Bange weather in January

In January, Bange sees average daytime highs of 1°C and overnight lows near -4°C, with 179 mm of precipitation across 24.1 wet days and about 9.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 1°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 24 min at the start of January to 10 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Bange's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bange's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 1°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: -4°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 179 mm; 24.1 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 42 min; 7:00 AM – 4:40 PM
Cloud cover: 77%; 10th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 2.29 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

← December Bange year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 1°C through the month.

A typical January day in Bange reaches about 1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -4°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -2°C and 5°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 3°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Avg low (°C)	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	2	-3
2	2	-3
3	2	-3
4	2	-3
5	2	-3
6	2	-3
7	2	-4
8	2	-4
9	2	-4
10	2	-4
11	1	-4
12	1	-4
13	1	-4
14	1	-4
15	1	-4
16	1	-4
17	1	-4
18	1	-4
19	1	-4
20	1	-4
21	1	-4
22	1	-4
23	1	-4
24	1	-4
25	1	-4
26	1	-4
27	1	-4
28	1	-4
29	1	-4
30	1	-4
31	1	-4

How January really feels in Bange

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Bange weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	1° / -4°	179	24.1	24.6	9.7	0.0
Feb	2° / -4°	131	19.8	19.6	10.6	0.0
Mar	6° / -1°	139	18.9	14.7	11.7	0.4
Apr	13° / 4°	111	14.9	3.7	12.9	3.1
May	19° / 10°	107	13.1	0.1	14	5.5
Jun	22° / 15°	130	14.5	0	14.5	5.7
Jul	26° / 19°	206	18.6	0	14.3	5.2
Aug	27° / 20°	143	15.8	0	13.4	5.5
Sep	23° / 16°	145	14	0	12.3	5.8
Oct	17° / 10°	136	13.4	0.1	11	4.9
Nov	11° / 4°	114	16.2	4.4	10	2.2
Dec	4° / -2°	162	22.1	17.7	9.5	0.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% 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 84%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15
Cloudier (%)	83	83	84	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	84	85	85	85

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	16	84
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	17	83
15	17	83
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	16	84
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	15	85

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Bange gets around 179 mm of rain and snow over 24.1 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 77% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days, and about 25 days bring snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	78	78	79	79	79	79	78	78	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78
Snow chance (%)	75	76	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	78	75
2	78	76
3	79	77
4	79	77
5	79	78
6	79	78
7	78	78
8	78	78
9	77	78
10	77	78
11	77	78
12	77	78
13	76	78
14	76	79
15	76	79
16	76	79
17	76	79
18	76	79
19	76	79
20	76	79
21	77	79
22	77	80
23	77	80
24	78	80
25	78	80
26	78	80
27	78	80
28	78	80
29	78	80
30	78	80
31	78	80

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 24 min at the start of January to 10 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:00 AM to 6:52 AM, and sunset from 4:27 PM to 4:56 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:52
Sunset (PM)	4:27	4:28	4:29	4:30	4:30	4:31	4:32	4:33	4:34	4:35	4:35	4:36	4:37	4:38	4:39	4:40	4:41	4:42	4:43	4:44	4:45	4:46	4:47	4:48	4:49	4:50	4:52	4:53	4:54	4:55	4:56

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.4	7:00	4:27
2	9.5	7:01	4:28
3	9.5	7:01	4:29
4	9.5	7:01	4:30
5	9.5	7:01	4:30
6	9.5	7:01	4:31
7	9.5	7:01	4:32
8	9.5	7:01	4:33
9	9.5	7:01	4:34
10	9.6	7:01	4:35
11	9.6	7:01	4:35
12	9.6	7:01	4:36
13	9.6	7:00	4:37
14	9.6	7:00	4:38
15	9.7	7:00	4:39
16	9.7	7:00	4:40
17	9.7	7:00	4:41
18	9.7	6:59	4:42
19	9.7	6:59	4:43
20	9.8	6:58	4:44
21	9.8	6:58	4:45
22	9.8	6:58	4:46
23	9.8	6:57	4:47
24	9.9	6:57	4:48
25	9.9	6:56	4:49
26	9.9	6:56	4:50
27	9.9	6:55	4:52
28	10.0	6:54	4:53
29	10.0	6:54	4:54
30	10.0	6:53	4:55
31	10.1	6:52	4:56

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.9 kWh/m² to a high of 5.34 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 2.29 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.1	Moderate
2	2.1	Moderate
3	2.1	Moderate
4	2.1	Moderate
5	2.1	Moderate
6	2.1	Moderate
7	2.1	Moderate
8	2.1	Moderate
9	2.1	Moderate
10	2.1	Moderate
11	2.2	Moderate
12	2.2	Moderate
13	2.2	Moderate
14	2.2	Moderate
15	2.2	Moderate
16	2.3	Moderate
17	2.3	Moderate
18	2.3	Moderate
19	2.3	Moderate
20	2.4	Moderate
21	2.4	Moderate
22	2.4	Moderate
23	2.4	Moderate
24	2.5	Moderate
25	2.5	Moderate
26	2.5	Moderate
27	2.5	Moderate
28	2.6	Moderate
29	2.6	Moderate
30	2.6	Moderate
31	2.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Bange?

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

9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bange.

What to pack for Bange in January

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

In January, Bange sees daytime highs around 1°C and nights near -4°C. Pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear. About 24 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Bange in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bange peaks around August 12 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	7	8	9	9	10	8	6	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Bange in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Bange is worst in April — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	12	15	22	23	22	18	16	14	13	13	12	11
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	22	Moderate
Apr	23	Moderate
May	22	Moderate
Jun	18	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	12	Good
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Bange?

Bange sits at 37.6°N, 139.8°E, 174 m above sea level, in Japan. The nearest listed city is Kitakata, 10 km away.

Topography around Bange

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bange has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 188 m around an average of 192 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,086 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,117 m.

The land around Bange is covered by cropland (63%) within 3 km, trees (57%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and trees (81%) within 80 km.

3 km

188 m

cropland 63%

16 km

1,086 m

trees 57%

80 km

2,117 m

trees 81%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← December Bange year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Kitakata 10 km · Aizu-Wakamatsu 14 km · Aizu-misato Machi 17 km · Yonezawa 46 km · Motomiya 51 km · Kōriyama 53 km · Nihommatsu 54 km · Kumakura 55 km

Japan travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type A / B; 100 V · 50 / 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 65% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $35,951; 2025
Happiness: 6.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 99%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 3.6; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 446
Religion

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 Bange (37.5644°, 139.8218°, elevation 174 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	2	-3
2	2	-3
3	2	-3
4	2	-3
5	2	-3
6	2	-3
7	2	-4
8	2	-4
9	2	-4
10	2	-4
11	1	-4
12	1	-4
13	1	-4
14	1	-4
15	1	-4
16	1	-4
17	1	-4
18	1	-4
19	1	-4
20	1	-4
21	1	-4
22	1	-4
23	1	-4
24	1	-4
25	1	-4
26	1	-4
27	1	-4
28	1	-4
29	1	-4
30	1	-4
31	1	-4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	16	84
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	17	83
15	17	83
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	16	84
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	15	85

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	78	75
2	78	76
3	79	77
4	79	77
5	79	78
6	79	78
7	78	78
8	78	78
9	77	78
10	77	78
11	77	78
12	77	78
13	76	78
14	76	79
15	76	79
16	76	79
17	76	79
18	76	79
19	76	79
20	76	79
21	77	79
22	77	80
23	77	80
24	78	80
25	78	80
26	78	80
27	78	80
28	78	80
29	78	80
30	78	80
31	78	80

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	2	-3
2	2	-3
3	2	-3
4	2	-3
5	2	-3
6	2	-3
7	2	-4
8	2	-4
9	2	-4
10	2	-4
11	1	-4
12	1	-4
13	1	-4
14	1	-4
15	1	-4
16	1	-4
17	1	-4
18	1	-4
19	1	-4
20	1	-4
21	1	-4
22	1	-4
23	1	-4
24	1	-4
25	1	-4
26	1	-4
27	1	-4
28	1	-4
29	1	-4
30	1	-4
31	1	-4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	16	84
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	17	83
15	17	83
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	16	84
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	15	85

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	78	75
2	78	76
3	79	77
4	79	77
5	79	78
6	79	78
7	78	78
8	78	78
9	77	78
10	77	78
11	77	78
12	77	78
13	76	78
14	76	79
15	76	79
16	76	79
17	76	79
18	76	79
19	76	79
20	76	79
21	77	79
22	77	80
23	77	80
24	78	80
25	78	80
26	78	80
27	78	80
28	78	80
29	78	80
30	78	80
31	78	80

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	2	-3
2	2	-3
3	2	-3
4	2	-3
5	2	-3
6	2	-3
7	2	-4
8	2	-4
9	2	-4
10	2	-4
11	1	-4
12	1	-4
13	1	-4
14	1	-4
15	1	-4
16	1	-4
17	1	-4
18	1	-4
19	1	-4
20	1	-4
21	1	-4
22	1	-4
23	1	-4
24	1	-4
25	1	-4
26	1	-4
27	1	-4
28	1	-4
29	1	-4
30	1	-4
31	1	-4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	16	84
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	17	83
15	17	83
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	16	84
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	15	85

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	78	75
2	78	76
3	79	77
4	79	77
5	79	78
6	79	78
7	78	78
8	78	78
9	77	78
10	77	78
11	77	78
12	77	78
13	76	78
14	76	79
15	76	79
16	76	79
17	76	79
18	76	79
19	76	79
20	76	79
21	77	79
22	77	80
23	77	80
24	78	80
25	78	80
26	78	80
27	78	80
28	78	80
29	78	80
30	78	80
31	78	80

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100