Enschede weather in January

In January, Enschede sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 69 mm of precipitation across 13.6 wet days and about 8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 5°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 Enschede's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Enschede's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
69 mm
13.6 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
8:43 AM – 4:41 PM
Cloud cover
76%
10th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Enschede is city and municipality in Overijssel the Netherlands.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 8.9 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,086/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 5°C through the month.

A typical January day in Enschede reaches about 5°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 -1°C and 10°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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251
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451
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651
751
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How January really feels in Enschede

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.

Enschede 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 / 6913.61.980.0
Feb / 5610.92.49.50.4
Mar10° / 5811.90.911.52.0
Apr14° / 4910.60.113.64.0
May18° / 6211.6015.45.5
Jun21° / 12°6812.3016.45.8
Jul23° / 14°8113.90166.1
Aug23° / 13°7912.8014.56.2
Sep19° / 11°6610.9012.45.7
Oct14° / 6411.8010.33.8
Nov / 6312.50.58.51.5
Dec / 7412.92.47.60.2

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 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22179
32278
42278
52377
62377
72377
82377
92377
102377
112377
122377
132377
142476
152476
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202476
212377
222377
232377
242476
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272476
282476
292476
302476
312476

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Enschede gets around 69 mm of rain and snow over 13.6 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 43% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1447
2447
3446
4446
5446
6445
7445
8445
9445
10445
11445
12445
13445
14435
15435
16436
17436
18436
19437
20437
21438
22438
23438
24439
25439
26429
27429
28419
294110
304110
314010

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
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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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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 8:49 AM to 8:26 AM, and sunset from 4:22 PM to 5:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.68:494:22
27.68:494:23
37.68:494:24
47.68:494:25
57.68:484:26
67.78:484:27
77.78:484:29
87.78:474:30
97.78:474:31
107.88:464:32
117.88:464:34
127.88:454:35
137.98:454:37
147.98:444:38
157.98:434:39
168.08:434:41
178.08:424:42
188.18:414:44
198.18:404:46
208.18:394:47
218.28:384:49
228.28:374:50
238.38:364:52
248.38:354:54
258.48:334:55
268.48:324:57
278.58:314:59
288.58:305:01
298.68:285:02
308.68:275:04
318.78:265:06

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.54 kWh/m² to a high of 5.16 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.71 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 Enschede?

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

0.0
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 Enschede.

What to pack for Enschede in January

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

In January, Enschede sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Enschede 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 Enschede peaks around July 14 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. 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.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Enschede?

Enschede sits at 52.2°N, 6.9°E, 45 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Glanerbrug, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Enschede

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Enschede has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m around an average of 45 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 339 m.

The land around Enschede is covered by artificial surfaces (44%) and trees (38%) within 3 km, trees (35%), grassland (33%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (35%), trees (29%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
56 m
16 km
94 m
80 km
339 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Glanerbrug 5.0 km · Gronau 9.0 km · Hengelo 9.0 km · Losser 9.0 km · Oldenzaal 11 km · Haaksbergen 13 km · Borne 14 km · Ahaus 17 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 Enschede (52.2183°, 6.8958°, elevation 45 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).