Wageningen weather in January

In January, Wageningen sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 67 mm of precipitation across 12.8 wet days and about 8.1 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 Wageningen's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wageningen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
67 mm
12.8 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
8:46 AM – 4:47 PM
Cloud cover
75%
10th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.2
out of 10

Wageningen is city and municipality in Gelderland, the Netherlands.

Density
1,095/km²
people per km²
Founded
1263

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 Wageningen 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 -0°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)
161
261
361
461
562
662
762
862
962
1062
1162
1262
1361
1461
1561
1661
1761
1851
1951
2051
2151
2251
2351
2451
2551
2651
2751
2851
2951
3051
3151

How January really feels in Wageningen

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.

Wageningen 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 / 6712.81.48.10.2
Feb / 5811.21.89.60.5
Mar10° / 5911.80.811.52.1
Apr14° / 4910.7013.64.0
May18° / 6111.8015.45.4
Jun20° / 12°6611.8016.45.9
Jul23° / 14°8013.70166.1
Aug22° / 14°7913014.46.1
Sep19° / 11°6211.2012.45.6
Oct14° / 6511.6010.43.9
Nov / 6212.30.48.61.7
Dec / 7313.31.97.60.4

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 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
32476
42476
52476
62476
72575
82575
92575
102674
112674
122674
132674
142773
152773
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202575
212575
222476
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242377
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272377
282377
292377
302377
312377

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Wageningen gets around 67 mm of rain and snow over 12.8 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 42% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1446
2446
3446
4445
5445
6435
7434
8434
9424
10424
11424
12424
13414
14414
15414
16415
17415
18415
19415
20415
21415
22415
23415
24416
25416
26406
27406
28406
29406
30396
31396

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 16 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
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
1117light breeze
1217light breeze
1317light breeze
1417light breeze
1517light breeze
1617light breeze
1716light breeze
1816light breeze
1916light breeze
2016light breeze
2116light breeze
2216light breeze
2316light breeze
2416light breeze
2516light breeze
2616light breeze
2716light breeze
2816light breeze
2916light breeze
3016light breeze
3116light 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 8:53 AM to 8:29 AM, and sunset from 4:28 PM to 5:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.68:534:28
27.68:534:29
37.68:524:30
47.78:524:31
57.78:524:32
67.78:524:34
77.78:514:35
87.78:514:36
97.88:514:37
107.88:504:39
117.88:504:40
127.98:494:41
137.98:484:43
147.98:484:44
158.08:474:46
168.08:464:47
178.18:454:49
188.18:454:50
198.18:444:52
208.28:434:53
218.28:424:55
228.38:414:56
238.38:404:58
248.48:385:00
258.48:375:01
268.58:365:03
278.58:355:05
288.68:345:07
298.68:325:08
308.78:315:10
318.78:295:12

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.57 kWh/m² to a high of 5.15 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.73 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.6Dim
20.6Dim
30.6Dim
40.6Dim
50.6Dim
60.6Dim
70.6Dim
80.6Dim
90.6Dim
100.7Dim
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230.8Dim
240.9Dim
250.9Dim
260.9Dim
270.9Dim
280.9Dim
291.0Dim
301.0Dim
311.0Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Wageningen?

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

0.2
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 Wageningen.

What to pack for Wageningen in January

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

In January, Wageningen 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 Wageningen 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 Wageningen peaks around July 14 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 14UV 6Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Wageningen?

Wageningen sits at 52.0°N, 5.7°E, 12 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Bennekom, 3.0 km away.

Arnhem

Topography around Wageningen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wageningen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m around an average of 15 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 92 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 140 m.

The land around Wageningen is covered by grassland (40%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, grassland (41%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%), trees (23%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
57 m
16 km
92 m
80 km
140 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Bennekom 3.0 km · Rhenen 7.0 km · Ede 7.0 km · Veenendaal 10 km · Elst 13 km · Beuningen 14 km · Arnhem 17 km · Lindenholt 18 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 Wageningen (51.97°, 5.6667°, elevation 12 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).