Wittstock weather in January

In January, Wittstock sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 53 mm of precipitation across 11.2 wet days and about 7.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-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 11% 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 Wittstock's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wittstock's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-1°
1st coldest
Precipitation
53 mm
11.2 wet days
Daylight
7 h 48 min
8:25 AM – 4:14 PM
Cloud cover
78%
10th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

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 Wittstock reaches about 3°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 -3°C and 8°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
13-1
23-1
33-1
43-1
53-1
63-1
73-1
83-1
93-1
103-1
113-1
123-1
133-1
143-1
153-1
163-1
173-1
183-1
193-1
203-1
213-1
223-1
233-2
242-2
252-2
262-2
273-2
283-2
293-2
303-2
313-2

How January really feels in Wittstock

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.

Wittstock weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°5311.23.77.90.0
Feb / -1°40103.99.50.0
Mar / 4910.52.211.51.1
Apr13° / 399.40.313.63.7
May18° / 5511.2015.65.5
Jun21° / 12°6110.8016.66.1
Jul23° / 14°7312.1016.26.4
Aug22° / 14°6511.5014.56.4
Sep18° / 10°539.3012.45.7
Oct13° / 48100.110.33.4
Nov / 429.90.88.40.9
Dec / 5011.33.47.40.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
22080
32080
42179
52179
62179
72278
82377
92377
102377
112377
122377
132377
142278
152278
162377
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202377
212377
222278
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242278
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282278
292278
302278
312278

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Wittstock gets around 53 mm of rain and snow over 11.2 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 35% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13811
23810
33810
43810
5379
6379
7379
8369
9369
10369
11359
12359
133410
143410
153310
163311
173311
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193212
203313
213313
223414
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283616
293615
303615
313615

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 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
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
1316light breeze
1416light breeze
1516light breeze
1616light breeze
1716light breeze
1815light breeze
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2015light breeze
2115light breeze
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2615light breeze
2715light breeze
2816light breeze
2916light breeze
3016light breeze
3116light breeze

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 8:32 AM to 8:07 AM, and sunset from 3:54 PM to 4:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.48:323:54
27.48:323:55
37.48:323:57
47.48:323:58
57.58:313:59
67.58:314:00
77.58:314:01
87.58:304:02
97.68:304:04
107.68:294:05
117.68:294:06
127.78:284:08
137.78:274:09
147.78:264:11
157.88:264:12
167.88:254:14
177.98:244:15
187.98:234:17
197.98:224:19
208.08:214:20
218.08:204:22
228.18:194:24
238.18:184:25
248.28:164:27
258.28:154:29
268.38:144:31
278.38:134:33
288.48:114:34
298.48:104:36
308.58:084:38
318.68:074:40

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.47 kWh/m² to a high of 5.29 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.64 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.5Dim
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30.5Dim
40.5Dim
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70.5Dim
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Wittstock?

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 Wittstock.

What to pack for Wittstock in January

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

In January, Wittstock sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -1°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Wittstock 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 Wittstock peaks around June 18 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 18UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Wittstock?

Wittstock sits at 53.2°N, 12.5°E, 66 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Neuruppin, 34 km away.

ParchimWittenbergeRathenowNauenNeubrandenburg

Topography around Wittstock

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wittstock has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m around an average of 70 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 186 m.

The land around Wittstock is covered by cropland (52%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, trees (45%) and cropland (34%) within 16 km, and cropland (38%), trees (36%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
53 m
16 km
115 m
80 km
186 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Neuruppin 34 km · Waren 42 km · Neustrelitz 45 km · Parchim 51 km · Wittenberge 52 km · Rathenow 62 km · Nauen 67 km · Neubrandenburg 68 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 Wittstock (53.1612°, 12.4829°, elevation 66 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).