Fussen weather in January

In January, Fussen sees average daytime highs of 0°C and overnight lows near -8°C, with 91 mm of precipitation across 12.6 wet days and about 8.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 0°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Fussen's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fussen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-8°
1st coldest
Precipitation
91 mm
12.6 wet days
Daylight
8 h 36 min
8:07 AM – 4:45 PM
Cloud cover
61%
3rd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
1.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Fussen is principle town of the municipality of Füssen, German.

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 0°C through the month.

A typical January day in Fussen reaches about 0°C in the afternoon and slips back to -8°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -6°C and 6°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)
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How January really feels in Fussen

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
31 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Fussen weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -8°9112.611.98.70.0
Feb / -7°8411.811.79.90.0
Mar / -4°11215.412.411.60.3
Apr10° / -0°11815.99.213.31.7
May14° / 18921.43.514.93.1
Jun17° / 20720.80.515.74.2
Jul19° / 10°20620.20.115.44.8
Aug19° / 10°19919.50.214.14.8
Sep15° / 14115.81.212.44.0
Oct11° / 10413.24.310.62.6
Nov / -3°9712.299.10.4
Dec / -7°9813.411.88.30.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24159
34060
44060
54060
64060
74159
84159
94159
104159
114159
124258
134357
144357
154357
164357
174357
184357
194357
204258
214258
224258
234159
244159
254060
264060
274060
284060
294060
303961
313961

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Fussen gets around 91 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 40% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days, and about 12 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14439
24438
34438
44338
54338
64237
74237
84136
94036
103935
113835
123835
133835
143735
153735
163836
173836
183837
193837
203938
213938
224039
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244040
254040
264140
274140
284140
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304141
314141

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 (%)
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22100
23100
24100
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26100
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28100
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30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
176calm
186calm
196calm
206calm
216calm
226calm
236calm
246calm
256calm
266calm
276calm
286calm
296calm
306calm
316calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:12 AM to 7:54 AM, and sunset from 4:29 PM to 5:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.38:124:29
28.38:124:30
38.38:124:31
48.38:124:32
58.48:114:33
68.48:114:34
78.48:114:35
88.48:114:36
98.48:114:37
108.58:104:38
118.58:104:39
128.58:104:40
138.58:094:42
148.68:094:43
158.68:084:44
168.68:074:45
178.78:074:47
188.78:064:48
198.78:064:49
208.88:054:51
218.88:044:52
228.88:034:54
238.98:024:55
248.98:024:56
259.08:014:58
269.08:004:59
279.07:595:01
289.17:585:02
299.17:575:04
309.27:555:05
319.27:545:07

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.17 kWh/m² to a high of 5.2 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.47 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.2Dim
21.2Dim
31.2Dim
41.2Dim
51.3Dim
61.3Dim
71.3Dim
81.3Dim
91.3Dim
101.3Dim
111.4Dim
121.4Dim
131.4Dim
141.4Dim
151.4Dim
161.5Dim
171.5Dim
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241.6Dim
251.7Dim
261.7Dim
271.7Dim
281.8Dim
291.8Dim
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311.9Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Fussen?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Fussen.

What to pack for Fussen in January

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

In January, Fussen sees daytime highs around 0°C and nights near -8°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 Fussen 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 Fussen peaks around July 13 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. 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 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highModerateLowJul 13UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May7Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Fussen?

Fussen sits at 47.6°N, 10.7°E, 808 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Marktoberdorf, 24 km away.

Penzberg

Topography around Fussen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fussen has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 416 m around an average of 828 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,597 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,318 m.

The land around Fussen is covered by trees (42%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, trees (54%) and grassland (38%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
416 m
16 km
1,597 m
80 km
3,318 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen
January weather nearby: Marktoberdorf 24 km · Garmisch-Partenkirchen 31 km · Sonthofen 32 km · Kempten (Allgäu) 34 km · Kaufbeuren 35 km · Telfs 40 km · Weilheim 45 km · Penzberg 54 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 Fussen (47.5714°, 10.7017°, elevation 808 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).