Delbrück weather in January

In January, Delbrück sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 77 mm of precipitation across 14 wet days and about 8.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-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 Delbrück's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Delbrück's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
1st coldest
Precipitation
77 mm
14 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
8:34 AM – 4:36 PM
Cloud cover
76%
10th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Delbrück is 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 Delbrück 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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Delbrück

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.

Delbrück weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -0°77144.38.10.0
Feb / 6111.94.49.60.1
Mar / 66132.211.51.6
Apr14° / 5311.40.413.63.7
May18° / 6211.9015.45.3
Jun21° / 12°6612.6016.45.8
Jul23° / 14°7613.80166.2
Aug23° / 13°7812.8014.46.2
Sep18° / 10°6711.6012.45.5
Oct13° / 7012.6010.43.5
Nov / 7013.61.38.61.2
Dec / 7714.43.77.60.1

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 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11981
21981
32080
42179
52179
62278
72278
82278
92476
102476
112476
122575
132476
142476
152575
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272278
282179
292179
302179
312179

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Delbrück gets around 77 mm of rain and snow over 14 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 45% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14813
24813
34812
44812
54711
64711
74711
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224317
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314319

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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5100
6100
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27100
28100
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31100

Wind in January

Winds average 16 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
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3116light breeze

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 8:40 AM to 8:17 AM, and sunset from 4:18 PM to 5:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.68:404:18
27.68:404:19
37.78:404:20
47.78:404:21
57.78:394:22
67.78:394:23
77.88:394:24
87.88:384:25
97.88:384:27
107.88:384:28
117.98:374:29
127.98:364:31
137.98:364:32
148.08:354:33
158.08:344:35
168.08:344:36
178.18:334:38
188.18:324:39
198.28:314:41
208.28:304:43
218.28:294:44
228.38:284:46
238.38:274:47
248.48:264:49
258.48:254:51
268.58:244:52
278.58:224:54
288.68:214:56
298.68:204:58
308.78:184:59
318.78:175:01

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.57 kWh/m² to a high of 5.22 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.76 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 Delbrück?

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 Delbrück.

What to pack for Delbrück in January

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

In January, Delbrück sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near -0°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

UV index in Delbrück 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 Delbrück peaks around July 11 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 11UV 6Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Delbrück?

Delbrück sits at 51.8°N, 8.6°E, 102 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Hövelhof, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Delbrück

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Delbrück has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 94 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 176 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 827 m.

The land around Delbrück is covered by cropland (43%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, cropland (39%), trees (28%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (41%) and cropland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
176 m
80 km
827 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Hövelhof 8.0 km · Rietberg 10 km · Salzkotten 11 km · Verl 14 km · Paderborn 14 km · Geseke 14 km · Bad Lippspringe 18 km · Lippstadt 18 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 Delbrück (51.765°, 8.5622°, elevation 102 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).