Ettlingen weather in January

In January, Ettlingen sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 68 mm of precipitation across 12.5 wet days and about 8.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-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 18% 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 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ettlingen's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ettlingen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
68 mm
12.5 wet days
Daylight
8 h 30 min
8:22 AM – 4:49 PM
Cloud cover
71%
10th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
1.02 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Ettlingen 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 Ettlingen 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 11°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Ettlingen

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
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wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Ettlingen weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6812.53.68.50.0
Feb / 60113.59.80.4
Mar11° / 6812.41.711.62.4
Apr15° / 5210.80.113.44.5
May19° / 10°7912.80155.7
Jun23° / 13°6712.2015.96.4
Jul25° / 15°7012.2015.56.6
Aug25° / 15°6211.1014.26.7
Sep20° / 12°629.9012.46.2
Oct15° / 6711.30.110.54.1
Nov / 7011.61.28.91.5
Dec / 8314.33.68.10.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 72%.

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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Ettlingen gets around 68 mm of rain and snow over 12.5 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 47% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Humidity in January

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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 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 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in January

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Daylight runs from about 8 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 min 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 8:08 AM, and sunset from 4:32 PM to 5:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.18:274:32
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48.18:274:35
58.28:264:36
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.78 kWh/m² to a high of 5.61 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.02 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Ettlingen?

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

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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 Ettlingen.

What to pack for Ettlingen in January

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

In January, Ettlingen sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

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UV index in Ettlingen in January

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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 Ettlingen peaks around July 14 at about 8 (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.

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Location & terrain

Where is Ettlingen?

Ettlingen sits at 48.9°N, 8.4°E, 139 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Karlsruhe, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Ettlingen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ettlingen has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 286 m around an average of 187 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 666 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,076 m.

The land around Ettlingen is covered by trees (58%) within 3 km, trees (54%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
286 m
16 km
666 m
80 km
1,076 m
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January weather nearby: Karlsruhe 8.0 km · Rheinstetten 8.0 km · Wörth am Rhein 16 km · Gaggenau 17 km · Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 17 km · Rastatt 17 km · Pforzheim 22 km · Baden-Baden 24 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 Ettlingen (48.9409°, 8.4076°, elevation 139 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).