Douglas weather in January

In January, Douglas sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 97 mm of precipitation across 16.5 wet days and about 7.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 4th-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 16% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Douglas's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Douglas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
97 mm
16.5 wet days
Daylight
7 h 36 min
8:38 AM – 4:17 PM
Cloud cover
72%
10th clearest
Wind
36 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.1
out of 10

Douglas is capital city of the Isle of Man.

Density
2,596/km²
people per km²
Founded
1670

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 Douglas reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 10°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Douglas weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 9716.50.27.71.1
Feb / 7514.20.49.41.0
Mar / 7012.90.511.51.2
Apr / 5911.70.113.71.7
May11° / 5611.2015.72.7
Jun13° / 12°6410.7016.83.6
Jul15° / 14°6712.2016.44.2
Aug16° / 14°7812.9014.64.4
Sep15° / 13°8513.3012.54.1
Oct13° / 11°11716.2010.23.1
Nov11° / 12518.50.18.22.0
Dec / 11418.20.27.21.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Douglas gets around 97 mm of rain and snow over 16.5 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 54% and peaks near 56% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain 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 36 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 34 km/h on the calmest days to 37 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
136windy
236windy
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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 24 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 8:46 AM to 8:19 AM, and sunset from 3:56 PM to 4:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.28:463:56
27.28:463:57
37.28:453:59
47.28:454:00
57.38:454:01
67.38:454:02
77.38:444:03
87.48:444:05
97.48:434:06
107.48:424:07
117.58:424:09
127.58:414:10
137.58:404:12
147.68:404:13
157.68:394:15
167.68:384:17
177.78:374:18
187.78:364:20
197.88:354:22
207.88:344:23
217.98:334:25
227.98:314:27
238.08:304:29
248.08:294:30
258.18:284:32
268.18:264:34
278.28:254:36
288.28:234:38
298.38:224:40
308.48:204:42
318.48:194:44

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.5 kWh/m² to a high of 5.8 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.67 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Douglas?

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

1.1
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Douglas.

What to pack for Douglas in January

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

In January, Douglas sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 6°C. Pack a warm layer, rain gear and a windbreaker. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 17 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreakera heavy coat

Sea temperature near Douglas 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 offshore 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
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Mar8Bracing
Apr8Bracing
May10Bracing
Jun12Bracing
Jul14Bracing
Aug15Cool
Sep15Bracing
Oct14Bracing
Nov12Bracing
Dec10Bracing

UV index in Douglas 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 Douglas peaks around August 11 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 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 11UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
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Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Douglas?

Douglas sits at 54.1°N, 4.5°W, 31 m above sea level, in Isle of Man. The nearest listed city is Whitehaven, 73 km away.

Topography around Douglas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Douglas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 145 m around an average of 36 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 617 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 613 m.

The land around Douglas is covered by water (40%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, water (52%) and grassland (36%) within 16 km, and water (88%) within 80 km.

3 km
145 m
16 km
617 m
80 km
613 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Whitehaven 73 km · Workington 82 km · Barrow in Furness 82 km · Newtownards 92 km · Bangor 95 km · Fleetwood 99 km · Thornton-Cleveleys 100 km · Blackpool 101 km

Isle of Man travel facts

Power plugs
Type G
230 V · 50 Hz
GDP per capita
$90,015
2023
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.2
per 100k, 2015
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 55%none 44%Muslim 1%Buddhist 1%

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 Douglas (54.15°, -4.4833°, elevation 31 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).