Rottingdean weather in January

In January, Rottingdean sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 98 mm of precipitation across 14.4 wet days and about 8.2 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 16% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Rottingdean's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rottingdean's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
98 mm
14.4 wet days
Daylight
8 h 12 min
8:04 AM – 4:15 PM
Cloud cover
73%
12th clearest
Wind
31 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.3
out of 10

Rottingdean is village in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, 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 8°C through the month.

A typical January day in Rottingdean reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Rottingdean 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 / 9814.40.58.21.3
Feb / 6711.60.69.71.1
Mar / 5310.10.311.51.6
Apr10° / 489.2013.52.5
May13° / 10°478.5015.23.6
Jun15° / 13°488.7016.24.7
Jul17° / 15°508.6015.85.9
Aug18° / 16°639.1014.36.1
Sep17° / 15°6810.7012.45.4
Oct15° / 12°11414.3010.43.9
Nov12° / 12315.908.72.5
Dec / 11114.60.47.81.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Rottingdean gets around 98 mm of rain and snow over 14.4 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 46% and peaks near 50% 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 (%)
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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 31 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 29 km/h on the calmest days to 31 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
131windy
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 48 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 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:10 AM to 7:48 AM, and sunset from 3:57 PM to 4:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.88:103:57
27.88:093:58
37.88:093:59
47.88:094:00
57.98:094:01
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128.18:064:10
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148.18:054:12
158.28:054:14
168.28:044:15
178.28:034:17
188.38:024:18
198.38:014:20
208.38:014:21
218.48:004:23
228.47:594:24
238.57:584:26
248.57:574:27
258.67:554:29
268.67:544:31
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308.87:494:37
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.81 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.87 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Rottingdean

In seasonPeak

In January, Rottingdean sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Rottingdean's rainy season runs August–February, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Rottingdean?

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

1.3
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Rottingdean.

What to pack for Rottingdean in January

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

In January, Rottingdean sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 6°C. Pack a warm layer, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Rottingdean in January

The nearest coast averages about 10°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 21 km away) is warmest in September at about 17°C and coldest in March near 8°C.

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

10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan10Bracing
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Mar8Bracing
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May11Bracing
Jun13Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct16Cool
Nov14Bracing
Dec12Bracing

UV index in Rottingdean 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 Rottingdean 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.

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UV index (midday)Level
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Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
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Jul6High
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Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
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Location & terrain

Where is Rottingdean?

Rottingdean sits at 50.8°N, 0.1°W, 37 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Peacehaven, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Rottingdean

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rottingdean has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 188 m around an average of 47 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 301 m.

The land around Rottingdean is covered by water (36%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, water (46%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and water (37%), grassland (23%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
188 m
16 km
247 m
80 km
301 m
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January weather nearby: Peacehaven 4.0 km · Brighton 6.0 km · Hove 8.0 km · Lewes 9.0 km · Portslade 12 km · Seaford 12 km · Shoreham-by-Sea 15 km · Burgess Hill 17 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 Rottingdean (50.8098°, -0.0594°, elevation 37 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).