Wipperfürth weather in January

In January, Wipperfürth sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 129 mm of precipitation across 15.9 wet days and about 8.2 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 7 h 42 min at the start of January to 8 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Wipperfürth's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wipperfürth's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-1°
1st coldest
Precipitation
129 mm
15.9 wet days
Daylight
8 h 06 min
8:35 AM – 4:44 PM
Cloud cover
76%
10th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.82 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Wipperfürth 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 Wipperfürth reaches about 4°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 -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 Wipperfürth

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.

Wipperfürth 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 / -1°12915.95.58.20.0
Feb / -1°10213.75.79.60.1
Mar / 10114.63.111.51.5
Apr13° / 6912.10.913.53.5
May17° / 7613.1015.35.0
Jun20° / 11°8414.1016.25.5
Jul22° / 13°9715.3015.95.8
Aug22° / 13°9514.2014.45.9
Sep18° / 10°9112.7012.45.1
Oct13° / 10113.9010.43.1
Nov / 10915.21.88.70.9
Dec / 13717.35.77.80.0

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 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11981
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72278
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Wipperfürth gets around 129 mm of rain and snow over 15.9 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 52% and peaks near 57% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
15716
25616
35615
45614
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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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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
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 42 min at the start of January to 8 h 48 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 8:41 AM to 8:19 AM, and sunset from 4:26 PM to 5:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.78:414:26
27.88:414:27
37.88:414:28
47.88:414:29
57.88:414:30
67.88:414:31
77.98:404:32
87.98:404:33
97.98:394:35
107.98:394:36
118.08:394:37
128.08:384:38
138.08:374:40
148.18:374:41
158.18:364:43
168.18:354:44
178.28:354:45
188.28:344:47
198.38:334:48
208.38:324:50
218.38:314:52
228.48:304:53
238.48:294:55
248.58:284:56
258.58:274:58
268.68:265:00
278.68:255:01
288.78:235:03
298.78:225:05
308.88:215:06
318.88:195:08

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.61 kWh/m² to a high of 5.26 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.82 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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251.0Dim
261.0Dim
271.0Dim
281.1Dim
291.1Dim
301.1Dim
311.1Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Wipperfürth?

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 Wipperfürth.

What to pack for Wipperfürth in January

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

In January, Wipperfürth sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near -1°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 16 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

UV index in Wipperfürth 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 Wipperfürth 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 Wipperfürth?

Wipperfürth sits at 51.1°N, 7.4°E, 290 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Hückeswagen, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Wipperfürth

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wipperfürth has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 m around an average of 312 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 411 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,126 m.

The land around Wipperfürth is covered by grassland (51%) and trees (37%) within 3 km, trees (54%) and grassland (35%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
141 m
16 km
411 m
80 km
1,126 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Hückeswagen 5.0 km · Radevormwald 10 km · Halver 10 km · Lindlar 11 km · Kürten 12 km · Wermelskirchen 13 km · Kierspe 14 km · Engelskirchen 14 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 Wipperfürth (51.1161°, 7.3986°, elevation 290 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).