Eckernförde weather in January

In January, Eckernförde sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 63 mm of precipitation across 12.2 wet days and about 7.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-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 11% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 06 min at the start of January to 8 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Eckernförde's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Eckernförde's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
63 mm
12.2 wet days
Daylight
7 h 36 min
8:42 AM – 4:18 PM
Cloud cover
78%
11th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Eckernförde 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 4°C through the month.

A typical January day in Eckernförde 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 8°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Eckernförde

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.

Eckernförde 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 / 6312.22.77.60.0
Feb / -0°48103.19.30.0
Mar / 5010.81.911.50.9
Apr12° / 439.60.213.73.0
May16° / 5710.7015.74.9
Jun19° / 11°6811.8016.95.7
Jul21° / 13°7512.2016.46.1
Aug21° / 13°7412.7014.76.0
Sep17° / 11°6010.8012.55.3
Oct13° / 6312010.23.2
Nov / 5511.60.58.21.0
Dec / 6112.62.57.10.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% 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 80%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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22179
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Eckernförde gets around 63 mm of rain and snow over 12.2 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 39% and peaks near 42% 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 (%)
1428
2428
3428
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5427
6427
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9417
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11417
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13408
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15398
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313511

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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Wind in January

Winds average 17 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
218light breeze
318light breeze
418light breeze
518light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 06 min at the start of January to 8 h 24 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 8:50 AM to 8:23 AM, and sunset from 3:57 PM to 4:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.18:503:57
27.18:503:58
37.28:503:59
47.28:504:00
57.28:504:02
67.28:494:03
77.38:494:04
87.38:484:05
97.38:484:07
107.48:474:08
117.48:464:10
127.48:464:11
137.58:454:13
147.58:444:14
157.58:434:16
167.68:424:18
177.68:414:19
187.78:404:21
197.78:394:23
207.88:384:24
217.88:374:26
227.98:364:28
237.98:354:30
248.08:334:32
258.08:324:33
268.18:304:35
278.18:294:37
288.28:284:39
298.38:264:41
308.38:254:43
318.48:234:45

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.42 kWh/m² to a high of 5.43 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.58 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Eckernförde?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Eckernförde.

What to pack for Eckernförde in January

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

In January, Eckernförde sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Eckernförde in January

The nearest coast averages about 3°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 25 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 2°C.

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

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan3Bracing
Feb2Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr5Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun15Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec4Bracing

UV index in Eckernförde 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 Eckernförde peaks around June 23 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Eckernförde?

Eckernförde sits at 54.5°N, 9.8°E, 4 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Schleswig, 18 km away.

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Topography around Eckernförde

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Eckernförde has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 12 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 125 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 275 m.

The land around Eckernförde is covered by water (34%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, cropland (45%) within 16 km, and cropland (31%), water (31%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
52 m
16 km
125 m
80 km
275 m
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January weather nearby: Schleswig 18 km · Rendsburg 21 km · Kiel 25 km · Elmschenhagen 30 km · Preetz 39 km · Flensburg 44 km · Neumünster 45 km · Sønderborg 49 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 Eckernförde (54.4685°, 9.8382°, elevation 4 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).