Hochheim am Main weather in January

In January, Hochheim am Main sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 11 wet days and about 8.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-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 54 min at the start of January to 8 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Hochheim am Main's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hochheim am Main's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-1°
1st coldest
Precipitation
49 mm
11 wet days
Daylight
8 h 18 min
8:27 AM – 4:45 PM
Cloud cover
76%
10th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.88 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 Hochheim am Main reaches about 4°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 -2°C and 10°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)
140
240
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440
540
640
740
840
940
1040
1140
1240
1340
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1540
1640
174-1
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194-1
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214-1
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234-1
244-1
254-1
264-1
274-1
284-1
294-1
304-1
314-1

How January really feels in Hochheim am Main

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.

Hochheim am Main weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°49112.88.40.0
Feb / -0°429.22.69.70.3
Mar10° / 4911.31.311.52.1
Apr15° / 459.80.213.54.3
May19° / 6211015.15.8
Jun22° / 13°6010.6016.16.5
Jul24° / 15°6411.7015.76.6
Aug24° / 14°5810.6014.36.8
Sep20° / 11°549.3012.46.1
Oct14° / 5510.80.110.53.8
Nov / 5511.50.98.81.2
Dec / 6212.83.27.90.0

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 (%)
11882
21981
31981
41981
51981
62080
72080
82080
92179
102278
112278
122377
132377
142377
152377
162377
172575
182476
192476
202476
212575
222575
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242674
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272476
282476
292575
302674
312674

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Hochheim am Main gets around 49 mm of rain and snow over 11 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 35% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1429
2429
3419
4418
5408
6408
7398
8387
9387
10377
11367
12357
13358
14348
15348
16339
17339
18339
193310
203310
213311
223311
233311
243312
253312
263312
273312
283312
293312
303212
313211

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 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 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
712calm
812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
1212calm
1312calm
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1512calm
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2012calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 54 min at the start of January to 8 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:32 AM to 8:12 AM, and sunset from 4:28 PM to 5:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.98:324:28
27.98:324:28
38.08:324:29
48.08:324:30
58.08:324:31
68.08:314:33
78.08:314:34
88.18:314:35
98.18:304:36
108.18:304:37
118.18:304:38
128.28:294:40
138.28:294:41
148.28:284:42
158.38:274:44
168.38:274:45
178.38:264:46
188.48:254:48
198.48:244:49
208.58:244:51
218.58:234:52
228.58:224:54
238.68:214:55
248.68:204:57
258.78:194:58
268.78:185:00
278.88:175:02
288.88:155:03
298.88:145:05
308.98:135:07
318.98:125:08

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.66 kWh/m² to a high of 5.55 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.88 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.7Dim
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30.7Dim
40.7Dim
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90.8Dim
100.8Dim
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130.8Dim
140.8Dim
150.9Dim
160.9Dim
170.9Dim
180.9Dim
190.9Dim
200.9Dim
211.0Dim
221.0Dim
231.0Dim
241.0Dim
251.1Dim
261.1Dim
271.1Dim
281.1Dim
291.1Dim
301.2Dim
311.2Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Hochheim am Main?

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 Hochheim am Main.

What to pack for Hochheim am Main in January

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

In January, Hochheim am Main sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near -1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

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UV index in Hochheim am Main 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 Hochheim am Main peaks around July 14 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 14UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Hochheim am Main?

Hochheim am Main sits at 50.0°N, 8.4°E, 131 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Ginsheim-Gustavsburg, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Hochheim am Main

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hochheim am Main has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 112 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 479 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 850 m.

The land around Hochheim am Main is covered by cropland (29%), grassland (28%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (38%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
77 m
16 km
479 m
80 km
850 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Ginsheim-Gustavsburg 5.0 km · Flörsheim 5.0 km · Rüsselsheim am Main 6.0 km · Mainz 6.0 km · Biebrich 8.0 km · Hofheim am Taunus 11 km · Wiesbaden 11 km · Gonsenheim 11 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 Hochheim am Main (50.0144°, 8.3522°, elevation 131 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).