Pfungstadt weather in January

In January, Pfungstadt sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 53 mm of precipitation across 11.5 wet days and about 8.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-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 8 hours at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Pfungstadt's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pfungstadt's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
1st coldest
Precipitation
53 mm
11.5 wet days
Daylight
8 h 18 min
8:25 AM – 4:45 PM
Cloud cover
74%
10th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.91 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

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 Pfungstadt reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to -0°C overnight — a 5°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 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Pfungstadt

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.

Pfungstadt weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -0°5311.52.38.40.0
Feb / 459.72.39.80.4
Mar11° / 5210.90.911.52.4
Apr15° / 439.40.113.54.6
May19° / 10°6510.9015.16.0
Jun23° / 13°5710.10166.7
Jul25° / 15°6011015.76.7
Aug25° / 15°539.2014.27.0
Sep20° / 11°528.9012.46.3
Oct14° / 5510.7010.54.1
Nov / 5711.10.78.81.5
Dec / 6613.62.780.1

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 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Pfungstadt gets around 53 mm of rain and snow over 11.5 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 44% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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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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 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in January

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Daylight runs from about 8 hours at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:30 AM to 8:10 AM, and sunset from 4:28 PM to 5:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.08:304:28
28.08:304:28
38.08:304:29
48.08:304:30
58.08:304:31
68.18:294:32
78.18:294:34
88.18:294:35
98.18:294:36
108.18:284:37
118.28:284:38
128.28:274:40
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.69 kWh/m² to a high of 5.6 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.91 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Pfungstadt?

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 Pfungstadt.

What to pack for Pfungstadt in January

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

In January, Pfungstadt 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.

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UV index in Pfungstadt 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 Pfungstadt peaks around July 15 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
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Apr4Moderate
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Jul7Very high
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Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Pfungstadt?

Pfungstadt sits at 49.8°N, 8.6°E, 109 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Seeheim-Jugenheim, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Pfungstadt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pfungstadt has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 110 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 543 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 850 m.

The land around Pfungstadt is covered by trees (46%), cropland (25%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, trees (41%) and cropland (30%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

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January weather nearby: Seeheim-Jugenheim 6.0 km · Griesheim 7.0 km · Darmstadt 8.0 km · Riedstadt 8.0 km · Ober-Ramstadt 11 km · Weiterstadt 11 km · Arheilgen 13 km · Bensheim 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 Pfungstadt (49.8056°, 8.6031°, elevation 109 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).