Zerbst weather in January

In January, Zerbst sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 11.7 wet days and about 8.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-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 36 min at the start of January to 8 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Zerbst's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zerbst's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-1°
1st coldest
Precipitation
49 mm
11.7 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
8:21 AM – 4:21 PM
Cloud cover
75%
10th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.75 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Zerbst 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 Zerbst 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 -3°C and 10°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)
14-1
24-1
34-1
44-1
54-1
64-1
74-1
84-1
940
1040
1140
1240
134-1
144-1
154-1
164-1
174-1
184-1
193-1
203-1
213-1
223-1
233-1
243-1
253-1
263-1
273-1
283-1
293-1
303-1
313-1

How January really feels in Zerbst

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.

Zerbst weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°4911.738.10.0
Feb / -1°359.73.49.60.1
Mar / 4611.31.911.51.6
Apr14° / 369.10.213.64.2
May19° / 5610.3015.45.9
Jun22° / 12°5410.4016.46.4
Jul24° / 14°7311.90166.6
Aug24° / 14°5910.3014.46.8
Sep19° / 11°538.9012.46.1
Oct14° / 469.30.110.43.9
Nov / 4610.50.98.61.2
Dec / 4911.93.17.60.0

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 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22476
32476
42476
52575
62575
72575
82674
92575
102575
112575
122575
132575
142575
152476
162575
172575
182476
192476
202476
212476
222476
232476
242377
252476
262476
272377
282377
292476
302476
312377

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Zerbst gets around 49 mm of rain and snow over 11.7 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 39% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13910
23910
3399
4399
5398
6388
7388
8388
9377
10377
11377
12368
13368
14368
15359
16359
173510
183510
193511
203611
213611
223712
233712
243713
253713
263713
273713
283713
293613
303613
313613

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 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
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
1314light breeze
1414light breeze
1514light breeze
1614light breeze
1714light breeze
1814light breeze
1914light breeze
2014light breeze
2114light breeze
2214light breeze
2314light breeze
2414light breeze
2514light breeze
2614light breeze
2714light breeze
2814light breeze
2914light breeze
3014light breeze
3114light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 36 min at the start of January to 8 h 42 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 8:27 AM to 8:04 AM, and sunset from 4:03 PM to 4:46 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.68:274:03
27.68:274:04
37.68:274:05
47.78:274:06
57.78:264:07
67.78:264:08
77.78:264:09
87.88:254:10
97.88:254:12
107.88:244:13
117.88:244:14
127.98:234:16
137.98:234:17
147.98:224:18
158.08:214:20
168.08:214:21
178.18:204:23
188.18:194:24
198.18:184:26
208.28:174:28
218.28:164:29
228.38:154:31
238.38:144:32
248.48:134:34
258.48:124:36
268.58:104:37
278.58:094:39
288.68:084:41
298.68:074:43
308.78:054:44
318.78:044:46

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.57 kWh/m² to a high of 5.43 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.75 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.6Dim
20.6Dim
30.6Dim
40.6Dim
50.6Dim
60.6Dim
70.6Dim
80.7Dim
90.7Dim
100.7Dim
110.7Dim
120.7Dim
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140.7Dim
150.7Dim
160.8Dim
170.8Dim
180.8Dim
190.8Dim
200.8Dim
210.8Dim
220.8Dim
230.9Dim
240.9Dim
250.9Dim
260.9Dim
270.9Dim
281.0Dim
291.0Dim
301.0Dim
311.1Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Zerbst?

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 Zerbst.

What to pack for Zerbst in January

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

In January, Zerbst sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near -1°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 Zerbst 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 Zerbst peaks around June 22 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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 22UV 6Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Zerbst?

Zerbst sits at 52.0°N, 12.1°E, 67 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Dessau, 18 km away.

Topography around Zerbst

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zerbst has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 70 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 628 m.

The land around Zerbst is covered by cropland (49%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and cropland (47%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
38 m
16 km
110 m
80 km
628 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Dessau 18 km · Schönebeck 25 km · Köthen 25 km · Bernburg 30 km · Magdeburg 36 km · Wolfen 36 km · Staßfurt 37 km · Neue Neustadt 37 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 Zerbst (51.9662°, 12.0852°, elevation 67 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).