Bridlington weather in January

In January, Bridlington sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 58 mm of precipitation across 12.8 wet days and about 7.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-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 Bridlington's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bridlington's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
58 mm
12.8 wet days
Daylight
7 h 42 min
8:20 AM – 4:00 PM
Cloud cover
72%
11th clearest
Wind
24 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.7 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.8
out of 10

Bridlington is coastal town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Density
4,050/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 Bridlington reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 10°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Bridlington

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.

Bridlington weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5812.817.70.8
Feb / 4710.71.39.40.9
Mar / 4610.90.811.51.5
Apr10° / 4710.40.113.72.3
May13° / 469.6015.73.5
Jun15° / 11°6211.6016.84.4
Jul18° / 13°6011.4016.35.5
Aug18° / 13°6411.1014.65.6
Sep16° / 12°5710.3012.54.9
Oct13° / 6512.4010.23.4
Nov10° / 67130.28.32.0
Dec / 6112.50.67.21.0

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 (%)
13466
23367
33367
43367
53367
63367
73367
83268
93268
103268
113268
123268
133268
143268
153070
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203070
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253070
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273070
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293169
303169
313070

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Bridlington gets around 58 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 41% and peaks near 45% 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 (%)
1444
2454
3454
4454
5453
6453
7443
8443
9443
10443
11432
12432
13422
14412
15412
16403
17403
18403
19393
20393
21393
22393
23394
24384
25384
26384
27384
28384
29385
30385
31385

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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31100

Wind in January

Winds average 24 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 25 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
124breezy
225breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

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 8:28 AM to 8:01 AM, and sunset from 3:40 PM to 4:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.28:283:40
27.28:283:41
37.28:283:42
47.38:283:43
57.38:273:44
67.38:273:45
77.38:273:47
87.48:263:48
97.48:263:49
107.48:253:51
117.58:243:52
127.58:243:54
137.58:233:55
147.68:223:57
157.68:213:58
167.78:204:00
177.78:194:01
187.78:184:03
197.88:174:05
207.88:164:06
217.98:154:08
227.98:144:10
238.08:134:12
248.08:114:14
258.18:104:15
268.18:094:17
278.28:074:19
288.38:064:21
298.38:044:23
308.48:034:25
318.48:014:27

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 0.54 kWh/m² to a high of 5.39 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
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291.0Dim
301.0Dim
311.0Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Bridlington?

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

0.8
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bridlington.

What to pack for Bridlington in January

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

In January, Bridlington sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Bridlington 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 15°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°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
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May9Bracing
Jun12Bracing
Jul14Bracing
Aug15Bracing
Sep14Bracing
Oct12Bracing
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Dec9Bracing

UV index in Bridlington 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 Bridlington peaks around August 11 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 11UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bridlington?

Bridlington sits at 54.1°N, 0.2°W, 14 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Scarborough, 26 km away.

Topography around Bridlington

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bridlington has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m around an average of 15 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 460 m.

The land around Bridlington is covered by water (44%) within 3 km, water (49%) and cropland (38%) within 16 km, and cropland (39%), water (32%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
71 m
16 km
148 m
80 km
460 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Scarborough 26 km · Beverley 30 km · Kingston upon Hull 39 km · Brough 47 km · Grimsby 58 km · Cleethorpes 59 km · York 60 km · Goole 62 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 Bridlington (54.0831°, -0.1919°, elevation 14 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).