Ventspils weather in January

In January, Ventspils sees average daytime highs of 2°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 58 mm of precipitation across 13.1 wet days and about 7.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 2°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 24 min at the start of January to 7 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ventspils's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ventspils's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
-1°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
58 mm
13.1 wet days
Daylight
7 hours
9:13 AM – 4:13 PM
Cloud cover
81%
10th clearest
Wind
29 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10
Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 10.3 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 2°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ventspils reaches about 2°C in the afternoon and slips back to -1°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -3°C and 6°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 1°C warmer than February.

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How January really feels in Ventspils

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.

Ventspils weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-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°5813.17.77.10.0
Feb / -1°4510.27.390.0
Mar / 389.44.611.40.0
Apr / 358.11.313.90.4
May10° / 377.4016.22.7
Jun15° / 13°579.1017.54.7
Jul18° / 16°7010.10176.1
Aug19° / 17°9213.10155.8
Sep15° / 13°8612.1012.54.5
Oct11° / 10715.70.2102.2
Nov / 8215.41.87.70.6
Dec / 7215.56.26.40.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% 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 82%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21882
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Ventspils gets around 58 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 51% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
15126
25126
35026
45025
55025
64925
74924
84824
94723
104623
114522
124322
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144122
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203724
213724
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253727
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283828
293928
303928
313927

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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31100

Wind in January

Winds average 29 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 28 km/h on the calmest days to 30 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
130windy
230windy
330windy
430windy
530windy
630windy
730windy
830windy
930windy
1030windy
1130windy
1230windy
1329windy
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1629windy
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1829breezy
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2129breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 24 min at the start of January to 7 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:24 AM to 8:50 AM, and sunset from 3:50 PM to 4:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.49:243:50
26.49:243:51
36.59:243:52
46.59:233:53
56.59:233:55
66.69:223:56
76.69:223:58
86.69:213:59
96.79:204:01
106.79:194:02
116.89:184:04
126.89:184:06
136.89:174:07
146.99:164:09
156.99:144:11
167.09:134:13
177.09:124:15
187.19:114:17
197.29:104:19
207.29:084:21
217.39:074:23
227.39:054:25
237.49:044:27
247.49:024:29
257.59:014:31
267.68:594:33
277.68:574:35
287.78:554:38
297.88:544:40
307.88:524:42
317.98:504:44

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.27 kWh/m² to a high of 6.09 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.4 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Is January a good time to visit Ventspils?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ventspils.

What to pack for Ventspils in January

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

In January, Ventspils sees daytime highs around 2°C and nights near -1°C. Pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and a windbreaker. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coata windbreakerrain gear

Sea temperature near Ventspils in January

The nearest coast averages about 4°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 18°C and coldest in March near 2°C.

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

0°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan4Bracing
Feb2Bracing
Mar2Bracing
Apr4Bracing
May8Bracing
Jun13Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec6Bracing

UV index in Ventspils in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ventspils peaks around June 17 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 17UV 6Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5Moderate
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Ventspils?

Ventspils sits at 57.4°N, 21.6°E, 9 m above sea level, in Latvia. The nearest listed city is Kuldīga, 53 km away.

KuldīgaLiepājaTukumsRuhnuKuressaareMazeikiaiJūrmalaJelgava

Topography around Ventspils

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ventspils has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 184 m.

The land around Ventspils is covered by water (33%), grassland (23%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, water (47%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and water (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
38 m
16 km
68 m
80 km
184 m
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January weather nearby: Kuldīga 53 km · Liepāja 104 km · Tukums 107 km · Ruhnu 110 km · Kuressaare 110 km · Mazeikiai 129 km · Jūrmala 141 km · Jelgava 154 km

Latvia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 57% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$26,312
2025
Happiness
6.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
97%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.5
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
8.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 599
Religion
Lutheran 36%unspecified/none 24%Roman Catholic 20%Orthodox 19%

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 Ventspils (57.3948°, 21.5612°, elevation 9 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).