Navan weather in January

In January, Navan sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 69 mm of precipitation across 13.1 wet days and about 7.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°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 18 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Navan's 5th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Navan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
69 mm
13.1 wet days
Daylight
7 h 42 min
8:44 AM – 4:28 PM
Cloud cover
76%
5th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.66 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.0
out of 10

Navan is town in County Meath, Ireland.

Density
762/km²
people per km²

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 8°C through the month.

A typical January day in Navan reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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583
683
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How January really feels in Navan

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.

Navan 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 / 6913.117.81.0
Feb / 5611.70.99.41.3
Mar10° / 5812.40.811.52.0
Apr12° / 6412.7013.72.9
May15° / 6612.7015.64.0
Jun17° / 10°7412.7016.75.0
Jul19° / 12°7214.1016.35.2
Aug19° / 12°8012.9014.65.3
Sep16° / 10°6311.5012.54.8
Oct13° / 7412.2010.33.4
Nov10° / 7812.70.18.32.0
Dec / 7412.30.87.31.2

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 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
22773
32773
42872
52773
62773
72773
82773
92773
102674
112674
122575
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312278

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Navan gets around 69 mm of rain and snow over 13.1 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 42% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1434
2435
3445
4445
5445
6445
7444
8444
9444
10434
11434
12434
13434
14434
15424
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19413
20413
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26413
27412
28412
29412
30412
31412

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
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3100
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28100
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31100

Wind in January

Winds average 16 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
1117light breeze
1217light breeze
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1616light breeze
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2116light breeze
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2916light breeze
3016light breeze
3116light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 18 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 72 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:52 AM to 8:26 AM, and sunset from 4:08 PM to 4:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.38:524:08
27.38:514:09
37.38:514:10
47.38:514:11
57.48:514:13
67.48:504:14
77.48:504:15
87.48:504:16
97.58:494:18
107.58:484:19
117.58:484:20
127.68:474:22
137.68:464:23
147.78:464:25
157.78:454:26
167.78:444:28
177.88:434:30
187.88:424:31
197.98:414:33
207.98:404:35
218.08:394:36
228.08:384:38
238.18:374:40
248.18:354:42
258.28:344:43
268.28:334:45
278.38:314:47
288.38:304:49
298.48:294:51
308.48:274:53
318.58:264:55

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.66 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.5 kWh/m² to a high of 4.8 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 0.66 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Is January a good time to visit Navan?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

1.0
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Navan.

What to pack for Navan in January

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

In January, Navan sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Navan in January

The nearest coast averages about 9°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 32 km away) is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in March near 8°C.

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

5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan9Bracing
Feb8Bracing
Mar8Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun13Bracing
Jul15Bracing
Aug15Cool
Sep14Bracing
Oct13Bracing
Nov12Bracing
Dec10Bracing

UV index in Navan 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 Navan peaks around August 12 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 12UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Navan?

Navan sits at 53.7°N, 6.7°W, 35 m above sea level, in Ireland. The nearest listed city is Drogheda, 23 km away.

MaynoothBalbrigganLeixlipBlanchardstownCelbridgeLucanSwords

Topography around Navan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Navan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m around an average of 53 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 221 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 943 m.

The land around Navan is covered by grassland (52%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, grassland (69%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (65%) within 80 km.

3 km
65 m
16 km
221 m
80 km
943 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Drogheda 23 km · Maynooth 30 km · Balbriggan 33 km · Leixlip 34 km · Blanchardstown 36 km · Celbridge 36 km · Lucan 36 km · Swords 37 km

Ireland travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 85% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$131,592
2025
Happiness
6.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
96%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Roman Catholic 69%none 15%Protestant 4%Orthodox 2%

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 Navan (53.6528°, -6.6814°, elevation 35 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).