

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 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22278
32377
42377
52476
62476
72377
82377
92377
102377
112278
122377
132377
142278
152377
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212278
222377
232377
242278
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272377
282377
292377
302377
312377

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Cuxhaven gets around 82 mm of rain and snow over 14.9 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 47% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1478
2477
3487
4487
5486
6486
7486
8486
9486
10485
11486
12486
13486
14486
15487
16487
17488
18478
19479
20479
21479
224710
234710
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254611
264611
274511
284511
294511
304411
314410

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
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18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 23 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 22 km/h on the calmest days to 23 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
123breezy
223breezy
323breezy
423breezy
523breezy
623breezy
723breezy
823breezy
923breezy
1023breezy
1123breezy
1223breezy
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2422breezy
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2822breezy
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3022breezy
3122breezy

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 12 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:51 AM to 8:25 AM, and sunset from 4:05 PM to 4:52 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.28:514:05
27.38:514:06
37.38:514:08
47.38:514:09
57.38:504:10
67.38:504:11
77.48:504:12
87.48:494:14
97.48:494:15
107.58:484:16
117.58:484:18
127.58:474:19
137.68:464:21
147.68:454:22
157.78:454:24
167.78:444:25
177.78:434:27
187.88:424:29
197.88:414:30
207.98:404:32
217.98:384:34
228.08:374:35
238.08:364:37
248.18:354:39
258.18:344:41
268.28:324:43
278.28:314:45
288.38:294:46
298.38:284:48
308.48:264:50
318.58:254:52

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.45 kWh/m² to a high of 5.34 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.6 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.5Dim
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40.5Dim
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310.9Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Cuxhaven?

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
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Cuxhaven.

What to pack for Cuxhaven in January

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

In January, Cuxhaven sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat and a windbreaker. About 15 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coata windbreaker

Sea temperature near Cuxhaven in January

The nearest coast averages about 4°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 3°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan4Bracing
Feb3Bracing
Mar5Bracing
Apr8Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun16Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec6Bracing

UV index in Cuxhaven 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 Cuxhaven peaks around July 21 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 21UV 5Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Cuxhaven?

Cuxhaven sits at 53.9°N, 8.7°E, 3 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Langen, 30 km away.

BremervördeWilhelmshavenItzehoe

Topography around Cuxhaven

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cuxhaven has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m around an average of 2 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 201 m.

The land around Cuxhaven is covered by water (38%), artificial surfaces (24%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, water (61%) within 16 km, and water (38%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
33 m
16 km
49 m
80 km
201 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Langen 30 km · Bremerhaven 36 km · Nordenham 43 km · Loxstedt 44 km · Heide 45 km · Bremervörde 52 km · Wilhelmshaven 53 km · Itzehoe 54 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 Cuxhaven (53.8683°, 8.699°, elevation 3 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).