Wadgassen weather in January

In January, Wadgassen sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 86 mm of precipitation across 13.2 wet days and about 8.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-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 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 Wadgassen's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wadgassen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
1st coldest
Precipitation
86 mm
13.2 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
8:30 AM – 4:54 PM
Cloud cover
76%
10th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.91 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Wadgassen is main settlement of Wadgassen municipality, 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 Wadgassen reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to -0°C overnight — a 5°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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How January really feels in Wadgassen

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.

Wadgassen weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -0°8613.23.18.50.0
Feb / 71113.39.80.3
Mar10° / 73121.511.62.2
Apr14° / 5710.80.113.44.1
May18° / 7212.7015.15.5
Jun22° / 12°6511015.96.3
Jul24° / 14°6611.1015.66.7
Aug24° / 14°6411.1014.26.7
Sep19° / 11°689.8012.46.0
Oct14° / 7611.9010.53.8
Nov / 8012.718.91.3
Dec / 107153.38.10.1

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 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
22080
32080
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52080
62080
72179
82179
92179
102377
112377
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Wadgassen gets around 86 mm of rain and snow over 13.2 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 43% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14811
24811
34811
44810
54810
64710
7479
8479
9469
10459
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12448
13438
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15429
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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 14 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
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914light breeze
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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 8:35 AM to 8:15 AM, and sunset from 4:37 PM to 5:17 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.08:354:37
28.18:354:38
38.18:354:39
48.18:354:40
58.18:344:41
68.18:344:42
78.28:344:43
88.28:344:44
98.28:334:46
108.28:334:47
118.38:334:48
128.38:324:49
138.38:324:50
148.38:314:52
158.48:304:53
168.48:304:54
178.48:294:56
188.58:284:57
198.58:284:59
208.68:275:00
218.68:265:02
228.68:255:03
238.78:245:05
248.78:235:06
258.88:225:08
268.88:215:09
278.88:205:11
288.98:195:12
298.98:185:14
309.08:175:15
319.08:155:17

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.7 kWh/m² to a high of 5.61 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.91 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 Wadgassen?

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 Wadgassen.

What to pack for Wadgassen in January

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

In January, Wadgassen 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 Wadgassen 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 Wadgassen peaks around July 16 at about 8 (very 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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 16UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Wadgassen 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 Wadgassen is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1515 µg/m³Dec 109 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb11Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul12Good
Aug12Good
Sep12Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Wadgassen?

Wadgassen sits at 49.3°N, 6.8°E, 230 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Schwalbach, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Wadgassen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wadgassen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 m around an average of 221 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 260 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 718 m.

The land around Wadgassen is covered by trees (58%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, trees (57%) within 16 km, and trees (49%), cropland (25%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
135 m
16 km
260 m
80 km
718 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Schwalbach 4.0 km · Saarlouis 6.0 km · Völklingen 6.0 km · Püttlingen 8.0 km · Dillingen 11 km · Riegelsberg 11 km · Forbach 12 km · Heusweiler 13 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 Wadgassen (49.2667°, 6.7833°, elevation 230 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).