Preetz weather in January

In January, Preetz sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 57 mm of precipitation across 11.9 wet days and about 7.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-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 11% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 12 min at the start of January to 8 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Preetz's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Preetz's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
57 mm
11.9 wet days
Daylight
7 h 36 min
8:39 AM – 4:17 PM
Cloud cover
78%
10th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

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

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How January really feels in Preetz

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.

Preetz 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 / -0°5711.937.70.0
Feb / -0°45103.59.30.0
Mar / 4910.52.211.51.0
Apr12° / 439.70.313.73.2
May16° / 5710.6015.75.0
Jun19° / 11°6611.8016.85.8
Jul22° / 13°7412.5016.46.1
Aug22° / 13°7312.7014.76.1
Sep18° / 11°5410.4012.55.4
Oct13° / 5611.2010.23.3
Nov / 5010.90.78.21.1
Dec / 57122.87.20.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% 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 80%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21981
31981
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51882
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312179

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Preetz gets around 57 mm of rain and snow over 11.9 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 38% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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2409
3408
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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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Wind in January

Winds average 18 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
218light breeze
318light breeze
418light breeze
518light breeze
618light breeze
718light breeze
818light breeze
918light breeze
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1118light breeze
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3018light breeze
3118light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 12 min at the start of January to 8 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:47 AM to 8:20 AM, and sunset from 3:57 PM to 4:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.28:473:57
27.28:473:58
37.28:473:59
47.28:474:00
57.28:464:01
67.38:464:03
77.38:464:04
87.38:454:05
97.48:454:06
107.48:444:08
117.48:434:09
127.58:434:11
137.58:424:12
147.58:414:14
157.68:404:15
167.68:394:17
177.78:384:19
187.78:374:20
197.88:364:22
207.88:354:24
217.98:344:26
227.98:334:27
238.08:324:29
248.08:304:31
258.18:294:33
268.18:284:35
278.28:264:37
288.28:254:38
298.38:234:40
308.38:224:42
318.48:204:44

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.43 kWh/m² to a high of 5.44 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.59 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 Preetz?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Preetz.

What to pack for Preetz in January

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

In January, Preetz 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

Sea temperature near Preetz in January

The nearest coast averages about 3°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 27 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 2°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan3Bracing
Feb2Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr5Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun15Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec4Bracing

UV index in Preetz 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 Preetz peaks around June 20 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 20UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Preetz?

Preetz sits at 54.2°N, 10.3°E, 31 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Elmschenhagen, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Preetz

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Preetz has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m around an average of 30 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 121 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 275 m.

The land around Preetz is covered by trees (35%), cropland (23%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, cropland (36%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and water (33%), cropland (29%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
49 m
16 km
121 m
80 km
275 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Elmschenhagen 8.0 km · Kiel 13 km · Eutin 24 km · Neumünster 26 km · Bad Segeberg 33 km · Neustadt in Holstein 38 km · Eckernförde 39 km · Rendsburg 40 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 Preetz (54.2358°, 10.2793°, elevation 31 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).