Barrow in Furness weather in January

In January, Barrow in Furness sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 134 mm of precipitation across 18 wet days and about 7.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 7°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 12 min at the start of January to 8 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Barrow in Furness's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Barrow in Furness's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
134 mm
18 wet days
Daylight
7 h 42 min
8:33 AM – 4:12 PM
Cloud cover
72%
10th clearest
Wind
30 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.8
out of 10

Barrow in Furness is town and seaport in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom.

Density
713/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 7°C through the month.

A typical January day in Barrow in Furness reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 10°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Barrow in Furness

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 11 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
11
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Barrow in Furness weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 134180.47.70.8
Feb / 10515.30.59.40.7
Mar / 9515.10.611.51.0
Apr10° / 7512.40.113.71.9
May12° / 10°7912.8015.73.1
Jun15° / 13°8913.5016.84.0
Jul17° / 15°10616.3016.44.5
Aug17° / 15°13017.1014.64.5
Sep16° / 13°12815.7012.54.1
Oct13° / 11°16418.4010.23.0
Nov10° / 16919.20.18.31.8
Dec / 16618.60.37.21.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Barrow in Furness gets around 134 mm of rain and snow over 18 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 58% and peaks near 63% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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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Wind in January

Winds average 30 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 28 km/h on the calmest days to 30 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
130windy
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Sunrise & sunset in January

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Daylight runs from about 7 h 12 min at the start of January to 8 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:40 AM to 8:14 AM, and sunset from 3:52 PM to 4:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.28:403:52
27.28:403:53
37.28:403:54
47.28:403:55
57.38:403:56
67.38:393:57
77.38:393:59
87.48:384:00
97.48:384:01
107.48:374:03
117.58:374:04
127.58:364:06
137.58:354:07
147.68:344:09
157.68:344:10
167.78:334:12
177.78:324:13
187.78:314:15
197.88:304:17
207.88:294:18
217.98:274:20
227.98:264:22
238.08:254:24
248.08:244:26
258.18:224:27
268.18:214:29
278.28:204:31
288.28:184:33
298.38:174:35
308.48:154:37
318.48:144:39

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.48 kWh/m² to a high of 5.4 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.64 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Barrow in Furness?

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

0.8
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Barrow in Furness.

What to pack for Barrow in Furness in January

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

In January, Barrow in Furness sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer, rain gear and a windbreaker. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 18 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreakera heavy coat

Sea temperature near Barrow in Furness in January

The nearest coast averages about 7°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in February near 6°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
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May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Barrow in Furness 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 Barrow in Furness peaks around August 10 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 10UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
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Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Barrow in Furness?

Barrow in Furness sits at 54.1°N, 3.2°W, 17 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Heysham, 23 km away.

Topography around Barrow in Furness

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Barrow in Furness has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 335 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 962 m.

The land around Barrow in Furness is covered by water (32%), artificial surfaces (30%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, water (73%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%) and water (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
83 m
16 km
335 m
80 km
962 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Heysham 23 km · Morecambe 24 km · Fleetwood 25 km · Lancaster 29 km · Thornton-Cleveleys 30 km · Blackpool 35 km · Poulton-le-Fylde 35 km · Windermere 37 km

United Kingdom travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type D / G / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 89% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$57,602
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
3.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 60%none 26%Muslim 4%other 2%

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 Barrow in Furness (54.1109°, -3.2276°, elevation 17 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).