Yeovil weather in January

In January, Yeovil sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 64 mm of precipitation across 12 wet days and about 8.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-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 15% 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 Yeovil's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yeovil's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
64 mm
12 wet days
Daylight
8 h 12 min
8:15 AM – 4:25 PM
Cloud cover
74%
11th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.85 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.2
out of 10

Yeovil is town in Somerset, 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 8°C through the month.

A typical January day in Yeovil reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 12°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)
183
283
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483
583
683
783
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983
1083
1183
1283
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How January really feels in Yeovil

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.

Yeovil weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 64120.48.21.2
Feb / 5210.50.79.71.4
Mar10° / 5410.60.411.52.3
Apr13° / 6411.80.213.53.4
May16° / 6611.7015.34.6
Jun19° / 11°6311.3016.25.6
Jul21° / 13°5910.8015.86.2
Aug20° / 13°6910.9014.36.1
Sep18° / 10°539.6012.45.7
Oct14° / 7312.3010.43.9
Nov11° / 7112.508.72.4
Dec / 7011.90.37.81.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22872
32872
42872
52872
62872
72971
82971
92971
102971
113070
123070
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302575
312575

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Yeovil gets around 64 mm of rain and snow over 12 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 39% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1391
2401
3401
4411
5411
6411
7421
8421
9421
10421
11431
12421
13421
14421
15411
16411
17401
18391
19391
20381
21371
22361
23361
24352
25352
26342
27342
28342
29343
30343
31343

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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11100
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13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 17 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
1117light breeze
1217light breeze
1317light breeze
1417light breeze
1517light breeze
1617light breeze
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2117light breeze
2217light breeze
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2917light breeze
3017light breeze
3117light breeze

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 8:20 AM to 7:59 AM, and sunset from 4:07 PM to 4:49 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.88:204:07
27.88:204:08
37.88:204:09
47.88:204:10
57.88:204:11
67.98:204:12
77.98:194:13
87.98:194:14
97.98:194:16
108.08:184:17
118.08:184:18
128.08:174:19
138.18:174:21
148.18:164:22
158.18:154:24
168.28:154:25
178.28:144:26
188.28:134:28
198.38:124:29
208.38:114:31
218.48:104:32
228.48:094:34
238.58:084:36
248.58:074:37
258.58:064:39
268.68:054:40
278.68:044:42
288.78:034:44
298.78:014:45
308.88:004:47
318.87:594:49

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.69 kWh/m² to a high of 5.29 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.85 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.7Dim
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210.9Dim
220.9Dim
231.0Dim
241.0Dim
251.0Dim
261.0Dim
271.0Dim
281.1Dim
291.1Dim
301.1Dim
311.1Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Yeovil?

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

1.2
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Yeovil.

What to pack for Yeovil in January

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

In January, Yeovil sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Yeovil 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 35 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in March near 9°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
Feb9Bracing
Mar9Bracing
Apr10Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct16Cool
Nov13Bracing
Dec11Bracing

UV index in Yeovil 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 Yeovil peaks around August 14 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 14UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Yeovil?

Yeovil sits at 50.9°N, 2.6°W, 55 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Dorchester, 29 km away.

Topography around Yeovil

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yeovil has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 91 m around an average of 62 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 264 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 526 m.

The land around Yeovil is covered by grassland (35%), artificial surfaces (24%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (40%) and water (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
91 m
16 km
264 m
80 km
526 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Dorchester 29 km · Mendip 33 km · Bridgwater 33 km · Taunton 34 km · Weymouth 38 km · Frome 39 km · Burnham-on-Sea 42 km · Warminster 43 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 Yeovil (50.9416°, -2.6321°, elevation 55 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).