Redcar weather in January

In January, Redcar sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 61 mm of precipitation across 13.7 wet days and about 7.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 6°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% 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 Redcar's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Redcar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
61 mm
13.7 wet days
Daylight
7 h 36 min
8:27 AM – 4:00 PM
Cloud cover
72%
9th clearest
Wind
23 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.5
out of 10

Redcar is seaside resort in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, 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 6°C through the month.

A typical January day in Redcar reaches about 6°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 10°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)
163
263
363
463
573
673
773
873
973
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1273
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How January really feels in Redcar

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.

Redcar weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6113.71.87.60.5
Feb / 5211.82.39.30.6
Mar / 48111.411.51.3
Apr10° / 54110.413.72.1
May12° / 5011.3015.83.2
Jun15° / 10°6612.1016.94.2
Jul18° / 13°6311.9016.45.3
Aug18° / 13°7212.1014.75.3
Sep15° / 11°6110.8012.54.5
Oct12° / 7013010.23.0
Nov / 7513.40.68.21.7
Dec / 6813.51.47.10.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
23070
33070
43070
53169
63268
73268
83268
93268
103268
113268
123268
133367
143367
153367
163367
173268
183268
193268
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213169
223268
233268
243268
253169
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273169
283169
293169
303070
313169

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Redcar gets around 61 mm of rain and snow over 13.7 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 44% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1467
2466
3466
4466
5466
6466
7466
8466
9465
10465
11465
12465
13465
14455
15456
16456
17446
18446
19446
20436
21436
22436
23436
24426
25426
26426
27426
28416
29416
30417
31417

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
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Wind in January

Winds average 23 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 23 km/h on the calmest days to 24 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
424breezy
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3123breezy

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

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 8:35 AM to 8:07 AM, and sunset from 3:40 PM to 4:28 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.18:353:40
27.18:353:41
37.18:353:42
47.18:343:43
57.28:343:44
67.28:343:46
77.28:333:47
87.38:333:48
97.38:323:50
107.38:323:51
117.48:313:52
127.48:303:54
137.48:293:56
147.58:293:57
157.58:283:59
167.68:274:00
177.68:264:02
187.68:254:04
197.78:244:05
207.78:234:07
217.88:214:09
227.88:204:11
237.98:194:13
247.98:184:14
258.08:164:16
268.18:154:18
278.18:134:20
288.28:124:22
298.28:104:24
308.38:094:26
318.38:074:28

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.48 kWh/m² to a high of 5.03 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.64 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.5Dim
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40.5Dim
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Redcar?

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

0.5
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 Redcar.

What to pack for Redcar in January

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

In January, Redcar sees daytime highs around 6°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Redcar 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 offshore is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in March near 7°C.

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

5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
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Mar7Bracing
Apr7Bracing
May10Bracing
Jun12Bracing
Jul14Bracing
Aug15Bracing
Sep14Bracing
Oct12Bracing
Nov10Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Redcar 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 Redcar peaks around August 10 at about 6 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 10UV 6Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Redcar?

Redcar sits at 54.6°N, 1.1°W, 9 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Guisborough, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Redcar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Redcar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 336 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 802 m.

The land around Redcar is covered by water (54%) within 3 km, water (48%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%), water (26%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
336 m
80 km
802 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Guisborough 9.0 km · Middlesbrough 12 km · Hartlepool 12 km · Billingham 15 km · Stockton-on-Tees 18 km · Thornaby-on-Tees 18 km · Yarm 23 km · Peterlee 24 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 Redcar (54.6166°, -1.06°, elevation 9 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).