Nigg weather in January

In January, Nigg sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 69 mm of precipitation across 14.1 wet days and about 7.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 7°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 30 min at the start of January to 8 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Nigg's 4th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nigg's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
69 mm
14.1 wet days
Daylight
7 h 06 min
8:46 AM – 3:49 PM
Cloud cover
68%
4th clearest
Wind
29 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.7
out of 10

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 Nigg reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 9°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 Nigg

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.

Nigg 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 / 6914.10.67.10.7
Feb / 5411.71.390.6
Mar / 5311.71.111.40.8
Apr / 4910.50.313.91.3
May10° / 4510016.22.1
Jun12° / 10°5810.6017.53.1
Jul14° / 12°57110173.9
Aug15° / 13°6211.40154.2
Sep14° / 12°6311.3012.53.7
Oct12° / 10°9514.40102.7
Nov10° / 9315.30.37.81.8
Dec / 7714.20.76.51.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Nigg gets around 69 mm of rain and snow over 14.1 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 45% and peaks near 47% 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 29 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 28 km/h on the calmest days to 30 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 30 min at the start of January to 8 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:57 AM to 8:23 AM, and sunset from 3:26 PM to 4:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.58:573:26
26.58:563:28
36.58:563:29
46.68:563:30
56.68:553:31
66.68:553:33
76.78:543:34
86.78:533:36
96.78:533:37
106.88:523:39
116.88:513:40
126.98:503:42
136.98:493:44
147.08:483:46
157.08:473:47
167.18:463:49
177.18:453:51
187.28:443:53
197.28:423:55
207.38:413:57
217.38:403:59
227.48:384:01
237.48:374:03
247.58:354:05
257.68:344:07
267.68:324:09
277.78:304:11
287.88:294:14
297.88:274:16
307.98:254:18
318.08:234:20

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.36 kWh/m² to a high of 5.2 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 0.53 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Nigg?

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

0.7
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nigg.

What to pack for Nigg in January

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

In January, Nigg sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer, rain gear and a windbreaker. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreakera heavy coat

Sea temperature near Nigg 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 13 km away) is warmest in August at about 13°C and coldest in March near 6°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 Nigg in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 Nigg peaks around July 13 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 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
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Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
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Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Nigg?

Nigg sits at 57.1°N, 2.1°W, 84 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Aberdeen, 3.0 km away.

ArbroathDundeeElginSaint AndrewsPerthGlenrothes

Topography around Nigg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nigg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 m around an average of 42 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 264 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,150 m.

The land around Nigg is covered by artificial surfaces (34%), grassland (22%) and water (20%) within 3 km, water (50%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (36%) and water (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
141 m
16 km
264 m
80 km
1,150 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Aberdeen 3.0 km · Peterhead 47 km · Arbroath 68 km · Dundee 90 km · Elgin 94 km · Saint Andrews 97 km · Perth 114 km · Glenrothes 122 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 Nigg (57.116°, -2.0925°, elevation 84 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).