Saltaire weather in January

In January, Saltaire sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 73 mm of precipitation across 14.4 wet days and about 7.8 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 11% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 12 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Saltaire's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Saltaire's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
73 mm
14.4 wet days
Daylight
7 h 42 min
8:25 AM – 4:07 PM
Cloud cover
77%
12th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.3
out of 10

Saltaire is Victorian model village located in Shipley, City of Bradford Metropolitan District, West Yorkshire, England, UK.

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 Saltaire reaches about 6°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 1°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)
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662
762
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How January really feels in Saltaire

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.

Saltaire 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 / 7314.42.87.80.3
Feb / 68133.59.40.5
Mar / 6412.72.611.51.4
Apr11° / 6412.60.913.72.6
May14° / 6612.9015.63.7
Jun17° / 10°8013.4016.74.7
Jul19° / 12°7814016.35.4
Aug18° / 12°8414.4014.65.2
Sep16° / 6711.1012.54.6
Oct13° / 7713.5010.23.0
Nov / 7313.60.68.31.5
Dec / 8113.92.17.30.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% 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 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22476
32575
42575
52476
62476
72476
82377
92377
102377
112278
122377
132377
142377
152278
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202278
212278
222179
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302377
312476

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Saltaire gets around 73 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 47% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1458
2458
3468
4468
5467
6467
7477
8477
9477
10487
11487
12487
13488
14498
15498
16489
17489
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194810
204711
214711
224711
234611
244612
254512
264512
274512
284412
294412
304512
314512

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
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15100
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19100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

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

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 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
519light breeze
619light breeze
719light breeze
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3119light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 12 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:33 AM to 8:07 AM, and sunset from 3:48 PM to 4:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.28:333:48
27.38:333:49
37.38:333:50
47.38:323:51
57.38:323:52
67.48:323:53
77.48:313:54
87.48:313:56
97.48:303:57
107.58:303:58
117.58:294:00
127.58:294:01
137.68:284:03
147.68:274:04
157.78:264:06
167.78:254:07
177.78:244:09
187.88:234:11
197.88:224:12
207.98:214:14
217.98:204:16
228.08:194:18
238.08:184:19
248.18:174:21
258.18:154:23
268.28:144:25
278.28:134:27
288.38:114:29
298.38:104:30
308.48:084:32
318.58:074:34

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.49 kWh/m² to a high of 4.73 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 0.63 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Is January a good time to visit Saltaire?

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

0.3
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 Saltaire.

What to pack for Saltaire in January

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

In January, Saltaire sees daytime highs around 6°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

UV index in Saltaire 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 Saltaire peaks around August 11 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 11UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Saltaire?

Saltaire sits at 53.8°N, 1.8°W, 0 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Shipley, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Saltaire

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Saltaire has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 221 m around an average of 143 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 426 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 739 m.

The land around Saltaire is covered by trees (38%), artificial surfaces (37%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, grassland (54%), trees (23%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (54%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
221 m
16 km
426 m
80 km
739 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Shipley 1.0 km · Baildon 2.0 km · Bingley 4.0 km · Bradford 5.0 km · Guiseley 7.0 km · Yeadon 7.0 km · Keighley 9.0 km · Pudsey 9.0 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 Saltaire (53.8333°, -1.7833°, elevation 0 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).