Eberbach weather in January

In January, Eberbach sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 79 mm of precipitation across 13 wet days and about 8.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-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 16% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 hours at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Eberbach's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Eberbach's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-1°
1st coldest
Precipitation
79 mm
13 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
8:22 AM – 4:45 PM
Cloud cover
74%
10th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.94 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Eberbach 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 3°C through the month.

A typical January day in Eberbach reaches about 3°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 -3°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
83-1
93-1
103-1
113-1
123-1
133-1
143-1
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233-1
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273-1
283-1
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303-1
313-1

How January really feels in Eberbach

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.

Eberbach 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 / -1°79134.98.40.0
Feb / -1°6711.54.89.80.1
Mar10° / 7912.72.411.51.9
Apr14° / 5911.50.313.44.0
May18° / 8613.4015.15.4
Jun22° / 13°7612.90166.1
Jul24° / 14°8513.8015.66.4
Aug24° / 14°7011.6014.26.6
Sep19° / 11°7010.5012.45.8
Oct13° / 7512.40.110.53.5
Nov / 7512.11.68.91.0
Dec / 93155.280.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% 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 74%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22278
32278
42278
52377
62377
72377
82377
92476
102575
112575
122773
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Eberbach gets around 79 mm of rain and snow over 13 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 42% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14916
24916
34815
44815
54714
64614
74614
84514
94414
104314
114214
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144015
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274120
284120
294120
304120
314120

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 (%)
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21100
22100
23100
24100
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27100
28100
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30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 12 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 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
1212light breeze
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1812calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 hours at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:27 AM to 8:07 AM, and sunset from 4:28 PM to 5:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.08:274:28
28.08:274:28
38.08:274:29
48.18:274:30
58.18:274:31
68.18:264:32
78.18:264:34
88.18:264:35
98.28:254:36
108.28:254:37
118.28:254:38
128.38:244:40
138.38:244:41
148.38:234:42
158.38:224:43
168.48:224:45
178.48:214:46
188.58:204:48
198.58:204:49
208.58:194:50
218.68:184:52
228.68:174:53
238.68:164:55
248.78:154:56
258.78:144:58
268.88:135:00
278.88:125:01
288.98:115:03
298.98:105:04
309.08:085:06
319.08:075:07

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.58 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.94 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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171.0Dim
181.0Dim
191.0Dim
201.0Dim
211.0Dim
221.1Dim
231.1Dim
241.1Dim
251.1Dim
261.1Dim
271.2Dim
281.2Dim
291.2Dim
301.2Dim
311.3Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Eberbach?

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 Eberbach.

What to pack for Eberbach in January

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

In January, Eberbach sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -1°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 Eberbach 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 Eberbach peaks around July 15 at about 7 (very 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Eberbach?

Eberbach sits at 49.5°N, 9.0°E, 144 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Mosbach, 17 km away.

Topography around Eberbach

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Eberbach has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 439 m around an average of 302 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 527 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 661 m.

The land around Eberbach is covered by trees (85%) within 3 km, trees (74%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and cropland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
439 m
16 km
527 m
80 km
661 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Mosbach 17 km · Heidelberg 23 km · Michelstadt 23 km · Buchen in Odenwald 25 km · Weinheim 25 km · Sinsheim 25 km · Leimen 26 km · Bad Rappenau 27 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 Eberbach (49.4668°, 8.9902°, elevation 144 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).