Lüneburg weather in January

In January, Lüneburg sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 55 mm of precipitation across 11.8 wet days and about 7.9 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 12% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 24 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Lüneburg's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lüneburg's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
55 mm
11.8 wet days
Daylight
7 h 48 min
8:34 AM – 4:22 PM
Cloud cover
79%
10th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10
Air quality
Excellent
PM10 14.6 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 Lüneburg 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 about 1°C cooler than February.

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2130
223-1
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253-1
263-1
273-1
283-1
293-1
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313-1

How January really feels in Lüneburg

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.

Lüneburg 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°5511.82.57.90.0
Feb / -0°4410.33.39.40.1
Mar / 4910.51.811.51.4
Apr13° / 4610.40.313.63.8
May18° / 6010.8015.65.6
Jun21° / 11°6811.5016.66.0
Jul23° / 14°8213016.26.3
Aug23° / 13°7312.2014.66.3
Sep19° / 10°549.8012.45.8
Oct13° / 5210.7010.33.5
Nov / 4810.70.98.41.1
Dec / 5511.72.67.40.0

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 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21981
31981
41981
51981
61981
71981
81981
91981
101981
111981
121981
131981
142179
152179
162179
172179
182179
192179
202080
212179
222179
232179
242080
252080
262080
271981
281981
292080
302080
312080

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Lüneburg gets around 55 mm of rain and snow over 11.8 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 37% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1409
2409
3409
4408
5408
6407
7407
8407
9397
10397
11387
12387
13377
14377
15367
16367
17357
18358
19358
20359
21359
22369
233610
243610
253610
263611
273611
283611
293611
303611
313711

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
1416light breeze
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2015light breeze
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3115light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 24 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 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 8:41 AM to 8:16 AM, and sunset from 4:02 PM to 4:48 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.48:414:02
27.48:414:03
37.48:414:04
47.48:404:05
57.48:404:07
67.58:404:08
77.58:394:09
87.58:394:10
97.68:384:12
107.68:384:13
117.68:374:14
127.78:374:16
137.78:364:17
147.78:354:19
157.88:344:20
167.88:344:22
177.88:334:23
187.98:324:25
197.98:314:27
208.08:304:28
218.08:294:30
228.18:274:32
238.18:264:33
248.28:254:35
258.28:244:37
268.38:234:39
278.38:214:40
288.48:204:42
298.48:184:44
308.58:174:46
318.58:164:48

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 0.47 kWh/m² to a high of 5.25 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.63 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 Lüneburg?

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 Lüneburg.

What to pack for Lüneburg in January

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

In January, Lüneburg sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near -0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Lüneburg 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 Lüneburg peaks around July 12 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 22 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 12UV 6Dec 22UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Lüneburg?

Lüneburg sits at 53.3°N, 10.4°E, 12 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Winsen, 18 km away.

Topography around Lüneburg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lüneburg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 32 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 142 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 182 m.

The land around Lüneburg is covered by trees (47%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, trees (43%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and trees (41%) and cropland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
142 m
80 km
182 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Winsen 18 km · Geesthacht 21 km · Bergedorf 29 km · Reinbek 32 km · Uelzen 33 km · Seevetal 34 km · Glinde 35 km · Munster 37 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 Lüneburg (53.2512°, 10.4155°, elevation 12 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).