Wörth am Rhein weather in January

In January, Wörth am Rhein sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 61 mm of precipitation across 11.9 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 5°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Wörth am Rhein's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wörth am Rhein's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
61 mm
11.9 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
8:23 AM – 4:49 PM
Cloud cover
71%
10th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
1 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Wörth am Rhein is human settlement in Germany.

Air quality
Good
PM10 16.1 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 5°C through the month.

A typical January day in Wörth am Rhein reaches about 5°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 11°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Wörth am Rhein

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.

Wörth am Rhein 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 / 6111.92.98.50.0
Feb / 5410.42.49.80.6
Mar11° / 6011.5111.62.6
Apr16° / 459.6013.44.8
May20° / 10°6611.60155.9
Jun23° / 14°5310.5015.96.7
Jul26° / 16°5410015.66.8
Aug25° / 15°509.4014.26.9
Sep21° / 12°548.9012.46.5
Oct15° / 6010.60.110.54.4
Nov / 6511.30.78.91.7
Dec / 7613.72.88.10.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 71%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22575
32674
42674
52674
62674
72773
82971
92971
102971
113169
123169
133169
143169
153169
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183169
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203169
213070
223070
232971
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262872
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302872
312872

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Wörth am Rhein gets around 61 mm of rain and snow over 11.9 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 39% and peaks near 45% 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 (%)
14510
24510
34510
44410
5449
6439
7429
8419
9419
10409
11398
12398
13388
14388
15378
16379
17379
18379
19369
20369
21369
223610
233610
243610
253610
263610
273610
283610
293610
30369
31369

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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21100
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23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
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31100

Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 06 min 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 54 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:28 AM to 8:09 AM, and sunset from 4:32 PM to 5:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.18:284:32
28.18:284:33
38.18:284:34
48.18:284:35
58.18:284:36
68.28:274:37
78.28:274:38
88.28:274:39
98.28:274:41
108.38:264:42
118.38:264:43
128.38:254:44
138.38:254:45
148.48:244:47
158.48:244:48
168.48:234:49
178.58:224:51
188.58:224:52
198.58:214:54
208.68:204:55
218.68:194:56
228.78:184:58
238.78:174:59
248.78:175:01
258.88:165:02
268.88:155:04
278.98:135:06
288.98:125:07
299.08:115:09
309.08:105:10
319.08:095:12

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.77 kWh/m² to a high of 5.63 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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141.0Dim
151.0Dim
161.0Dim
171.0Dim
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191.1Dim
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231.1Dim
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251.2Dim
261.2Dim
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311.3Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Wörth am Rhein?

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
9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Wörth am Rhein.

What to pack for Wörth am Rhein in January

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

In January, Wörth am Rhein sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Wörth am Rhein 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 Wörth am Rhein peaks around July 15 at about 7 (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 highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Wörth am Rhein?

Wörth am Rhein sits at 49.0°N, 8.3°E, 116 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Rheinstetten, 10 km away.

Topography around Wörth am Rhein

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wörth am Rhein has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 116 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,078 m.

The land around Wörth am Rhein is covered by trees (55%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
112 m
80 km
1,078 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Rheinstetten 10 km · Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 11 km · Karlsruhe 11 km · Ettlingen 16 km · Landau in der Pfalz 20 km · Germersheim 20 km · Rastatt 21 km · Bruchsal 26 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 Wörth am Rhein (49.0489°, 8.2596°, elevation 116 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).