Lowestoft weather in January

In January, Lowestoft sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 64 mm of precipitation across 13.1 wet days and about 8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 5th-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 30 min at the start of January to 8 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Lowestoft's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lowestoft's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
64 mm
13.1 wet days
Daylight
7 h 54 min
8:04 AM – 4:00 PM
Cloud cover
72%
12th clearest
Wind
28 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.8
out of 10

Lowestoft is town and civil parish in East Suffolk, 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 Lowestoft 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 4°C and 10°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Lowestoft

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.

Lowestoft weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6413.10.680.8
Feb / 5310.60.99.50.6
Mar / 4810.70.511.51.1
Apr / 378.8013.62.0
May12° / 10°488.7015.53.3
Jun15° / 13°5410.1016.54.5
Jul18° / 15°5911.2016.15.6
Aug18° / 16°6410.2014.55.9
Sep17° / 14°6611012.45.2
Oct14° / 11°8112.9010.33.7
Nov11° / 7914.50.18.52.2
Dec / 7213.60.57.51.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Lowestoft gets around 64 mm of rain and snow over 13.1 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 42% and peaks near 45% 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 (%)
1452
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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 28 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 27 km/h on the calmest days to 29 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
128breezy
229breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 30 min at the start of January to 8 h 36 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 8:11 AM to 7:47 AM, and sunset from 3:41 PM to 4:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.58:113:41
27.58:113:42
37.58:113:43
47.68:113:44
57.68:103:45
67.68:103:47
77.68:103:48
87.78:093:49
97.78:093:50
107.78:083:52
117.88:083:53
127.88:073:54
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147.98:063:57
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167.98:044:00
178.08:034:02
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208.18:014:07
218.18:004:08
228.27:594:10
238.27:574:12
248.37:564:13
258.37:554:15
268.47:544:17
278.47:534:18
288.57:514:20
298.57:504:22
308.67:494:24
318.67:474:26

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.61 kWh/m² to a high of 5.81 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.78 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Lowestoft?

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

0.8
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 Lowestoft.

What to pack for Lowestoft in January

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

In January, Lowestoft sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer and a windbreaker. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera windbreakera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Lowestoft 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 14 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°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°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
Feb6Bracing
Mar6Bracing
Apr8Bracing
May10Bracing
Jun13Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct15Bracing
Nov12Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Lowestoft 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 Lowestoft peaks around June 23 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 6Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
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Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Lowestoft?

Lowestoft sits at 52.5°N, 1.8°E, 7 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Great Yarmouth, 15 km away.

Topography around Lowestoft

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lowestoft has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m.

The land around Lowestoft is covered by water (52%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, water (56%) within 16 km, and water (39%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

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36 m
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59 m
80 km
126 m
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January weather nearby: Great Yarmouth 15 km · Norwich 35 km · Bowthorpe 40 km · East Dereham 60 km · Stowmarket 60 km · Ipswich 62 km · Felixstowe 63 km · Harwich 67 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 Lowestoft (52.4752°, 1.7517°, elevation 7 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).