Maesteg weather in January

In January, Maesteg sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 115 mm of precipitation across 15.6 wet days and about 8.1 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 15% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 42 min at the start of January to 8 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Maesteg's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maesteg's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
115 mm
15.6 wet days
Daylight
8 h 06 min
8:22 AM – 4:26 PM
Cloud cover
73%
11th clearest
Wind
22 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.81 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.0
out of 10

Maesteg is town and community in Bridgend County Borough, Wales, 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 8°C through the month.

A typical January day in Maesteg reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°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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How January really feels in Maesteg

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 30 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
30
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Maesteg 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 / 11515.60.68.11.0
Feb / 8412.50.69.61.1
Mar / 7512.90.411.51.7
Apr12° / 6811.70.113.62.8
May14° / 7212.5015.33.9
Jun17° / 12°7511.8016.35.0
Jul18° / 14°8113.4015.95.5
Aug19° / 14°9313.7014.45.4
Sep17° / 12°8612.3012.44.9
Oct14° / 10°12215.2010.43.4
Nov11° / 12315.808.62.1
Dec / 13015.50.47.71.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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 72%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Maesteg gets around 115 mm of rain and snow over 15.6 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 50% and peaks near 55% 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 (%)
1521
2522
3532
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6542
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17522
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19502
20492
21482
22472
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30454
31454

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

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 22 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
323breezy
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523breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 42 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 66 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:28 AM to 8:05 AM, and sunset from 4:08 PM to 4:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.78:284:08
27.78:284:09
37.78:284:10
47.78:284:11
57.78:274:12
67.88:274:13
77.88:274:14
87.88:274:15
97.88:264:16
107.98:264:18
117.98:254:19
127.98:254:20
138.08:244:22
148.08:234:23
158.08:234:25
168.18:224:26
178.18:214:27
188.18:204:29
198.28:194:31
208.28:184:32
218.38:174:34
228.38:164:35
238.48:154:37
248.48:144:39
258.58:134:40
268.58:124:42
278.58:114:44
288.68:094:45
298.68:084:47
308.78:074:49
318.88:054:51

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.65 kWh/m² to a high of 5.5 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.81 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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311.1Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Maesteg?

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
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Maesteg.

What to pack for Maesteg in January

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

In January, Maesteg sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat and a windbreaker. About 16 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coata windbreaker

Sea temperature near Maesteg in January

The nearest coast averages about 8°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 15 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 8°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
Jan8Bracing
Feb8Bracing
Mar8Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct15Cool
Nov12Bracing
Dec10Bracing

UV index in Maesteg 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 Maesteg peaks around August 13 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 13UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Maesteg?

Maesteg sits at 51.6°N, 3.7°W, 129 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Briton Ferry, 11 km away.

Topography around Maesteg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maesteg has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 336 m around an average of 231 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 613 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 864 m.

The land around Maesteg is covered by trees (49%) and grassland (42%) within 3 km, trees (40%) and grassland (38%) within 16 km, and grassland (49%) and water (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
336 m
16 km
613 m
80 km
864 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Briton Ferry 11 km · Neath 12 km · Coity 12 km · Bridgend 13 km · Tonypandy 14 km · Porthcawl 15 km · Rhondda 15 km · Aberdare 19 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 Maesteg (51.6093°, -3.6582°, elevation 129 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).