Rijen weather in January

In January, Rijen sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 65 mm of precipitation across 11.9 wet days and about 8.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-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 42 min at the start of January to 8 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Rijen's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rijen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
65 mm
11.9 wet days
Daylight
8 h 06 min
8:47 AM – 4:52 PM
Cloud cover
74%
9th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.4
out of 10

Rijen is village in Gilze en Rijen, the Netherlands.

Density
3,607/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 Rijen 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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How January really feels in Rijen

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.

Rijen 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 / 6511.91.18.10.4
Feb / 5911.31.59.60.7
Mar10° / 5711.60.811.52.3
Apr14° / 5111.1013.64.1
May18° / 6512.3015.35.4
Jun21° / 12°6711.4016.36.0
Jul23° / 14°8113.2015.96.2
Aug23° / 14°8112.8014.46.2
Sep19° / 11°6211.4012.45.7
Oct15° / 64120.110.44.0
Nov10° / 6312.30.48.61.9
Dec / 7413.31.37.70.6

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 74%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22575
32575
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52575
62674
72674
82674
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312377

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Rijen gets around 65 mm of rain and snow over 11.9 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 39% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1434
2434
3424
4424
5423
6413
7413
8413
9403
10403
11393
12393
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15393
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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
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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
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2016light breeze
2116light breeze
2216light breeze
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3115light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 42 min at the start of January to 8 h 48 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 8:54 AM to 8:31 AM, and sunset from 4:33 PM to 5:16 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.78:544:33
27.78:544:34
37.78:534:35
47.78:534:36
57.78:534:37
67.88:534:39
77.88:524:40
87.88:524:41
97.88:524:42
107.98:514:43
117.98:514:45
127.98:504:46
138.08:504:47
148.08:494:49
158.08:484:50
168.18:474:52
178.18:474:53
188.18:464:55
198.28:454:56
208.28:444:58
218.38:434:59
228.38:425:01
238.48:415:03
248.48:405:04
258.58:395:06
268.58:385:08
278.68:365:09
288.68:355:11
298.78:345:13
308.78:325:15
318.88:315:16

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 0.6 kWh/m² to a high of 5.22 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
10.6Dim
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301.0Dim
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Rijen?

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 Rijen.

What to pack for Rijen in January

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

In January, Rijen 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 Rijen 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 70 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 Rijen 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 Rijen peaks around July 15 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 15UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Rijen?

Rijen sits at 51.6°N, 4.9°E, 11 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Dongen, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Rijen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rijen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 182 m.

The land around Rijen is covered by trees (35%) and grassland (30%) within 3 km, grassland (32%), trees (28%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (33%), trees (23%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
54 m
80 km
182 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Dongen 4.0 km · Oosterhout 7.0 km · Hoge Vucht 9.0 km · Breda 10 km · Loon op Zand 11 km · Tilburg 13 km · Goirle 13 km · Geertruidenberg 13 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 Rijen (51.5908°, 4.9194°, elevation 11 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).