Croxteth weather in January

In January, Croxteth sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 93 mm of precipitation across 16.8 wet days and about 7.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-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 14% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 18 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Croxteth's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Croxteth's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
93 mm
16.8 wet days
Daylight
7 h 48 min
8:28 AM – 4:14 PM
Cloud cover
74%
9th clearest
Wind
23 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.9
out of 10

Croxteth is District of Liverpool.

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 Croxteth 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 11°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 Croxteth

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.

Croxteth weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 9316.80.97.80.9
Feb / 7814.20.99.40.9
Mar / 7313.60.811.51.5
Apr11° / 6612.50.113.72.5
May14° / 7113015.63.7
Jun16° / 12°8413.7016.74.6
Jul18° / 14°8815.7016.25.1
Aug18° / 14°10116.6014.65.0
Sep16° / 12°9813.9012.54.5
Oct14° / 10°11716.9010.33.2
Nov10° / 11418.10.18.41.9
Dec / 11917.10.67.31.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Croxteth gets around 93 mm of rain and snow over 16.8 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 54% and peaks near 56% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1552
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3542
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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 23 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 23 km/h on the calmest days to 23 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
123breezy
223breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 18 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 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 8:35 AM to 8:10 AM, and sunset from 3:54 PM to 4:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.38:353:54
27.38:353:55
37.48:353:56
47.48:353:57
57.48:343:59
67.48:344:00
77.58:344:01
87.58:334:02
97.58:334:04
107.58:324:05
117.68:324:06
127.68:314:08
137.78:304:09
147.78:304:11
157.78:294:12
167.88:284:14
177.88:274:16
187.98:264:17
197.98:254:19
207.98:244:21
218.08:234:22
228.08:224:24
238.18:214:26
248.18:194:27
258.28:184:29
268.28:174:31
278.38:154:33
288.38:144:35
298.48:134:37
308.58:114:38
318.58:104:40

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.52 kWh/m² to a high of 5.37 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.68 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Croxteth?

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

0.9
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Croxteth.

What to pack for Croxteth in January

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

In January, Croxteth sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat and a windbreaker. About 17 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coata windbreaker

Sea temperature near Croxteth 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 at the nearest coast (about 17 km away) 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
Feb6Bracing
Mar7Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct14Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Croxteth 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 Croxteth peaks around August 12 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. 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
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Croxteth?

Croxteth sits at 53.5°N, 2.9°W, 0 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Norris Green, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Croxteth

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Croxteth has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m around an average of 26 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 183 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,055 m.

The land around Croxteth is covered by artificial surfaces (47%), trees (29%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (26%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (49%) and water (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
48 m
16 km
183 m
80 km
1,055 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Norris Green 1.0 km · Fazakerley 2.0 km · Kirkby 3.0 km · Old Swan 4.0 km · Kirkdale 5.0 km · Kensington 6.0 km · Huyton 6.0 km · Litherland 7.0 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 Croxteth (53.4512°, -2.9043°, elevation 0 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).