Seaham weather in January

In January, Seaham sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 58 mm of precipitation across 13.2 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 7°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

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

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
58 mm
13.2 wet days
Daylight
7 h 30 min
8:29 AM – 4:00 PM
Cloud cover
70%
4th clearest
Wind
22 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.8
out of 10

Seaham is town and civil parish in County Durham, 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 7°C through the month.

A typical January day in Seaham reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 11°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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273
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673
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How January really feels in Seaham

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.

Seaham 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 / 5813.21.47.60.8
Feb / 5011.71.69.30.9
Mar / 4510.70.911.41.6
Apr11° / 5110.50.313.82.5
May13° / 4611015.83.6
Jun16° / 11°6111.4016.94.7
Jul18° / 13°6111.5016.55.6
Aug18° / 13°6811.8014.75.6
Sep16° / 11°579.9012.54.9
Oct13° / 6412.5010.23.3
Nov10° / 7113.10.48.11.9
Dec / 6513.71.270.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 66%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23565
33565
43466
53466
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73565
83466
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Seaham gets around 58 mm of rain and snow over 13.2 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 43% and peaks near 46% 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 (%)
1456
2455
3465
4465
5465
6455
7454
8454
9454
10454
11454
12453
13443
14443
15444
16434
17434
18434
19424
20424
21425
22415
23415
24415
25405
26405
27405
28395
29395
30395
31395

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

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 22 km/h on the calmest days to 23 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
122breezy
222breezy
322breezy
422breezy
523breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 hours 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 78 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:38 AM to 8:09 AM, and sunset from 3:40 PM to 4:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.08:383:40
27.18:373:41
37.18:373:42
47.18:373:43
57.18:373:44
67.28:363:45
77.28:363:47
87.28:353:48
97.28:353:49
107.38:343:51
117.38:333:52
127.48:333:54
137.48:323:55
147.48:313:57
157.58:303:59
167.58:294:00
177.68:284:02
187.68:274:04
197.78:264:05
207.78:254:07
217.88:244:09
227.88:224:11
237.98:214:13
247.98:204:15
258.08:184:16
268.08:174:18
278.18:164:20
288.18:144:22
298.28:124:24
308.38:114:26
318.38:094:28

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 5.05 kWh/m² in June 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 Seaham?

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

0.8
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 Seaham.

What to pack for Seaham in January

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

In January, Seaham sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Seaham 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 6°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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Mar6Bracing
Apr7Bracing
May9Bracing
Jun12Bracing
Jul14Bracing
Aug15Bracing
Sep13Bracing
Oct12Bracing
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Dec9Bracing

UV index in Seaham 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 Seaham 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 Seaham?

Seaham sits at 54.8°N, 1.3°W, 43 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Houghton-Le-Spring, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Seaham

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Seaham has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 132 m around an average of 47 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 190 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 906 m.

The land around Seaham is covered by water (34%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, water (44%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%) and water (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
132 m
16 km
190 m
80 km
906 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Houghton-Le-Spring 8.0 km · Sunderland 8.0 km · Peterlee 9.0 km · Washington 13 km · Chester-le-Street 15 km · Durham 16 km · Jarrow 18 km · Hebburn 18 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 Seaham (54.839°, -1.3458°, elevation 43 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).