Overath weather in January

In January, Overath sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 109 mm of precipitation across 15.4 wet days and about 8.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-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 14% 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 Overath's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Overath's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
109 mm
15.4 wet days
Daylight
8 h 12 min
8:35 AM – 4:45 PM
Cloud cover
75%
10th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.81 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Overath 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 Overath 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 -1°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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How January really feels in Overath

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.

Overath weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 10915.44.28.20.0
Feb / 8713.34.69.70.2
Mar / 8614.22.311.51.8
Apr14° / 6011.50.513.53.8
May18° / 6912.6015.35.3
Jun21° / 12°7713.1016.25.8
Jul23° / 14°8814.3015.86.1
Aug22° / 14°8712.8014.36.2
Sep18° / 11°8012.1012.45.5
Oct14° / 9313.1010.43.5
Nov / 9714.71.48.71.3
Dec / 11916.84.57.80.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
22179
32278
42179
52278
62377
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Overath gets around 109 mm of rain and snow over 15.4 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 50% and peaks near 56% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
15613
25512
35512
45511
55411
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75310
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9529
10519
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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 (%)
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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 16 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
516light breeze
616light breeze
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916light breeze
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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 8:41 AM to 8:19 AM, and sunset from 4:27 PM to 5:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.88:414:27
27.88:414:28
37.88:414:29
47.88:404:30
57.88:404:31
67.98:404:32
77.98:404:34
87.98:394:35
97.98:394:36
108.08:394:37
118.08:384:38
128.08:384:40
138.18:374:41
148.18:364:42
158.18:364:44
168.28:354:45
178.28:344:47
188.28:334:48
198.38:334:50
208.38:324:51
218.48:314:53
228.48:304:54
238.58:294:56
248.58:284:58
258.58:274:59
268.68:255:01
278.68:245:02
288.78:235:04
298.78:225:06
308.88:205:08
318.88:195:09

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.61 kWh/m² to a high of 5.26 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.81 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 Overath?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Overath.

What to pack for Overath in January

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

In January, Overath sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 15 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

UV index in Overath 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 Overath 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
Location & terrain

Where is Overath?

Overath sits at 50.9°N, 7.3°E, 96 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Rösrath, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Overath

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Overath has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 172 m around an average of 175 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 353 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,057 m.

The land around Overath is covered by trees (55%) and grassland (30%) within 3 km, trees (58%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) within 80 km.

3 km
172 m
16 km
353 m
80 km
1,057 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Rösrath 8.0 km · Much 9.0 km · Engelskirchen 11 km · Lohmar 12 km · Lindlar 12 km · Bergisch Gladbach 12 km · Kürten 13 km · Siegburg 16 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 Overath (50.9327°, 7.2839°, elevation 96 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).