Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt weather in January

In January, Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 50 mm of precipitation across 11.5 wet days and about 7.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-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 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 Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-1°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
50 mm
11.5 wet days
Daylight
7 h 42 min
8:31 AM – 4:11 PM
Cloud cover
77%
10th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt is human settlement in Germany.

Density
5,282/km²
people per km²

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 Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt 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 -2°C and 8°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt

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.

Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°5011.53.37.70.0
Feb / -1°4110.23.69.40.0
Mar / 4610.22.111.51.0
Apr12° / 429.90.213.73.3
May17° / 5511015.75.3
Jun20° / 12°6811.7016.85.8
Jul22° / 14°7412.5016.46.3
Aug22° / 14°7212.6014.66.2
Sep18° / 11°5510.3012.55.5
Oct13° / 5110.90.110.23.3
Nov / 4510.80.88.31.0
Dec / 5211.92.97.20.0

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 (%)
12179
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt gets around 50 mm of rain and snow over 11.5 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 40% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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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Wind in January

Winds average 18 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
218light breeze
318light breeze
418light breeze
518light breeze
618light breeze
718light breeze
818light breeze
918light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

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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 8:39 AM to 8:12 AM, and sunset from 3:50 PM to 4:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.28:393:50
27.28:393:51
37.28:393:53
47.38:383:54
57.38:383:55
67.38:383:56
77.38:373:57
87.48:373:59
97.48:364:00
107.48:364:01
117.58:354:03
127.58:344:04
137.58:344:06
147.68:334:07
157.68:324:09
167.78:314:11
177.78:304:12
187.78:294:14
197.88:284:16
207.88:274:17
217.98:264:19
227.98:254:21
238.08:244:23
248.08:224:24
258.18:214:26
268.18:204:28
278.28:184:30
288.38:174:32
298.38:154:34
308.48:144:36
318.48:124:38

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.45 kWh/m² to a high of 5.66 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.63 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt?

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 Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt.

What to pack for Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt in January

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

In January, Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt in January

The nearest coast averages about 3°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 32 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°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°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan3Bracing
Feb3Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr6Bracing
May10Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt 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 Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt peaks around June 18 at about 6 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 18UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt?

Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt sits at 54.1°N, 12.1°E, 9 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Rostock, 2.0 km away.

WismarStralsundSchwerinWarenParchim

Topography around Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m around an average of 18 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 144 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 174 m.

The land around Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt is covered by trees (42%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, cropland (39%), trees (23%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and water (37%) and cropland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
75 m
16 km
144 m
80 km
174 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Rostock 2.0 km · Ribnitz-Damgarten 28 km · Güstrow 33 km · Wismar 48 km · Stralsund 67 km · Schwerin 69 km · Waren 73 km · Parchim 76 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 Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt (54.0885°, 12.1154°, elevation 9 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).