Forchheim weather in January

In January, Forchheim sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -2°C, with 68 mm of precipitation across 13.1 wet days and about 8.4 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 15% 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 Forchheim's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Forchheim's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-2°
1st coldest
Precipitation
68 mm
13.1 wet days
Daylight
8 h 18 min
8:15 AM – 4:35 PM
Cloud cover
75%
10th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.9 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Forchheim is main part of Forchheim city, 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 Forchheim 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 -3°C and 8°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
143-2
153-2
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203-2
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223-2
233-2
243-2
253-2
263-2
273-2
283-2
293-2
303-2
313-2

How January really feels in Forchheim

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.

Forchheim 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°6813.15.58.40.0
Feb / -1°5410.459.80.1
Mar / 6512.52.311.51.6
Apr14° / 49110.413.43.9
May18° / 7112.5015.15.5
Jun22° / 12°7412.50166.1
Jul24° / 14°8013.1015.76.4
Aug23° / 13°7011.4014.26.6
Sep19° / 10°659.8012.45.8
Oct13° / 6511.30.110.53.4
Nov / 6611.32.28.80.8
Dec / -1°76145.780.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22278
32278
42278
52179
62278
72278
82377
92377
102377
112377
122476
132575
142575
152575
162575
172575
182575
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202575
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222674
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242575
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302674
312674

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Forchheim gets around 68 mm of rain and snow over 13.1 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 47% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14718
24718
34717
44717
54717
64616
74616
84516
94415
104415
114315
124215
134115
144016
154016
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313922

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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3100
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17100
18100
19100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
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 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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
1212light breeze
1312light breeze
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2912light breeze
3012light breeze
3112light breeze

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 8:20 AM to 8:00 AM, and sunset from 4:18 PM to 4:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.08:204:18
28.08:204:19
38.08:204:20
48.08:204:21
58.08:194:22
68.18:194:23
78.18:194:24
88.18:194:25
98.18:184:26
108.28:184:28
118.28:174:29
128.28:174:30
138.28:164:31
148.38:164:33
158.38:154:34
168.38:154:35
178.48:144:37
188.48:134:38
198.58:124:40
208.58:124:41
218.58:114:43
228.68:104:44
238.68:094:46
248.78:084:47
258.78:074:49
268.78:064:50
278.88:054:52
288.88:034:54
298.98:024:55
308.98:014:57
319.08:004:58

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.68 kWh/m² to a high of 5.52 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.9 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.7Dim
20.7Dim
30.7Dim
40.7Dim
50.7Dim
60.8Dim
70.8Dim
80.8Dim
90.8Dim
100.8Dim
110.8Dim
120.8Dim
130.9Dim
140.9Dim
150.9Dim
160.9Dim
170.9Dim
180.9Dim
191.0Dim
201.0Dim
211.0Dim
221.0Dim
231.0Dim
241.1Dim
251.1Dim
261.1Dim
271.1Dim
281.1Dim
291.2Dim
301.2Dim
311.2Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Forchheim?

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 Forchheim.

What to pack for Forchheim in January

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

In January, Forchheim sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -2°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Forchheim 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 Forchheim 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Forchheim?

Forchheim sits at 49.7°N, 11.1°E, 261 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Erlangen, 15 km away.

Topography around Forchheim

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Forchheim has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 m around an average of 290 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 357 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 876 m.

The land around Forchheim is covered by trees (43%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, trees (49%), cropland (21%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and cropland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
148 m
16 km
357 m
80 km
876 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Erlangen 15 km · Herzogenaurach 21 km · Bamberg 23 km · Fürth 27 km · Lauf an der Pegnitz 28 km · Nuremberg 29 km · Zirndorf 32 km · Oberasbach 34 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 Forchheim (49.7175°, 11.0588°, elevation 261 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).