Nördlingen weather in January

In January, Nördlingen sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -2°C, with 59 mm of precipitation across 11.3 wet days and about 8.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-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 16% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Nördlingen's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nördlingen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-2°
1st coldest
Precipitation
59 mm
11.3 wet days
Daylight
8 h 30 min
8:13 AM – 4:41 PM
Cloud cover
74%
10th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
1.07 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Nördlingen 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 Nördlingen reaches about 3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -2°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -4°C and 9°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
13-2
23-2
33-2
43-2
53-2
63-2
73-2
83-2
93-2
103-2
113-2
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192-2
202-3
212-3
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242-3
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262-3
272-3
283-3
293-3
303-3
313-3

How January really feels in Nördlingen

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.

Nördlingen 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 / -2°5911.35.28.50.0
Feb / -2°47105.19.80.1
Mar / 6111.82.911.61.7
Apr14° / 5310.70.713.43.8
May18° / 8613.70155.3
Jun21° / 12°8413.6015.95.9
Jul24° / 14°8913.8015.56.3
Aug23° / 13°8212.8014.26.5
Sep19° / 10°6110.9012.45.7
Oct13° / 6211.30.310.53.4
Nov / 6010.22.68.90.8
Dec / -1°6412.45.48.10.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
32377
42377
52377
62377
72377
82575
92575
102476
112575
122575
132674
142674
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Nördlingen gets around 59 mm of rain and snow over 11.3 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 36% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14116
24216
34215
44215
54215
64115
74114
84014
94014
103914
113814
123715
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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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Dry (%)
1100
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3100
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8100
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14100
15100
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22100
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31100

Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612calm
712calm
812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
1212calm
1312calm
1412calm
1512calm
1612calm
1712calm
1812calm
1912calm
2012calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 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 8:18 AM to 7:59 AM, and sunset from 4:24 PM to 5:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.18:184:24
28.18:184:25
38.18:184:26
48.28:184:27
58.28:184:28
68.28:184:29
78.28:174:30
88.28:174:31
98.38:174:33
108.38:164:34
118.38:164:35
128.38:164:36
138.48:154:37
148.48:154:39
158.48:144:40
168.58:134:41
178.58:134:43
188.58:124:44
198.68:114:45
208.68:104:47
218.68:104:48
228.78:094:50
238.78:084:51
248.88:074:53
258.88:064:54
268.88:054:56
278.98:044:57
288.98:034:59
299.08:025:00
309.08:005:02
319.17:595:04

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.83 kWh/m² to a high of 5.59 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.07 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.9Dim
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30.9Dim
40.9Dim
50.9Dim
60.9Dim
70.9Dim
80.9Dim
90.9Dim
101.0Dim
111.0Dim
121.0Dim
131.0Dim
141.0Dim
151.1Dim
161.1Dim
171.1Dim
181.1Dim
191.1Dim
201.1Dim
211.2Dim
221.2Dim
231.2Dim
241.2Dim
251.3Dim
261.3Dim
271.3Dim
281.3Dim
291.4Dim
301.4Dim
311.4Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Nördlingen?

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 Nördlingen.

What to pack for Nördlingen in January

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

In January, Nördlingen sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -2°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Nördlingen 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 Nördlingen peaks around July 15 at about 8 (very 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Nördlingen?

Nördlingen sits at 48.9°N, 10.5°E, 430 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Donauwörth, 26 km away.

Topography around Nördlingen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nördlingen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m around an average of 433 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 284 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 680 m.

The land around Nördlingen is covered by cropland (63%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and trees (39%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
73 m
16 km
284 m
80 km
680 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Donauwörth 26 km · Ellwangen 29 km · Aalen 29 km · Dillingen an der Donau 30 km · Giengen an der Brenz 31 km · Heidenheim an der Brenz 31 km · Gunzenhausen 36 km · Weißenburg in Bayern 41 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 Nördlingen (48.8512°, 10.4887°, elevation 430 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).