Haydock weather in January

In January, Haydock sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 79 mm of precipitation across 15 wet days and about 7.8 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 13% 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 Haydock's 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Haydock's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
79 mm
15 wet days
Daylight
7 h 48 min
8:27 AM – 4:13 PM
Cloud cover
74%
8th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.9
out of 10

Haydock is village in St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK.

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 Haydock 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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How January really feels in Haydock

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.

Haydock 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 / 791517.80.9
Feb / 6713.11.19.41.1
Mar10° / 67130.811.51.9
Apr12° / 6412.50.313.73.1
May15° / 6612.6015.64.3
Jun18° / 11°8013.3016.75.1
Jul19° / 13°8014.9016.25.4
Aug19° / 13°8915.2014.65.3
Sep17° / 11°7812.7012.54.9
Oct14° / 9114.6010.33.4
Nov10° / 9216.10.18.41.9
Dec / 9815.50.77.31.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Haydock gets around 79 mm of rain and snow over 15 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 49% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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3483
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6493
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22484
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30475
31475

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

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 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
519light breeze
619light breeze
719light breeze
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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 8:34 AM to 8:09 AM, and sunset from 3:53 PM to 4:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.38:343:53
27.38:343:54
37.48:343:55
47.48:343:57
57.48:343:58
67.48:333:59
77.58:334:00
87.58:324:01
97.58:324:03
107.58:314:04
117.68:314:05
127.68:304:07
137.68:294:08
147.78:294:10
157.78:284:11
167.88:274:13
177.88:264:15
187.98:254:16
197.98:244:18
207.98:234:20
218.08:224:21
228.08:214:23
238.18:204:25
248.18:194:26
258.28:174:28
268.28:164:30
278.38:154:32
288.38:134:34
298.48:124:36
308.58:104:37
318.58:094:39

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.52 kWh/m² to a high of 5.25 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.67 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Haydock?

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 Haydock.

What to pack for Haydock in January

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

In January, Haydock sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 15 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

Sea temperature near Haydock 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 31 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 Haydock 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 Haydock 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 Haydock?

Haydock sits at 53.5°N, 2.7°W, 41 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Ashton in Makerfield, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Haydock

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Haydock has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 92 m around an average of 47 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 176 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 822 m.

The land around Haydock is covered by trees (31%), artificial surfaces (30%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, trees (29%), grassland (24%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (52%) within 80 km.

3 km
92 m
16 km
176 m
80 km
822 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Ashton in Makerfield 3.0 km · St Helens 4.0 km · Newton-le-Willows 6.0 km · Golborne 6.0 km · Great Sankey 9.0 km · Prescot 9.0 km · Wigan 9.0 km · Hindley 10 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 Haydock (53.4672°, -2.6817°, elevation 41 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).