Crowborough weather in January

In January, Crowborough sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 65 mm of precipitation across 11.8 wet days and about 8.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-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 17% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Crowborough's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Crowborough's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
65 mm
11.8 wet days
Daylight
8 h 12 min
8:04 AM – 4:13 PM
Cloud cover
72%
11th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.0
out of 10

Crowborough is town in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England.

Density
1,595/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 Crowborough reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°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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283
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583
683
783
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1483
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How January really feels in Crowborough

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.

Crowborough 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 / 6511.80.78.21.0
Feb / 519.70.89.61.1
Mar10° / 45100.411.52.2
Apr13° / 5010.50.113.53.4
May16° / 5410.3015.34.8
Jun19° / 11°529.4016.25.9
Jul21° / 13°5310.3015.96.4
Aug21° / 14°6410.2014.46.3
Sep18° / 11°519.7012.45.8
Oct15° / 7111.4010.44.1
Nov11° / 7311.90.18.72.3
Dec / 7211.70.77.81.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% 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 70%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23268
33169
43169
53169
63268
73169
83169
93169
103169
113169
123169
133169
143169
153169
163070
173070
182971
192971
202872
212872
222773
232773
242773
252773
262674
272674
282674
292773
302674
312674

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Crowborough gets around 65 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 40% 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 (%)
1402
2402
3402
4402
5402
6402
7402
8402
9402
10402
11402
12402
13402
14402
15402
16392
17392
18382
19382
20382
21372
22362
23362
24352
25353
26343
27333
28333
29333
30333
31333

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
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13100
14100
15100
16100
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18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 19 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
119light breeze
219light breeze
319light breeze
420light breeze
520light breeze
620light breeze
720light breeze
820light breeze
920light breeze
1020light breeze
1120light breeze
1220light breeze
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3119light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:10 AM to 7:48 AM, and sunset from 3:55 PM to 4:37 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.88:103:55
27.88:103:56
37.88:103:57
47.88:103:58
57.88:093:59
67.98:094:00
77.98:094:01
87.98:094:03
97.98:084:04
108.08:084:05
118.08:074:06
128.08:074:08
138.08:064:09
148.18:054:10
158.18:054:12
168.28:044:13
178.28:034:15
188.28:024:16
198.38:024:18
208.38:014:19
218.38:004:21
228.47:594:22
238.47:584:24
248.57:574:26
258.57:564:27
268.67:544:29
278.67:534:30
288.77:524:32
298.77:514:34
308.87:494:36
318.87:484:37

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.84 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.87 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.7Dim
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30.7Dim
40.7Dim
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200.9Dim
210.9Dim
221.0Dim
231.0Dim
241.0Dim
251.0Dim
261.1Dim
271.1Dim
281.1Dim
291.1Dim
301.1Dim
311.2Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Crowborough?

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

1.0
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 Crowborough.

What to pack for Crowborough in January

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

In January, Crowborough sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Crowborough in January

The nearest coast averages about 9°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 38 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in March near 8°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
Jan9Bracing
Feb8Bracing
Mar8Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun13Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct16Cool
Nov14Bracing
Dec11Bracing

UV index in Crowborough 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 Crowborough peaks around July 24 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 24UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Crowborough?

Crowborough sits at 51.1°N, 0.2°E, 201 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Royal Tunbridge Wells, 11 km away.

Topography around Crowborough

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Crowborough has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 184 m around an average of 146 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 239 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 303 m.

The land around Crowborough is covered by trees (66%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, trees (48%) and grassland (41%) within 16 km, and water (31%), grassland (24%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
184 m
16 km
239 m
80 km
303 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Royal Tunbridge Wells 11 km · Uckfield 11 km · East Grinstead 14 km · Tonbridge 17 km · Haywards Heath 20 km · Hailsham 23 km · Lewes 23 km · Sevenoaks 24 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 Crowborough (51.061°, 0.1634°, elevation 201 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).