Meckenheim weather in January

In January, Meckenheim sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 55 mm of precipitation across 12.3 wet days and about 8.3 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 15% 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 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Meckenheim's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Meckenheim's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
55 mm
12.3 wet days
Daylight
8 h 12 min
8:35 AM – 4:48 PM
Cloud cover
74%
10th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.84 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Meckenheim 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 4°C through the month.

A typical January day in Meckenheim 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 10°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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

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.

Meckenheim 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 / -0°5512.33.68.30.0
Feb / -0°4810.94.39.70.1
Mar / 5712.72.411.51.7
Apr13° / 5011.40.513.53.5
May17° / 6912.5015.25.0
Jun20° / 11°7612.8016.25.7
Jul22° / 13°8013.6015.86.1
Aug22° / 13°7812.6014.36.2
Sep18° / 10°6010.1012.45.6
Oct13° / 5811.60.110.43.4
Nov / 5712.31.28.71.1
Dec / 6513.34.17.80.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
32179
42278
52377
62377
72377
82575
92674
102674
112674
122674
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282476
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302575
312674

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Meckenheim gets around 55 mm of rain and snow over 12.3 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 39% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14411
24411
34310
44310
5439
6429
7429
8419
9409
10409
11399
12399
133810
143810
153711
163711
173712
183712
193713
203713
213814
223814
233915
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283916
293916
303816
313816

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
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23100
24100
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27100
28100
29100
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31100

Wind in January

Winds average 15 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
1215light breeze
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2015light breeze
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2714light breeze
2814light breeze
2914light breeze
3014light breeze
3114light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 48 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 66 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:40 AM to 8:19 AM, and sunset from 4:30 PM to 5:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.88:404:30
27.88:404:31
37.98:404:32
47.98:404:33
57.98:404:34
67.98:404:35
77.98:394:36
88.08:394:37
98.08:394:38
108.08:384:40
118.18:384:41
128.18:374:42
138.18:374:44
148.18:364:45
158.28:354:46
168.28:354:48
178.38:344:49
188.38:334:51
198.38:324:52
208.48:314:54
218.48:304:55
228.58:304:57
238.58:294:58
248.58:275:00
258.68:265:01
268.68:255:03
278.78:245:05
288.78:235:06
298.88:225:08
308.88:205:10
318.98:195:11

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.64 kWh/m² to a high of 5.37 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.84 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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231.0Dim
241.0Dim
251.0Dim
261.0Dim
271.1Dim
281.1Dim
291.1Dim
301.1Dim
311.1Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Meckenheim?

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 Meckenheim.

What to pack for Meckenheim in January

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

In January, Meckenheim 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 Meckenheim 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 Meckenheim 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 Meckenheim 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 Meckenheim is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 10 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodApr 1316 µg/m³Nov 2310 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb12Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul12Good
Aug13Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov10Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Meckenheim?

Meckenheim sits at 50.6°N, 7.0°E, 185 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Wachtberg, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Meckenheim

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Meckenheim has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 89 m around an average of 186 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 492 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,018 m.

The land around Meckenheim is covered by trees (30%), cropland (29%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
89 m
16 km
492 m
80 km
1,018 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Wachtberg 5.0 km · Rheinbach 6.0 km · Bonn Hardtberg 9.0 km · Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler 11 km · Alfter 12 km · Königswinter 13 km · Bonn 13 km · Bad Honnef 14 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 Meckenheim (50.6239°, 7.0294°, elevation 185 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).