Forst weather in January

In January, Forst sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -2°C, with 51 mm of precipitation across 11.7 wet days and about 8.1 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 Forst's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Forst's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-2°
1st coldest
Precipitation
51 mm
11.7 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
8:09 AM – 4:12 PM
Cloud cover
76%
11th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Forst is municipality seat 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 3°C through the month.

A typical January day in Forst 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
173-1
183-1
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253-2
263-2
273-2
283-2
293-2
303-2
313-2

How January really feels in Forst

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.

Forst 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°5111.74.58.10.0
Feb / -1°4093.99.60.1
Mar / 4911.12.611.51.5
Apr14° / 388.80.413.64.4
May19° / 5511015.46.0
Jun22° / 13°6011.2016.36.4
Jul25° / 15°8112.10166.6
Aug24° / 14°6610.7014.46.7
Sep19° / 11°549.9012.46.0
Oct14° / 479.70.110.43.8
Nov / 4610.31.38.61.1
Dec / -0°4911.63.77.60.0

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 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22377
32377
42377
52377
62476
72377
82377
92476
102377
112476
122476
132476
142575
152476
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222476
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242377
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272278
282377
292377
302377
312476

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Forst gets around 51 mm of rain and snow over 11.7 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 37% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13914
23914
33914
43913
54013
64013
74013
83913
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113813
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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
4100
5100
6100
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8100
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19100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
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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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 8:15 AM to 7:53 AM, and sunset from 3:54 PM to 4:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.68:153:54
27.78:153:55
37.78:153:56
47.78:153:57
57.78:153:58
67.78:153:59
77.88:144:00
87.88:144:01
97.88:144:03
107.88:134:04
117.98:134:05
127.98:124:07
137.98:114:08
148.08:114:09
158.08:104:11
168.08:094:12
178.18:084:14
188.18:084:15
198.28:074:17
208.28:064:18
218.38:054:20
228.38:044:22
238.38:034:23
248.48:024:25
258.48:004:27
268.57:594:28
278.57:584:30
288.67:574:32
298.67:554:33
308.77:544:35
318.77:534:37

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.59 kWh/m² to a high of 5.3 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.76 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.6Dim
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30.6Dim
40.6Dim
50.6Dim
60.6Dim
70.7Dim
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240.9Dim
250.9Dim
260.9Dim
270.9Dim
281.0Dim
291.0Dim
301.0Dim
311.1Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Forst?

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 Forst.

What to pack for Forst in January

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

In January, Forst sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -2°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Forst 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 Forst 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 22 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 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Forst?

Forst sits at 51.7°N, 14.6°E, 80 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Cottbus, 22 km away.

Żagań

Topography around Forst

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Forst has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m around an average of 78 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 178 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 593 m.

The land around Forst is covered by trees (37%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, trees (56%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
33 m
16 km
178 m
80 km
593 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Cottbus 22 km · Guben 24 km · Gubin 25 km · Weißwasser 26 km · Żary 36 km · Hoyerswerda 43 km · Eisenhüttenstadt 46 km · Żagań 48 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 Forst (51.7354°, 14.6397°, elevation 80 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).