Wismar weather in January

In January, Wismar sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 53 mm of precipitation across 11.6 wet days and about 7.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 3°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 12 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Wismar's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wismar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
53 mm
11.6 wet days
Daylight
7 h 42 min
8:33 AM – 4:14 PM
Cloud cover
77%
10th clearest
Wind
20 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10
Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 12.1 µg/m³ · 2019

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 3°C through the month.

A typical January day in Wismar reaches about 3°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 8°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Wismar

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.

Wismar weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -0°5311.63.27.70.0
Feb / -0°4310.33.79.40.0
Mar / 4610.12.211.50.9
Apr12° / 419.30.313.73.2
May16° / 5510.6015.75.1
Jun20° / 12°6511.7016.75.8
Jul22° / 14°7112.4016.36.3
Aug22° / 14°7112.2014.66.2
Sep18° / 11°5610.4012.55.5
Oct13° / 5411.30.110.23.3
Nov / 4911.50.78.31.0
Dec / 5611.92.87.20.0

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 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Wismar gets around 53 mm of rain and snow over 11.6 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 37% and peaks near 42% 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 (%)
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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 20 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 12 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:40 AM to 8:14 AM, and sunset from 3:54 PM to 4:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.28:403:54
27.28:403:55
37.38:403:56
47.38:403:57
57.38:403:59
67.38:394:00
77.48:394:01
87.48:384:02
97.48:384:04
107.58:374:05
117.58:374:07
127.58:364:08
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167.78:334:14
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187.88:314:17
197.88:304:19
207.98:294:21
217.98:284:23
228.08:264:24
238.08:254:26
248.18:244:28
258.18:234:30
268.28:214:32
278.28:204:33
288.38:184:35
298.38:174:37
308.48:164:39
318.58:144:41

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 0.45 kWh/m² to a high of 5.64 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 Wismar?

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 Wismar.

What to pack for Wismar in January

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

In January, Wismar sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Wismar in January

The nearest coast averages about 3°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 26 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 2°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan3Bracing
Feb2Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr6Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun15Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Wismar 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 Wismar peaks around June 18 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 18UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Wismar 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 Wismar is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Wismar's WHO annual average of 12.1 µg/m³.

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1516 µg/m³Dec 108 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb11Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct10Good
Nov8Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Wismar?

Wismar sits at 53.9°N, 11.5°E, 1 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Schwerin, 29 km away.

RatekauNeustadt in HolsteinGüstrowKröpeliner-Tor-VorstadtBad SchwartauRostockLübeck

Topography around Wismar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wismar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 196 m.

The land around Wismar is covered by trees (27%), artificial surfaces (25%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) within 16 km, and cropland (36%), water (27%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
42 m
16 km
129 m
80 km
196 m
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January weather nearby: Schwerin 29 km · Ratekau 48 km · Neustadt in Holstein 48 km · Güstrow 48 km · Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt 48 km · Bad Schwartau 50 km · Rostock 50 km · Lübeck 50 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 Wismar (53.8922°, 11.4556°, elevation 1 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).