Venray weather in January

In January, Venray sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 65 mm of precipitation across 12.5 wet days and about 8.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-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 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 Venray's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Venray's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
65 mm
12.5 wet days
Daylight
8 h 06 min
8:43 AM – 4:48 PM
Cloud cover
75%
10th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.3
out of 10

Venray is village in the municipality Venray, 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 Venray 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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662
762
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How January really feels in Venray

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.

Venray weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6512.51.58.10.3
Feb / 5710.91.89.60.6
Mar10° / 5611.60.811.52.3
Apr15° / 4710.5013.54.2
May18° / 5911.7015.35.6
Jun21° / 12°6611.7016.36.0
Jul23° / 14°7613015.96.3
Aug23° / 14°7612.5014.46.3
Sep19° / 11°6110.8012.45.8
Oct15° / 6311.6010.44.1
Nov / 6212.20.48.61.8
Dec / 72131.77.70.5

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
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72575
82575
92674
102773
112773
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Venray gets around 65 mm of rain and snow over 12.5 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 40% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1446
2436
3435
4435
5435
6435
7434
8424
9424
10414
11414
12413
13403
14404
15404
16394
17394
18394
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20395
21395
22395
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24396
25397
26397
27397
28397
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
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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 16 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
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
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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 8:49 AM to 8:27 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)
17.78:494:29
27.78:494:30
37.78:494:31
47.78:494:32
57.88:494:34
67.88:484:35
77.88:484:36
87.88:484:37
97.98:474:38
107.98:474:40
117.98:464:41
127.98:464:42
138.08:454:44
148.08:444:45
158.08:444:46
168.18:434:48
178.18:424:49
188.28:414:51
198.28:404:52
208.28:394:54
218.38:394:56
228.38:374:57
238.48:364:59
248.48:355:00
258.58:345:02
268.58:335:04
278.68:325:05
288.68:315:07
298.78:295:09
308.78:285:11
318.88:275:12

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 0.59 kWh/m² to a high of 5.23 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
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271.0Dim
281.0Dim
291.0Dim
301.0Dim
311.1Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Venray?

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

0.3
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 Venray.

What to pack for Venray in January

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

In January, Venray 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 Venray 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 Venray peaks around July 13 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 13UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Venray?

Venray sits at 51.5°N, 6.0°E, 29 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Gennep, 19 km away.

KevelaerGemertBlerickGochVenloStraelenHelmond

Topography around Venray

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Venray has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 25 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 578 m.

The land around Venray is covered by cropland (28%), artificial surfaces (26%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, cropland (33%), trees (30%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (31%), grassland (28%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
47 m
80 km
578 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Gennep 19 km · Kevelaer 20 km · Gemert 20 km · Blerick 21 km · Goch 21 km · Venlo 22 km · Straelen 22 km · Helmond 22 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 Venray (51.525°, 5.975°, elevation 29 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).