Itzehoe weather in January

In January, Itzehoe sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 67 mm of precipitation across 13 wet days and about 7.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-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 12% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 12 min at the start of January to 8 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Itzehoe's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Itzehoe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
67 mm
13 wet days
Daylight
7 h 42 min
8:41 AM – 4:22 PM
Cloud cover
78%
10th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10
Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 10.7 µg/m³ · 2019

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 4°C through the month.

A typical January day in Itzehoe 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 9°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Itzehoe

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.

Itzehoe weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -0°67132.57.70.0
Feb / -0°5310.93.19.40.0
Mar / 5511.3211.51.2
Apr13° / 4710.40.313.73.4
May17° / 6411.6015.75.1
Jun19° / 11°7312.2016.85.7
Jul22° / 13°8413.4016.36.0
Aug22° / 13°8113.2014.66.0
Sep18° / 10°6310.8012.55.4
Oct13° / 6712.5010.23.3
Nov / 5912.20.68.31.1
Dec / 68132.87.20.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
22080
32080
42080
52179
62179
72278
82278
92278
102278
112278
122278
132278
142278
152278
162278
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202377
212278
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242377
252377
262278
272278
282278
292278
302278
312278

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Itzehoe gets around 67 mm of rain and snow over 13 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 41% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1439
2439
3438
4448
5447
6447
7447
8447
9446
10446
11447
12437
13437
14427
15427
16418
17418
18408
19409
20399
21399
223910
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263911
273911
283911
293911
303811
313811

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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5100
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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
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2816light breeze
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3016light breeze
3116light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 12 min at the start of January to 8 h 24 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 8:48 AM to 8:22 AM, and sunset from 4:02 PM to 4:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.28:484:02
27.28:484:03
37.38:484:04
47.38:484:05
57.38:484:06
67.38:474:07
77.48:474:09
87.48:464:10
97.48:464:11
107.58:454:13
117.58:454:14
127.58:444:16
137.68:434:17
147.68:424:19
157.68:424:20
167.78:414:22
177.78:404:23
187.88:394:25
197.88:384:27
207.98:374:28
217.98:354:30
228.08:344:32
238.08:334:34
248.18:324:36
258.18:314:37
268.28:294:39
278.28:284:41
288.38:264:43
298.38:254:45
308.48:234:47
318.48:224:49

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.44 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.59 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 Itzehoe?

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
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Itzehoe.

What to pack for Itzehoe in January

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

In January, Itzehoe 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

Sea temperature near Itzehoe in January

The nearest coast averages about 4°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 42 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 3°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan4Bracing
Feb3Bracing
Mar5Bracing
Apr8Bracing
May13Bracing
Jun16Cool
Jul19Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Itzehoe 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 Itzehoe peaks around July 19 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 19UV 5Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Itzehoe?

Itzehoe sits at 53.9°N, 9.5°E, 7 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Elmshorn, 21 km away.

Topography around Itzehoe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Itzehoe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m around an average of 22 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 189 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 266 m.

The land around Itzehoe is covered by trees (52%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, grassland (45%), cropland (28%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (30%), cropland (30%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
94 m
16 km
189 m
80 km
266 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Elmshorn 21 km · Uetersen 28 km · Kaltenkirchen 31 km · Quickborn 34 km · Pinneberg 35 km · Neumünster 35 km · Hansestadt Stade 36 km · Halstenbek 38 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 Itzehoe (53.921°, 9.5153°, elevation 7 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).