Newtownabbey weather in January

In January, Newtownabbey sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 79 mm of precipitation across 14.9 wet days and about 7.6 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 10% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 06 min at the start of January to 8 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Newtownabbey's 4th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Newtownabbey's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
79 mm
14.9 wet days
Daylight
7 h 36 min
8:46 AM – 4:19 PM
Cloud cover
76%
4th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.9
out of 10

Newtownabbey is suburb of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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 Newtownabbey reaches about 7°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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How January really feels in Newtownabbey

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.

Newtownabbey 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 / 7914.91.27.60.9
Feb / 6412.91.49.31.0
Mar / 6414.20.811.51.5
Apr11° / 6513.40.213.72.4
May13° / 7114.3015.83.3
Jun16° / 10°7813.7016.94.2
Jul17° / 12°8515.3016.54.7
Aug17° / 12°8514.7014.74.7
Sep16° / 11°7113012.54.2
Oct13° / 8914010.23.0
Nov10° / 8614.60.28.21.8
Dec / 8413.90.67.11.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%.

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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Newtownabbey gets around 79 mm of rain and snow over 14.9 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 48% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
119light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

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Daylight runs from about 7 h 06 min at the start of January to 8 h 18 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 8:55 AM to 8:27 AM, and sunset from 3:59 PM to 4:47 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.18:553:59
27.18:544:00
37.18:544:01
47.18:544:02
57.28:544:03
67.28:534:05
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147.58:484:16
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207.78:424:26
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247.98:374:34
258.08:364:36
268.18:344:37
278.18:334:39
288.28:314:41
298.28:304:43
308.38:284:45
318.38:274:47

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.46 kWh/m² to a high of 5.07 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 0.62 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Newtownabbey?

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
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Newtownabbey.

What to pack for Newtownabbey in January

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

In January, Newtownabbey sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 4°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 Newtownabbey 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 at the nearest coast (about 24 km away) is warmest in September at about 14°C and coldest in March near 8°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

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Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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UV index in Newtownabbey in January

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Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Newtownabbey peaks around May 22 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowMay 22UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
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Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
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Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
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Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Newtownabbey?

Newtownabbey sits at 54.7°N, 5.9°W, 15 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Belfast, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Newtownabbey

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Newtownabbey has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 362 m around an average of 46 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 495 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 860 m.

The land around Newtownabbey is covered by water (38%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, grassland (56%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%) and water (46%) within 80 km.

3 km
362 m
16 km
495 m
80 km
860 m
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January weather nearby: Belfast 7.0 km · Carrickfergus 9.0 km · Castlereagh 10 km · Bangor 15 km · Newtownards 16 km · Lisburn 17 km · Antrim 20 km · Larne 22 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 Newtownabbey (54.6598°, -5.9086°, elevation 15 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).