Eppingen weather in January

In January, Eppingen sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 75 mm of precipitation across 12.6 wet days and about 8.5 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 16% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Eppingen's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Eppingen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-1°
1st coldest
Precipitation
75 mm
12.6 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
8:21 AM – 4:46 PM
Cloud cover
73%
10th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.98 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Eppingen 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 Eppingen reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to -1°C overnight — a 5°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 on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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104-1
114-1
124-1
134-1
144-1
154-1
164-1
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184-1
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204-1
214-1
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244-1
254-1
264-1
274-1
284-1
294-1
304-1
314-1

How January really feels in Eppingen

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.

Eppingen 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 / -1°7512.648.50.0
Feb / -0°6411.13.99.80.3
Mar10° / 7312.21.711.62.3
Apr15° / 5010.10.113.44.5
May19° / 10°7512.50155.7
Jun22° / 13°6111.7015.96.4
Jul25° / 15°7012.1015.66.6
Aug24° / 14°5810.4014.26.8
Sep20° / 11°6210.1012.46.1
Oct14° / 7011.80.110.53.9
Nov / 7211.71.18.91.3
Dec / 8914.748.10.0

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 9% 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 (%)
12377
22377
32377
42377
52377
62476
72476
82476
92476
102575
112575
122773
132773
142773
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312674

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Eppingen gets around 75 mm of rain and snow over 12.6 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 41% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14813
24713
34713
44712
54612
64512
74511
84411
94311
104211
114111
124011
133911
143911
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283916
293916
303916
313916

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
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21100
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23100
24100
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26100
27100
28100
29100
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 11 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
112calm
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
712calm
812calm
912calm
1012calm
1111calm
1211calm
1311calm
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1911calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 06 min 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 54 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:26 AM to 8:06 AM, and sunset from 4:29 PM to 5:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.18:264:29
28.18:264:30
38.18:264:31
48.18:254:32
58.18:254:33
68.28:254:34
78.28:254:35
88.28:254:36
98.28:244:38
108.28:244:39
118.38:244:40
128.38:234:41
138.38:234:43
148.48:224:44
158.48:214:45
168.48:214:46
178.58:204:48
188.58:194:49
198.58:194:51
208.68:184:52
218.68:174:54
228.68:164:55
238.78:154:56
248.78:144:58
258.88:135:00
268.88:125:01
278.98:115:03
288.98:105:04
298.98:095:06
309.08:085:07
319.08:065:09

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.75 kWh/m² to a high of 5.6 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.98 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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151.0Dim
161.0Dim
171.0Dim
181.0Dim
191.0Dim
201.1Dim
211.1Dim
221.1Dim
231.1Dim
241.1Dim
251.1Dim
261.2Dim
271.2Dim
281.2Dim
291.3Dim
301.3Dim
311.3Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Eppingen?

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 Eppingen.

What to pack for Eppingen in January

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

In January, Eppingen sees daytime highs around 4°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 Eppingen 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 Eppingen peaks around July 14 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 14UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Eppingen?

Eppingen sits at 49.1°N, 8.9°E, 190 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Brackenheim, 13 km away.

Topography around Eppingen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Eppingen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 161 m around an average of 221 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 364 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,078 m.

The land around Eppingen is covered by cropland (62%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, cropland (43%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
161 m
16 km
364 m
80 km
1,078 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Brackenheim 13 km · Sinsheim 13 km · Bad Rappenau 18 km · Bretten 19 km · Mühlacker 22 km · Heilbronn 22 km · Sachsenheim 23 km · Vaihingen an der Enz 23 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 Eppingen (49.1365°, 8.9123°, elevation 190 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).