Cirencester weather in January

In January, Cirencester sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 62 mm of precipitation across 11.8 wet days and about 8.1 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 15% 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 Cirencester's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cirencester's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
62 mm
11.8 wet days
Daylight
8 h 06 min
8:16 AM – 4:19 PM
Cloud cover
75%
12th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.9
out of 10

Cirencester is market town in east Gloucestershire, 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 Cirencester 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)
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273
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673
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How January really feels in Cirencester

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.

Cirencester 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 / 6211.818.10.9
Feb / 489.719.61.1
Mar10° / 5210.80.911.52.1
Apr13° / 5811.90.213.63.3
May16° / 6511.7015.44.5
Jun19° / 11°6110.9016.35.6
Jul21° / 13°6311.40166.1
Aug20° / 13°6511014.46.0
Sep18° / 10°589.5012.45.6
Oct14° / 7011.7010.43.8
Nov10° / 6912.40.28.62.0
Dec / 66120.87.71.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
23070
33070
43070
53070
63070
73070
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93070
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Cirencester gets around 62 mm of rain and snow over 11.8 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 38% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1393
2403
3403
4403
5403
6403
7403
8403
9403
10413
11413
12403
13403
14403
15403
16393
17393
18393
19383
20383
21373
22373
23363
24363
25354
26354
27354
28354
29354
30354
31354

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
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3100
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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 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 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
318light breeze
418light breeze
518light breeze
618light breeze
718light breeze
818light breeze
918light breeze
1018light breeze
1118light breeze
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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 8:22 AM to 7:59 AM, and sunset from 4:00 PM to 4:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.68:224:00
27.78:224:01
37.78:224:02
47.78:224:03
57.78:214:04
67.78:214:05
77.88:214:07
87.88:204:08
97.88:204:09
107.88:194:10
117.98:194:12
127.98:184:13
137.98:184:14
148.08:174:16
158.08:164:17
168.18:164:19
178.18:154:20
188.18:144:22
198.28:134:23
208.28:124:25
218.38:114:26
228.38:104:28
238.38:094:30
248.48:084:31
258.48:074:33
268.58:064:35
278.58:044:36
288.68:034:38
298.68:024:40
308.78:004:42
318.77:594:43

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 0.63 kWh/m² to a high of 5.12 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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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Cirencester?

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

0.9
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 Cirencester.

What to pack for Cirencester in January

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

In January, Cirencester 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.

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UV index in Cirencester 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 Cirencester 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
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Cirencester?

Cirencester sits at 51.7°N, 2.0°W, 112 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Stroud, 16 km away.

Topography around Cirencester

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cirencester has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m around an average of 129 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 255 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 654 m.

The land around Cirencester is covered by grassland (33%), cropland (33%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, grassland (40%), cropland (36%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (44%) and cropland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
79 m
16 km
255 m
80 km
654 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Stroud 16 km · Cheltenham 21 km · Swindon 22 km · Gloucester 25 km · Carterton 26 km · Chippenham 31 km · Calne 31 km · Tewkesbury 33 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 Cirencester (51.7193°, -1.9714°, elevation 112 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).