Alblasserdam weather in January

In January, Alblasserdam sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 62 mm of precipitation across 12 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 6°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 Alblasserdam's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alblasserdam's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
62 mm
12 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
8:50 AM – 4:52 PM
Cloud cover
74%
10th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.4
out of 10

Alblasserdam is town and municipality in South Holland, the Netherlands.

Density
1,835/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 6°C through the month.

A typical January day in Alblasserdam reaches about 6°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 0°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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662
762
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How January really feels in Alblasserdam

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.

Alblasserdam 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 / 62121.18.10.4
Feb / 5410.91.39.60.7
Mar10° / 5511.60.711.52.2
Apr14° / 4810.9013.63.9
May18° / 6011.8015.45.3
Jun20° / 12°6510.9016.46.0
Jul22° / 14°7913.90166.1
Aug22° / 14°7612.5014.46.2
Sep19° / 11°6111.2012.45.7
Oct14° / 6311.8010.44.0
Nov10° / 6312.30.48.61.9
Dec / 7113.11.27.60.6

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 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12575
22674
32575
42575
52674
62773
72773
82773
92872
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112872
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302278
312278

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Alblasserdam gets around 62 mm of rain and snow over 12 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 39% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1434
2424
3424
4423
5423
6423
7423
8413
9413
10413
11413
12403
13403
14403
15403
16393
17393
18393
19384
20384
21384
22384
23374
24374
25375
26375
27375
28375
29375
30375
31375

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
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8100
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22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 17 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
218light breeze
318light breeze
418light breeze
518light breeze
618light breeze
718light breeze
818light breeze
918light breeze
1018light breeze
1118light breeze
1218light breeze
1318light breeze
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3117light 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 8:56 AM to 8:33 AM, and sunset from 4:33 PM to 5:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.68:564:33
27.68:564:34
37.68:564:35
47.78:564:36
57.78:564:37
67.78:554:38
77.78:554:39
87.88:554:41
97.88:544:42
107.88:544:43
117.98:534:44
127.98:534:46
137.98:524:47
148.08:514:49
158.08:514:50
168.08:504:52
178.18:494:53
188.18:484:55
198.18:474:56
208.28:464:58
218.28:454:59
228.38:445:01
238.38:435:03
248.48:425:04
258.48:415:06
268.58:405:08
278.58:385:09
288.68:375:11
298.68:365:13
308.78:345:15
318.78:335:16

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.59 kWh/m² to a high of 5.29 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.77 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 Alblasserdam?

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

0.4
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Alblasserdam.

What to pack for Alblasserdam in January

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

In January, Alblasserdam sees daytime highs around 6°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Alblasserdam in January

The nearest coast averages about 6°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 35 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 5°C.

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

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan6Bracing
Feb5Bracing
Mar6Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun15Bracing
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep18Cool
Oct15Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Alblasserdam 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 Alblasserdam peaks around July 14 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 14UV 6Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Alblasserdam?

Alblasserdam sits at 51.9°N, 4.7°E, 0 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Alblasserdam

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alblasserdam has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m around an average of 0 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 105 m.

The land around Alblasserdam is covered by grassland (35%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, grassland (42%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (29%) and water (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
26 m
16 km
40 m
80 km
105 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht 3.0 km · Kinderdijk 3.0 km · Ridderkerk 4.0 km · Papendrecht 4.0 km · Zwijndrecht 6.0 km · Dordrecht 6.0 km · Krimpen aan den IJssel 7.0 km · Groot IJsselmonde 8.0 km

The Netherlands travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 84% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$73,684
2025
Happiness
7.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 624
Religion
none 54%Roman Catholic 20%Protestant 15%other 6%

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 Alblasserdam (51.8658°, 4.6611°, elevation 0 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).