Hastings weather in January

In January, Hastings sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 93 mm of precipitation across 14.4 wet days and about 8.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°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 Hastings's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hastings's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
93 mm
14.4 wet days
Daylight
8 h 12 min
8:01 AM – 4:12 PM
Cloud cover
73%
12th clearest
Wind
31 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.89 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.3
out of 10

Hastings is town in East Sussex, on the south coast of England.

Density
3,124/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 8°C through the month.

A typical January day in Hastings reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Hastings weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 9314.40.58.21.3
Feb / 6311.20.79.71.1
Mar / 489.40.311.51.7
Apr10° / 459013.52.5
May13° / 10°478.6015.23.6
Jun15° / 13°448.3016.24.8
Jul17° / 15°478.6015.85.9
Aug18° / 16°599.6014.36.1
Sep17° / 15°6610.4012.45.4
Oct15° / 12°11214.4010.44.0
Nov12° / 12015.708.72.6
Dec / 10714.30.57.81.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12971
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Hastings gets around 93 mm of rain and snow over 14.4 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 46% and peaks near 49% 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 (%)
1492
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31412

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

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 29 km/h on the calmest days to 32 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
131windy
232windy
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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 8:07 AM to 7:46 AM, and sunset from 3:54 PM to 4:36 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.88:073:54
27.88:073:55
37.88:073:56
47.88:073:57
57.98:073:58
67.98:064:00
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87.98:064:02
98.08:054:03
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118.08:054:06
128.08:044:07
138.18:034:08
148.18:034:10
158.18:024:11
168.28:014:12
178.28:014:14
188.38:004:15
198.37:594:17
208.37:584:18
218.47:574:20
228.47:564:22
238.57:554:23
248.57:544:25
258.67:534:26
268.67:524:28
278.67:514:30
288.77:504:31
298.77:484:33
308.87:474:35
318.87:464:36

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.72 kWh/m² to a high of 5.97 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.89 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Hastings

In seasonPeak

In January, Hastings sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Hastings's rainy season runs August–February, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Hastings?

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

1.3
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 Hastings.

What to pack for Hastings in January

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

In January, Hastings sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 6°C. Pack a warm layer, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Hastings 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 offshore 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 Hastings 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 Hastings peaks around July 17 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 17UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Hastings?

Hastings sits at 50.9°N, 0.6°E, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Bexhill-on-Sea, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Hastings

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hastings has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 156 m around an average of 33 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 175 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 306 m.

The land around Hastings is covered by water (47%), trees (27%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, water (54%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and water (49%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
156 m
16 km
175 m
80 km
306 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Bexhill-on-Sea 8.0 km · Hailsham 23 km · Eastbourne 23 km · Seaford 35 km · Uckfield 36 km · Crowborough 37 km · Royal Tunbridge Wells 38 km · Ashford 38 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 Hastings (50.8557°, 0.5801°), 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).