Hildesheim weather in January

In January, Hildesheim sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 59 mm of precipitation across 12.7 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 4°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 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 Hildesheim's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hildesheim's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
59 mm
12.7 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
8:30 AM – 4:29 PM
Cloud cover
77%
10th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

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 Hildesheim 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 10°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)
140
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254-1
263-1
273-1
284-1
294-1
304-1
314-1

How January really feels in Hildesheim

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.

Hildesheim 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 / -0°5912.73.580.0
Feb / -0°4510.63.49.50.1
Mar / 5412.1211.51.6
Apr14° / 4710.40.313.63.9
May18° / 6011015.45.5
Jun21° / 12°6411.7016.46.0
Jul23° / 14°7812.90166.3
Aug23° / 14°7012.1014.56.4
Sep19° / 10°5710.3012.45.7
Oct13° / 5912010.43.5
Nov / 5311.418.51.2
Dec / 6012.93.37.60.0

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 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
22080
32080
42179
52179
62179
72179
82278
92278
102278
112377
122377
132377
142377
152377
162476
172476
182476
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202476
212476
222476
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242476
252476
262476
272377
282377
292377
302377
312377

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Hildesheim gets around 59 mm of rain and snow over 12.7 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 40% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14511
24411
34410
44410
54310
6439
7429
8429
9418
10408
11398
12398
13388
14378
15379
16379
173710
183710
193711
203812
213812
223913
233914
243914
254015
264015
273915
283915
293915
303815
313815

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
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 16 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 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
1316light breeze
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2015light breeze
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3115light breeze

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 8:36 AM to 8:13 AM, and sunset from 4:10 PM to 4:54 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.68:364:10
27.68:364:11
37.68:364:12
47.68:364:13
57.68:364:14
67.78:364:16
77.78:354:17
87.78:354:18
97.78:344:19
107.88:344:21
117.88:334:22
127.88:334:23
137.98:324:25
147.98:314:26
157.98:314:28
168.08:304:29
178.08:294:31
188.18:284:32
198.18:274:34
208.18:264:35
218.28:254:37
228.28:244:38
238.38:234:40
248.38:224:42
258.48:214:44
268.48:204:45
278.58:184:47
288.58:174:49
298.68:164:50
308.68:144:52
318.78:134:54

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 0.53 kWh/m² to a high of 5.31 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
10.6Dim
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30.6Dim
40.6Dim
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60.6Dim
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280.9Dim
290.9Dim
301.0Dim
311.0Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Hildesheim?

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 Hildesheim.

What to pack for Hildesheim in January

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

In January, Hildesheim 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.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Hildesheim 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 Hildesheim peaks around July 10 at about 6 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 10UV 6Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Hildesheim?

Hildesheim sits at 52.2°N, 10.0°E, 93 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Sarstedt, 11 km away.

Topography around Hildesheim

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hildesheim has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 154 m around an average of 101 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 343 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,168 m.

The land around Hildesheim is covered by artificial surfaces (39%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, cropland (60%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%) and trees (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
154 m
16 km
343 m
80 km
1,168 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Sarstedt 11 km · Sehnde 18 km · Alfeld 21 km · Laatzen 21 km · Bemerode 24 km · Hemmingen 24 km · Lehrte 25 km · Peine 27 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 Hildesheim (52.1508°, 9.9511°, elevation 93 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).