Vilshofen weather in January

In January, Vilshofen sees average daytime highs of 2°C and overnight lows near -3°C, with 77 mm of precipitation across 12.3 wet days and about 8.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 2°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Vilshofen's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vilshofen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-3°
1st coldest
Precipitation
77 mm
12.3 wet days
Daylight
8 h 30 min
8:02 AM – 4:31 PM
Cloud cover
69%
10th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
1.07 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Vilshofen is main settlement of Vilshofen an der Donau 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 2°C through the month.

A typical January day in Vilshofen reaches about 2°C in the afternoon and slips back to -3°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -3°C and 7°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12-3
22-3
32-3
42-3
52-3
62-3
72-3
82-3
92-3
102-3
112-3
122-3
132-3
142-3
152-3
162-3
172-3
182-3
192-3
202-3
212-3
222-3
232-3
242-3
252-3
262-3
272-3
282-3
292-3
302-3
312-3

How January really feels in Vilshofen

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.

Vilshofen 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 / -3°7712.37.78.50.0
Feb / -2°6010.25.99.80.0
Mar / 7412.1411.61.6
Apr14° / 499.60.813.44.1
May19° / 7312.10155.7
Jun22° / 12°8011.9015.86.3
Jul24° / 14°8311.9015.56.7
Aug23° / 14°7611.2014.26.8
Sep19° / 10°669.8012.45.8
Oct13° / 6210.30.210.53.5
Nov / 6410.83.490.8
Dec / -2°7913.26.88.10.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23268
33268
43268
53268
63367
73367
83268
93367
103367
113466
123466
133565
143565
153565
163565
173565
183565
193565
203466
213367
223367
233268
243367
253268
263169
273169
283169
293169
303268
313268

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Vilshofen gets around 77 mm of rain and snow over 12.3 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 46% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14625
24625
34624
44524
54524
64524
74423
84323
94222
104122
114022
123922
133822
143722
153622
163522
173523
183523
193424
203524
213525
223526
233526
243626
253627
263627
273727
283726
293726
303726
313726

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 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
209calm
219calm
229calm
239calm
249calm
259calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:06 AM to 7:48 AM, and sunset from 4:15 PM to 4:53 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.18:064:15
28.28:064:15
38.28:064:16
48.28:064:17
58.28:064:18
68.28:064:19
78.28:064:20
88.38:054:22
98.38:054:23
108.38:054:24
118.38:044:25
128.48:044:26
138.48:034:28
148.48:034:29
158.58:024:30
168.58:024:31
178.58:014:33
188.68:004:34
198.68:004:36
208.67:594:37
218.77:584:38
228.77:574:40
238.87:564:41
248.87:554:43
258.87:544:44
268.97:534:46
278.97:524:47
289.07:514:49
299.07:504:50
309.07:494:52
319.17:484:53

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.84 kWh/m² to a high of 5.63 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.07 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.9Dim
20.9Dim
30.9Dim
40.9Dim
50.9Dim
60.9Dim
70.9Dim
80.9Dim
91.0Dim
101.0Dim
111.0Dim
121.0Dim
131.0Dim
141.0Dim
151.1Dim
161.1Dim
171.1Dim
181.1Dim
191.1Dim
201.1Dim
211.2Dim
221.2Dim
231.2Dim
241.2Dim
251.3Dim
261.3Dim
271.3Dim
281.4Dim
291.4Dim
301.4Dim
311.4Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Vilshofen?

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 Vilshofen.

What to pack for Vilshofen in January

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

In January, Vilshofen sees daytime highs around 2°C and nights near -3°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 Vilshofen 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 Vilshofen peaks around June 22 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 highHighModerateLowJun 22UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Vilshofen in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Vilshofen is worst in June — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 1515 µg/m³Nov 169 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb11Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Vilshofen?

Vilshofen sits at 48.6°N, 13.2°E, 319 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Passau, 19 km away.

DingolfingStraubingBurghausenMühldorfWaldkraiburgLandshut

Topography around Vilshofen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vilshofen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 149 m around an average of 360 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 361 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,188 m.

The land around Vilshofen is covered by trees (44%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, trees (39%) and cropland (36%) within 16 km, and trees (44%), cropland (29%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
149 m
16 km
361 m
80 km
1,188 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Passau 19 km · Deggendorf 29 km · Dingolfing 51 km · Straubing 53 km · Burghausen 57 km · Mühldorf 65 km · Waldkraiburg 75 km · Landshut 77 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 Vilshofen (48.627°, 13.1922°, elevation 319 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).