Urk weather in January

In January, Urk sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 82 mm of precipitation across 14.2 wet days and about 8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-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 13% 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 Urk's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Urk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
82 mm
14.2 wet days
Daylight
7 h 54 min
8:50 AM – 4:44 PM
Cloud cover
75%
10th clearest
Wind
25 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.2
out of 10

Urk is town and municipality in Flevoland, the Netherlands.

Density
202/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 Urk reaches about 6°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 1°C and 9°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Urk

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.

Urk weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 8214.21.180.2
Feb / 6311.51.69.50.2
Mar / 6011.80.811.51.2
Apr11° / 499.60.113.62.8
May15° / 11°6611.6015.54.2
Jun17° / 14°7612.4016.55.2
Jul20° / 16°9313.5016.15.8
Aug20° / 16°10114.3014.55.7
Sep17° / 14°9113.2012.45.0
Oct14° / 10°9614.6010.33.4
Nov / 8415.60.28.51.7
Dec / 9215.21.27.50.6

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 (%)
12575
22575
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Urk gets around 82 mm of rain and snow over 14.2 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 46% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1494
2494
3494
4493
5483
6483
7483
8473
9473
10472
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12463
13463
14463
15463
16463
17453
18454
19454
20454
21454
22455
23455
24455
25445
26445
27435
28436
29436
30426
31426

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 (%)
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Wind in January

Winds average 25 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 24 km/h on the calmest days to 26 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
125breezy
225breezy
325breezy
425breezy
526breezy
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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 8:57 AM to 8:32 AM, and sunset from 4:25 PM to 5:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.58:574:25
27.58:574:26
37.58:564:27
47.58:564:28
57.68:564:29
67.68:564:30
77.68:554:31
87.68:554:33
97.78:544:34
107.78:544:35
117.78:534:37
127.88:534:38
137.88:524:39
147.88:514:41
157.98:514:42
167.98:504:44
177.98:494:45
188.08:484:47
198.08:474:49
208.18:464:50
218.18:454:52
228.28:444:54
238.28:434:55
248.38:424:57
258.38:414:59
268.48:395:00
278.48:385:02
288.58:375:04
298.58:355:06
308.68:345:08
318.68:325:09

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.54 kWh/m² to a high of 5.42 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.69 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 Urk?

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

0.2
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Urk.

What to pack for Urk in January

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

In January, Urk sees daytime highs around 6°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat and a windbreaker. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coata windbreaker

Sea temperature near Urk 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 54 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
Jun15Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct14Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Urk 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 Urk peaks around June 23 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Urk?

Urk sits at 52.7°N, 5.6°E, 3 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Emmeloord, 11 km away.

LelystadEnkhuizenKampenElburgGiethoornNunspeet

Topography around Urk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Urk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of -1 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 m.

The land around Urk is covered by water (54%) within 3 km, water (49%) and cropland (38%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%) and water (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
33 m
80 km
135 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Emmeloord 11 km · Dronten 17 km · Lelystad 19 km · Enkhuizen 21 km · Kampen 24 km · Elburg 29 km · Giethoorn 33 km · Nunspeet 34 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 Urk (52.6625°, 5.6014°, elevation 3 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).