Marburg an der Lahn weather in January

In January, Marburg an der Lahn sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 58 mm of precipitation across 11.7 wet days and about 8.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-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 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Marburg an der Lahn's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Marburg an der Lahn's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-1°
1st coldest
Precipitation
58 mm
11.7 wet days
Daylight
8 h 12 min
8:28 AM – 4:40 PM
Cloud cover
78%
10th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Marburg an der Lahn is human settlement in Germany.

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 Marburg an der Lahn 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 9°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Marburg an der Lahn

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.

Marburg an der Lahn 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 / -1°5811.73.98.20.0
Feb / -1°479.63.99.70.1
Mar / 5111.11.511.51.7
Apr14° / 4710.10.313.53.8
May18° / 5811015.25.4
Jun21° / 12°5910.7016.26.1
Jul23° / 14°6611.9015.86.5
Aug23° / 13°6110.7014.36.6
Sep18° / 10°569.6012.45.7
Oct13° / 5410.90.110.43.4
Nov / 5510.81.28.70.9
Dec / 6612.747.80.0

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
21882
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92179
102179
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122278
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202080
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312179

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Marburg an der Lahn gets around 58 mm of rain and snow over 11.7 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 37% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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313516

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 14 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
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3113light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 48 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 8:34 AM to 8:13 AM, and sunset from 4:22 PM to 5:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.88:344:22
27.88:344:23
37.88:344:24
47.88:344:25
57.98:344:26
67.98:344:27
77.98:334:28
87.98:334:29
98.08:324:31
108.08:324:32
118.08:324:33
128.18:314:34
138.18:304:36
148.18:304:37
158.28:294:38
168.28:284:40
178.28:284:41
188.38:274:43
198.38:264:44
208.38:254:46
218.48:244:47
228.48:234:49
238.58:224:51
248.58:214:52
258.68:204:54
268.68:194:55
278.78:184:57
288.78:174:59
298.78:155:00
308.88:145:02
318.88:135:04

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.6 kWh/m² to a high of 5.46 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.8 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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251.0Dim
261.0Dim
271.0Dim
281.0Dim
291.1Dim
301.1Dim
311.1Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Marburg an der Lahn?

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 Marburg an der Lahn.

What to pack for Marburg an der Lahn in January

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

In January, Marburg an der Lahn 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

UV index in Marburg an der Lahn 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 Marburg an der Lahn 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 January 1 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 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Marburg an der Lahn in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Marburg an der Lahn is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1415 µg/m³Nov 199 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb11Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul12Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Marburg an der Lahn?

Marburg an der Lahn sits at 50.8°N, 8.8°E, 220 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Kirchhain, 11 km away.

Topography around Marburg an der Lahn

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Marburg an der Lahn.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Marburg an der Lahn has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 223 m around an average of 268 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 364 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 831 m.

The land around Marburg an der Lahn is covered by trees (69%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (47%), cropland (26%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
223 m
16 km
364 m
80 km
831 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Kirchhain 11 km · Stadtallendorf 17 km · Gießen 26 km · Bad Laasphe 28 km · Frankenberg 28 km · Wetzlar 33 km · Schwalmstadt 34 km · Dillenburg 35 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 Marburg an der Lahn (50.809°, 8.7707°, elevation 220 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).