Meppel weather in January

In January, Meppel sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 65 mm of precipitation across 12.9 wet days and about 7.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-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 12% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 30 min at the start of January to 8 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Meppel's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Meppel's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
65 mm
12.9 wet days
Daylight
7 h 54 min
8:48 AM – 4:41 PM
Cloud cover
76%
10th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.1
out of 10

Meppel 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 5°C through the month.

A typical January day in Meppel 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 on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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251
351
451
551
651
751
851
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1051
1151
1251
1351
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How January really feels in Meppel

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.

Meppel weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6512.91.37.90.1
Feb / 5310.71.99.50.4
Mar / 5411.40.811.51.8
Apr14° / 4910.40.113.63.8
May17° / 6311.6015.55.3
Jun20° / 11°7012.3016.55.7
Jul22° / 13°8413.9016.16.0
Aug22° / 13°8114014.55.9
Sep18° / 11°6611.3012.45.5
Oct14° / 6312.1010.33.7
Nov / 5712.60.28.51.6
Dec / 67131.87.50.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
32377
42476
52476
62476
72476
82476
92575
102575
112575
122575
132575
142476
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222377
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302476
312476

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Meppel gets around 65 mm of rain and snow over 12.9 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 42% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1426
2425
3425
4425
5424
6424
7414
8413
9413
10413
11413
12413
13413
14413
15414
16414
17414
18424
19425
20425
21425
22425
23426
24416
25416
26416
27406
28407
29397
30397
31387

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 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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2017light breeze
2117light breeze
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2717light breeze
2817light breeze
2917light breeze
3017light breeze
3117light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 30 min at the start of January to 8 h 36 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 8:55 AM to 8:30 AM, and sunset from 4:22 PM to 5:07 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.58:554:22
27.58:544:23
37.58:544:24
47.58:544:25
57.58:544:26
67.68:544:28
77.68:534:29
87.68:534:30
97.78:524:31
107.78:524:33
117.78:514:34
127.78:514:35
137.88:504:37
147.88:494:38
157.98:484:40
167.98:484:41
177.98:474:43
188.08:464:45
198.08:454:46
208.18:444:48
218.18:434:49
228.28:424:51
238.28:414:53
248.28:394:54
258.38:384:56
268.38:374:58
278.48:365:00
288.58:345:02
298.58:335:03
308.68:325:05
318.68:305:07

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.53 kWh/m² to a high of 5.22 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.68 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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311.0Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Meppel?

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

0.1
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 Meppel.

What to pack for Meppel in January

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

In January, Meppel sees daytime highs around 5°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 Meppel 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 Meppel peaks around July 13 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 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 13UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Meppel?

Meppel sits at 52.7°N, 6.2°E, 2 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Staphorst, 6.0 km away.

HoogeveenDalfsenZwolleKampenEmmeloord

Topography around Meppel

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Meppel has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 13 m around an average of 1 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 m.

The land around Meppel is covered by grassland (48%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) within 16 km, and grassland (40%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
13 m
16 km
44 m
80 km
135 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Staphorst 6.0 km · Giethoorn 9.0 km · Steenwijk 11 km · Hoogeveen 19 km · Dalfsen 21 km · Zwolle 21 km · Kampen 25 km · Emmeloord 30 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 Meppel (52.6958°, 6.1944°, elevation 2 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).