Soltau weather in January

In January, Soltau sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 66 mm of precipitation across 12.9 wet days and about 7.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-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 12% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 24 min at the start of January to 8 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Soltau's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Soltau's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
1st coldest
Precipitation
66 mm
12.9 wet days
Daylight
7 h 48 min
8:35 AM – 4:25 PM
Cloud cover
79%
10th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Soltau 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 Soltau 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 on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Soltau

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.

Soltau 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 / -0°6612.93.17.90.0
Feb / -0°5210.73.49.50.1
Mar / 5510.9211.51.5
Apr14° / 4810.60.313.63.8
May18° / 6311.3015.55.5
Jun21° / 11°6912.1016.65.9
Jul23° / 14°8513.6016.26.2
Aug23° / 13°7312.5014.56.3
Sep19° / 10°5810.2012.45.7
Oct13° / 6112010.33.5
Nov / 5611.80.88.41.1
Dec / 6612.62.77.40.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 80%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11981
21981
31882
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Soltau gets around 66 mm of rain and snow over 12.9 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 41% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14310
24310
34310
4439
5439
6439
7438
8438
9428
10428
11417
12417
13407
14408
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18399
19399
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224011
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264013
274013
284013
293913
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313913

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 15 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
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516light breeze
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916light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 24 min at the start of January to 8 h 36 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 8:42 AM to 8:17 AM, and sunset from 4:06 PM to 4:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.48:424:06
27.48:414:07
37.48:414:08
47.58:414:09
57.58:414:10
67.58:414:11
77.58:404:13
87.68:404:14
97.68:394:15
107.68:394:17
117.78:384:18
127.78:384:19
137.78:374:21
147.88:364:22
157.88:354:24
167.88:354:25
177.98:344:27
187.98:334:29
198.08:324:30
208.08:314:32
218.18:304:33
228.18:294:35
238.28:274:37
248.28:264:39
258.38:254:40
268.38:244:42
278.48:224:44
288.48:214:46
298.58:204:48
308.58:184:49
318.68:174:51

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.48 kWh/m² to a high of 5.2 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.63 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Soltau?

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 Soltau.

What to pack for Soltau in January

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

In January, Soltau sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near -0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Soltau 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 Soltau peaks around July 12 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 12UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
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Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Soltau?

Soltau sits at 53.0°N, 9.8°E, 64 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Schneverdingen, 15 km away.

Topography around Soltau

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Soltau has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 71 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 300 m.

The land around Soltau is covered by trees (58%) within 3 km, trees (57%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (39%), cropland (36%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
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January weather nearby: Schneverdingen 15 km · Munster 17 km · Walsrode 22 km · Rotenburg 32 km · Buchholz in der Nordheide 38 km · Verden 41 km · Celle 43 km · Seevetal 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 Soltau (52.9854°, 9.8398°, elevation 64 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).