Belper weather in January

In January, Belper sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 55 mm of precipitation across 12.3 wet days and about 7.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-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 24 min at the start of January to 8 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Belper's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Belper's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
55 mm
12.3 wet days
Daylight
7 h 48 min
8:20 AM – 4:10 PM
Cloud cover
74%
10th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.7 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.6
out of 10

Belper is town and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England.

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 Belper reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
162
262
362
472
572
672
772
872
972
1072
1172
1272
1372
1472
1572
1672
1772
1872
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2072
2172
2272
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2572
2662
2762
2862
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3072
3172

How January really feels in Belper

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.

Belper weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5512.31.47.90.6
Feb / 4710.21.79.50.9
Mar / 49111.111.51.9
Apr12° / 5611.70.313.63.1
May15° / 5711.2015.54.4
Jun18° / 10°6611.7016.65.4
Jul20° / 12°6612.1016.25.9
Aug20° / 12°6511.4014.55.9
Sep17° / 10°569.6012.45.3
Oct13° / 6511.5010.33.5
Nov / 6312.20.38.41.8
Dec / 63121.27.40.8

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 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22971
32971
42971
52971
63070
73070
82971
93070
103070
112971
122971
132971
142971
152971
162971
172971
182971
192872
202872
212773
222773
232674
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282674
292674
302773
312773

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Belper gets around 55 mm of rain and snow over 12.3 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 42% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1405
2415
3415
4415
5415
6415
7424
8424
9424
10424
11424
12414
13414
14414
15404
16404
17405
18395
19395
20395
21385
22385
23385
24375
25375
26375
27365
28365
29366
30366
31366

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 18 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
218light breeze
319light breeze
419light breeze
519light breeze
619light breeze
719light breeze
819light breeze
919light breeze
1019light breeze
1119light breeze
1219light breeze
1319light breeze
1419light breeze
1519light breeze
1618light breeze
1718light breeze
1818light breeze
1918light breeze
2018light breeze
2118light breeze
2218light breeze
2318light breeze
2418light breeze
2518light breeze
2618light breeze
2718light breeze
2818light breeze
2918light breeze
3018light breeze
3118light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 24 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 72 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:27 AM to 8:02 AM, and sunset from 3:51 PM to 4:36 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.48:273:51
27.48:273:52
37.48:273:53
47.58:273:54
57.58:263:55
67.58:263:57
77.58:263:58
87.68:253:59
97.68:254:00
107.68:244:02
117.78:244:03
127.78:234:04
137.78:224:06
147.88:224:07
157.88:214:09
167.88:204:10
177.98:194:12
187.98:184:14
198.08:174:15
208.08:164:17
218.18:154:19
228.18:144:20
238.28:134:22
248.28:124:24
258.38:104:25
268.38:094:27
278.48:084:29
288.48:064:31
298.58:054:33
308.58:044:34
318.68:024:36

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.56 kWh/m² to a high of 4.88 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.7 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.6Dim
20.6Dim
30.6Dim
40.6Dim
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60.6Dim
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100.6Dim
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240.8Dim
250.8Dim
260.9Dim
270.9Dim
280.9Dim
290.9Dim
301.0Dim
311.0Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Belper?

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

0.6
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 Belper.

What to pack for Belper in January

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

In January, Belper sees daytime highs around 7°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

UV index in Belper 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 Belper peaks around August 12 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 12UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Belper?

Belper sits at 53.0°N, 1.5°W, 81 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Ripley, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Belper

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Belper has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 156 m around an average of 116 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 340 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 695 m.

The land around Belper is covered by grassland (51%) and trees (29%) within 3 km, grassland (51%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%) and cropland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
156 m
16 km
340 m
80 km
695 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Ripley 6.0 km · Heanor 9.0 km · Alfreton 11 km · Derby 11 km · Eastwood 12 km · Ilkeston 13 km · Sinfin 16 km · Kirkby in Ashfield 18 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 Belper (53.0233°, -1.4812°, elevation 81 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).