Rothenburg ob der Tauber weather in January

In January, Rothenburg ob der Tauber sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -2°C, with 61 mm of precipitation across 12.2 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 3°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 8 hours at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Rothenburg ob der Tauber's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rothenburg ob der Tauber's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-2°
1st coldest
Precipitation
61 mm
12.2 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
8:17 AM – 4:40 PM
Cloud cover
75%
10th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.94 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Rothenburg ob der Tauber is main settlement of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Middle Franconia, 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 Rothenburg ob der Tauber reaches about 3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -2°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -3°C and 9°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
13-1
23-1
33-1
43-1
53-1
63-1
73-1
83-1
93-1
103-1
113-1
123-1
133-1
143-1
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243-2
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263-2
273-2
283-2
293-2
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313-1

How January really feels in Rothenburg ob der Tauber

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.

Rothenburg ob der Tauber 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 / -2°6112.25.18.40.0
Feb / -1°5310.74.79.80.1
Mar / 62122.311.51.7
Apr14° / 5010.60.613.44.0
May18° / 7813.1015.15.4
Jun22° / 12°6412.20166.2
Jul24° / 14°7213.1015.66.4
Aug23° / 14°6411.7014.26.6
Sep19° / 10°5910.2012.45.8
Oct13° / 6111.30.110.53.6
Nov / 6110.728.90.9
Dec / -0°6513.15.180.0

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 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
22179
32179
42179
52179
62278
72179
82377
92377
102476
112575
122575
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Rothenburg ob der Tauber gets around 61 mm of rain and snow over 12.2 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 5 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14417
24417
34417
44416
54316
64316
74215
84115
94114
104014
113914
123814
133714
143714
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203717
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313820

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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22100
23100
24100
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26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 13 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
613light breeze
713light breeze
813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
1213light breeze
1313light breeze
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2013light breeze
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3013light breeze
3113light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

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 8:22 AM to 8:02 AM, and sunset from 4:23 PM to 5:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.08:224:23
28.08:224:24
38.18:224:25
48.18:214:26
58.18:214:27
68.18:214:28
78.18:214:29
88.28:214:30
98.28:204:31
108.28:204:33
118.28:194:34
128.38:194:35
138.38:184:36
148.38:184:38
158.48:174:39
168.48:174:40
178.48:164:42
188.58:154:43
198.58:154:45
208.58:144:46
218.68:134:47
228.68:124:49
238.78:114:50
248.78:104:52
258.78:094:54
268.88:084:55
278.88:074:57
288.98:064:58
298.98:055:00
309.08:035:01
319.08:025:03

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.72 kWh/m² to a high of 5.63 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.94 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.7Dim
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171.0Dim
181.0Dim
191.0Dim
201.0Dim
211.0Dim
221.1Dim
231.1Dim
241.1Dim
251.1Dim
261.1Dim
271.2Dim
281.2Dim
291.2Dim
301.2Dim
311.3Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Rothenburg ob der Tauber?

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 Rothenburg ob der Tauber.

What to pack for Rothenburg ob der Tauber in January

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

In January, Rothenburg ob der Tauber sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -2°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Rothenburg ob der Tauber 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 Rothenburg ob der Tauber 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
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Rothenburg ob der Tauber?

Rothenburg ob der Tauber sits at 49.4°N, 10.2°E, 0 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Crailsheim, 28 km away.

Topography around Rothenburg ob der Tauber

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Rothenburg ob der Tauber.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rothenburg ob der Tauber has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 194 m around an average of 408 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 310 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 677 m.

The land around Rothenburg ob der Tauber is covered by cropland (49%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and trees (43%) and cropland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
194 m
16 km
310 m
80 km
677 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Crailsheim 28 km · Ansbach 31 km · Bad Mergentheim 32 km · Künzelsau 38 km · Kitzingen 40 km · Lauda-Königshofen 40 km · Schwäbisch Hall 44 km · Ellwangen 47 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 Rothenburg ob der Tauber (49.3788°, 10.1871°, elevation 0 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).