Selm weather in January

In January, Selm sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 71 mm of precipitation across 13.6 wet days and about 8.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 5°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 36 min at the start of January to 8 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Selm's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Selm's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
71 mm
13.6 wet days
Daylight
8 h 06 min
8:38 AM – 4:41 PM
Cloud cover
76%
10th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.74 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Selm 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 5°C through the month.

A typical January day in Selm reaches about 5°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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251
351
451
551
651
751
851
951
1051
1151
1251
1351
1451
1551
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1751
1851
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2051
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How January really feels in Selm

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.

Selm weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7113.62.88.10.0
Feb / 5911.439.60.4
Mar10° / 6112.51.111.52.0
Apr14° / 4910.80.213.64.1
May18° / 5911.5015.45.5
Jun21° / 12°6611.8016.36.0
Jul23° / 14°7613.1015.96.3
Aug23° / 14°7812.5014.46.3
Sep19° / 11°6510.8012.45.7
Oct14° / 6611.9010.43.9
Nov / 6612.90.68.61.6
Dec / 7513.42.77.70.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
32278
42278
52278
62377
72377
82377
92575
102575
112575
122476
132476
142476
152476
162476
172377
182377
192377
202377
212377
222278
232278
242278
252278
262179
272179
282179
292179
302278
312278

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Selm gets around 71 mm of rain and snow over 13.6 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 43% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14610
2469
3469
4468
5468
6457
7457
8457
9447
10447
11437
12437
13437
14428
15428
16428
17429
18429
194210
204310
214310
224311
234311
244312
254312
264312
274312
284312
294312
304212
314212

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
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 16 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 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
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
1316light breeze
1416light breeze
1516light breeze
1616light breeze
1716light breeze
1816light breeze
1916light breeze
2015light breeze
2115light breeze
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2915light breeze
3015light breeze
3115light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 36 min at the start of January to 8 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:44 AM to 8:21 AM, and sunset from 4:23 PM to 5:06 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.68:444:23
27.78:444:24
37.78:444:25
47.78:444:26
57.78:434:27
67.78:434:28
77.88:434:29
87.88:424:30
97.88:424:31
107.98:424:33
117.98:414:34
127.98:404:35
137.98:404:37
148.08:394:38
158.08:394:40
168.18:384:41
178.18:374:43
188.18:364:44
198.28:354:46
208.28:344:47
218.38:334:49
228.38:324:50
238.38:314:52
248.48:304:54
258.48:294:55
268.58:284:57
278.58:274:59
288.68:255:00
298.68:245:02
308.78:235:04
318.78:215:06

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.57 kWh/m² to a high of 5.21 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.74 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.6Dim
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30.6Dim
40.6Dim
50.6Dim
60.6Dim
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270.9Dim
280.9Dim
291.0Dim
301.0Dim
311.0Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Selm?

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 Selm.

What to pack for Selm in January

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

In January, Selm sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Selm 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 Selm peaks around July 13 at about 6 (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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 6Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Selm?

Selm sits at 51.7°N, 7.5°E, 57 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Lüdinghausen, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Selm

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Selm has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 63 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 756 m.

The land around Selm is covered by cropland (40%) and trees (30%) within 3 km, cropland (40%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and trees (40%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
66 m
16 km
124 m
80 km
756 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Lüdinghausen 8.0 km · Waltrop 10 km · Datteln 10 km · Lünen 10 km · Werne 12 km · Ascheberg 14 km · Bergkamen 15 km · Oer-Erkenschwick 15 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 Selm (51.6969°, 7.4681°, elevation 57 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).