Eisenhüttenstadt weather in January

In January, Eisenhüttenstadt sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -2°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 11.4 wet days and about 8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-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 14% 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 Eisenhüttenstadt's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Eisenhüttenstadt's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-2°
1st coldest
Precipitation
49 mm
11.4 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
8:11 AM – 4:10 PM
Cloud cover
77%
10th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Eisenhüttenstadt is town in Oder-Spree, Brandenburg, Germany.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 11.3 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
505/km²
people per km²
Founded
1950

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 Eisenhüttenstadt reaches about 3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -2°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -4°C and 9°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)
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
153-1
163-1
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How January really feels in Eisenhüttenstadt

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.

Eisenhüttenstadt 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 / -2°4911.4480.0
Feb / -1°399.24.19.50.0
Mar / 4810.72.311.51.4
Apr14° / 378.80.513.64.3
May19° / 5410.8015.46.0
Jun22° / 13°5711016.46.4
Jul24° / 15°8312.40166.5
Aug24° / 14°6510.7014.56.7
Sep19° / 10°519.6012.46.0
Oct13° / 469.60.210.43.7
Nov / 459.91.28.51.0
Dec / -0°48113.57.60.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
32179
42179
52278
62278
72278
82278
92179
102179
112278
122278
132278
142278
152278
162278
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222278
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242278
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312179

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Eisenhüttenstadt gets around 49 mm of rain and snow over 11.4 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 36% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13814
23814
33913
43913
53913
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83812
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303513
313513

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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22100
23100
24100
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26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 15 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
1215light breeze
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2015light breeze
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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 8:18 AM to 7:54 AM, and sunset from 3:51 PM to 4:35 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.68:183:51
27.68:183:52
37.68:173:53
47.68:173:55
57.68:173:56
67.78:173:57
77.78:163:58
87.78:163:59
97.78:164:00
107.88:154:02
117.88:154:03
127.88:144:04
137.98:134:06
147.98:134:07
157.98:124:09
168.08:114:10
178.08:104:12
188.18:094:13
198.18:094:15
208.18:084:16
218.28:074:18
228.28:064:20
238.38:044:21
248.38:034:23
258.48:024:25
268.48:014:26
278.58:004:28
288.57:584:30
298.67:574:32
308.67:564:33
318.77:544:35

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.55 kWh/m² to a high of 5.34 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.72 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.6Dim
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Eisenhüttenstadt?

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 Eisenhüttenstadt.

What to pack for Eisenhüttenstadt in January

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

In January, Eisenhüttenstadt sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -2°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Eisenhüttenstadt 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 Eisenhüttenstadt peaks around June 18 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 18UV 7Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Eisenhüttenstadt?

Eisenhüttenstadt sits at 52.1°N, 14.7°E, 45 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Guben, 23 km away.

Kostrzyn nad OdrąCottbus

Topography around Eisenhüttenstadt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Eisenhüttenstadt has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m around an average of 45 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 154 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 285 m.

The land around Eisenhüttenstadt is covered by trees (42%), artificial surfaces (30%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, trees (58%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
99 m
16 km
154 m
80 km
285 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Guben 23 km · Gubin 23 km · Frankfurt (Oder) 23 km · Słubice 23 km · Forst 46 km · Fürstenwalde 46 km · Kostrzyn nad Odrą 49 km · Cottbus 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 Eisenhüttenstadt (52.15°, 14.65°, elevation 45 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).