Fürstenwalde weather in January

In January, Fürstenwalde sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 48 mm of precipitation across 11.6 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 13% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 30 min at the start of January to 8 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Fürstenwalde's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fürstenwalde's year-round climate.

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

Fürstenwalde 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 3°C through the month.

A typical January day in Fürstenwalde reaches about 3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -1°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 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
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183-1
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203-1
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223-1
233-2
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263-2
273-2
283-2
293-2
303-2
313-1

How January really feels in Fürstenwalde

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.

Fürstenwalde 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 / -1°4811.63.780.0
Feb / -1°3693.59.50.1
Mar / 4711.32.311.51.5
Apr14° / 379.10.313.64.3
May19° / 10°5410.4015.46.0
Jun22° / 13°5710.6016.56.4
Jul24° / 15°8111.8016.16.6
Aug24° / 15°6010.6014.56.7
Sep19° / 11°509.1012.46.1
Oct13° / 459.70.110.33.8
Nov / 449.818.51.0
Dec / 4611.53.47.50.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
32377
42377
52377
62278
72278
82278
92278
102377
112377
122377
132377
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Fürstenwalde gets around 48 mm of rain and snow over 11.6 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 36% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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53911
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73811
83811
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283614
293514
303514
313514

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
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4100
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18100
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21100
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 14 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
1315light breeze
1414light breeze
1514light breeze
1614light breeze
1714light breeze
1814light breeze
1914light breeze
2014light breeze
2114light breeze
2214light breeze
2314light breeze
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2815light breeze
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3115light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 30 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 72 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:21 AM to 7:57 AM, and sunset from 3:53 PM to 4:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.58:213:53
27.58:213:54
37.68:213:55
47.68:213:56
57.68:213:57
67.68:203:58
77.78:203:59
87.78:204:00
97.78:194:02
107.78:194:03
117.88:184:04
127.88:174:06
137.88:174:07
147.98:164:09
157.98:154:10
168.08:154:12
178.08:144:13
188.08:134:15
198.18:124:16
208.18:114:18
218.28:104:19
228.28:094:21
238.38:084:23
248.38:074:24
258.38:054:26
268.48:044:28
278.48:034:30
288.58:024:31
298.58:004:33
308.67:594:35
318.77:574:37

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.55 kWh/m² to a high of 5.36 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.71 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Is January a good time to visit Fürstenwalde?

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 Fürstenwalde.

What to pack for Fürstenwalde in January

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

In January, Fürstenwalde sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -1°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 Fürstenwalde 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 Fürstenwalde peaks around June 18 at about 6 (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 6Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Fürstenwalde?

Fürstenwalde sits at 52.4°N, 14.1°E, 44 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Strausberg, 27 km away.

Topography around Fürstenwalde

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fürstenwalde has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m around an average of 50 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 132 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 259 m.

The land around Fürstenwalde is covered by trees (48%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, trees (59%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
47 m
16 km
132 m
80 km
259 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Strausberg 27 km · Königs Wusterhausen 30 km · Friedrichshagen 31 km · Neuenhagen 31 km · Frankfurt (Oder) 33 km · Berlin Köpenick 34 km · Słubice 34 km · Köpenick 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 Fürstenwalde (52.3607°, 14.0618°, elevation 44 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).