Newbury weather in January

In January, Newbury sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 57 mm of precipitation across 10.9 wet days and about 8.1 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 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 Newbury's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Newbury's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
57 mm
10.9 wet days
Daylight
8 h 06 min
8:12 AM – 4:18 PM
Cloud cover
75%
11th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.79 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.9
out of 10

Newbury is town and civil parish in Berkshire, England.

Density
3,340/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 7°C through the month.

A typical January day in Newbury reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°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)
173
273
373
473
573
673
773
873
973
1073
1173
1273
1373
1473
1573
1673
1773
1872
1972
2072
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2272
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2472
2572
2672
2772
2872
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3072
3172

How January really feels in Newbury

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.

Newbury 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 / 5710.90.98.10.9
Feb / 449.11.19.61.1
Mar10° / 4610.20.811.52.2
Apr13° / 5211.40.213.53.4
May16° / 5810.6015.34.8
Jun19° / 11°5310016.35.8
Jul21° / 13°5610.9015.96.2
Aug21° / 13°6210.8014.46.2
Sep18° / 11°528.7012.45.8
Oct14° / 6411.2010.43.9
Nov10° / 6511.50.28.62.2
Dec / 60110.87.71.1

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 (%)
12872
22872
32872
42971
52872
62971
72971
82971
92971
102971
113070
122971
132971
143070
153070
162971
172971
182971
192971
202872
212872
222773
232773
242773
252773
262773
272674
282674
292674
302674
312773

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Newbury gets around 57 mm of rain and snow over 10.9 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 35% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1363
2373
3373
4373
5373
6383
7383
8383
9383
10383
11383
12383
13373
14373
15373
16363
17363
18353
19353
20343
21343
22333
23333
24323
25324
26314
27314
28314
29314
30314
31315

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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Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

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

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 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
518light breeze
618light breeze
718light breeze
818light breeze
918light breeze
1018light breeze
1118light breeze
1218light breeze
1318light breeze
1418light breeze
1518light breeze
1618light breeze
1718light breeze
1818light breeze
1917light breeze
2017light breeze
2117light breeze
2217light breeze
2317light breeze
2417light breeze
2517light breeze
2617light breeze
2717light breeze
2817light breeze
2917light breeze
3017light breeze
3117light breeze

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 8:18 AM to 7:55 AM, and sunset from 3:59 PM to 4:42 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.78:183:59
27.78:184:00
37.78:174:01
47.88:174:02
57.88:174:03
67.88:174:05
77.88:174:06
87.88:164:07
97.98:164:08
107.98:154:09
117.98:154:11
128.08:144:12
138.08:144:13
148.08:134:15
158.18:124:16
168.18:124:18
178.18:114:19
188.28:104:21
198.28:094:22
208.38:084:24
218.38:074:25
228.38:064:27
238.48:054:28
248.48:044:30
258.58:034:32
268.58:024:33
278.68:014:35
288.67:594:37
298.77:584:38
308.77:574:40
318.87:554:42

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.65 kWh/m² to a high of 5.22 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.79 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.7Dim
20.7Dim
30.7Dim
40.7Dim
50.7Dim
60.7Dim
70.7Dim
80.7Dim
90.7Dim
100.7Dim
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210.9Dim
220.9Dim
230.9Dim
240.9Dim
250.9Dim
260.9Dim
271.0Dim
281.0Dim
291.0Dim
301.0Dim
311.1Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Newbury?

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 Newbury.

What to pack for Newbury in January

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

In January, Newbury sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Newbury 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 Newbury peaks around August 10 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 10UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Newbury?

Newbury sits at 51.4°N, 1.3°W, 78 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Thatcham, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Newbury

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Newbury has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m around an average of 97 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 250 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 331 m.

The land around Newbury is covered by trees (39%) and grassland (31%) within 3 km, cropland (36%), grassland (31%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%), cropland (30%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
75 m
16 km
250 m
80 km
331 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Thatcham 4.0 km · Tadley 15 km · Basingstoke 23 km · Didcot 24 km · Andover 24 km · Reading 25 km · Lower Earley 28 km · Abingdon 30 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 Newbury (51.4015°, -1.3247°, elevation 78 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. 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).