Beuningen weather in January

In January, Beuningen sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 66 mm of precipitation across 12.6 wet days and about 8.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-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 13% 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 Beuningen's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Beuningen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
66 mm
12.6 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
8:45 AM – 4:47 PM
Cloud cover
75%
10th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.75 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.2
out of 10

Beuningen is human settlement in the Netherlands.

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 Beuningen reaches about 6°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°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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262
362
462
562
662
762
862
962
1062
1162
1262
1362
1462
1562
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1761
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2061
2151
2251
2351
2451
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2751
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3151

How January really feels in Beuningen

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.

Beuningen weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6612.61.38.10.2
Feb / 5711.21.79.60.6
Mar10° / 5611.30.811.52.2
Apr14° / 4710.3013.64.1
May18° / 5911.7015.45.5
Jun21° / 12°6511.7016.45.9
Jul23° / 14°7813.30166.2
Aug22° / 14°7612.6014.46.2
Sep19° / 11°6110.9012.45.7
Oct14° / 6411.5010.44.0
Nov / 6211.90.48.61.8
Dec / 72131.67.60.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
32476
42476
52476
62476
72674
82674
92773
102773
112773
122773
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212575
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282377
292476
302476
312476

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Beuningen gets around 66 mm of rain and snow over 12.6 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 41% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1436
2435
3435
4435
5435
6434
7434
8424
9424
10424
11424
12414
13414
14414
15414
16414
17404
18404
19404
20404
21404
22404
23405
24395
25395
26395
27395
28395
29385
30385
31385

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
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

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

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 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
216light breeze
316light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
1316light breeze
1416light breeze
1516light breeze
1616light breeze
1716light breeze
1816light breeze
1916light breeze
2016light breeze
2116light breeze
2216light breeze
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2416light breeze
2516light breeze
2616light breeze
2715light breeze
2815light breeze
2915light breeze
3015light breeze
3115light 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 8:52 AM to 8:29 AM, and sunset from 4:29 PM to 5:12 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.68:524:29
27.68:524:29
37.78:514:31
47.78:514:32
57.78:514:33
67.78:514:34
77.78:504:35
87.88:504:36
97.88:504:37
107.88:494:39
117.98:494:40
127.98:484:41
137.98:474:43
148.08:474:44
158.08:464:46
168.08:454:47
178.18:454:49
188.18:444:50
198.18:434:52
208.28:424:53
218.28:414:55
228.38:404:56
238.38:394:58
248.48:385:00
258.48:365:01
268.58:355:03
278.58:345:05
288.68:335:07
298.68:315:08
308.78:305:10
318.78:295:12

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.58 kWh/m² to a high of 5.19 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.75 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.6Dim
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40.6Dim
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60.6Dim
70.6Dim
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240.9Dim
250.9Dim
260.9Dim
270.9Dim
281.0Dim
291.0Dim
301.0Dim
311.0Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Beuningen?

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

0.2
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 Beuningen.

What to pack for Beuningen in January

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

In January, Beuningen sees daytime highs around 6°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Beuningen 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 Beuningen 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 Beuningen?

Beuningen sits at 51.9°N, 5.8°E, 10 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Lindenholt, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Beuningen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Beuningen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m around an average of 9 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 139 m.

The land around Beuningen is covered by grassland (43%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (38%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (37%), trees (26%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
24 m
16 km
109 m
80 km
139 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Lindenholt 4.0 km · Nijmegen 6.0 km · Wijchen 6.0 km · Elst 8.0 km · Wageningen 14 km · Huissen 14 km · Groesbeek 15 km · Bennekom 16 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 Beuningen (51.8608°, 5.7667°, elevation 10 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).