Bottrop Weather in January
Bottrop in January
The short of it: Bottrop in January averages a high of 6 °C (43 °F) and a low of 1 °C (34 °F), with 78 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 8 h 19 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 6° · low 1° · rain 78 mm · daylight 8 h 19 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: April & May
January in Bottrop brings afternoons near 6° and nights around 1°, with about 78 mm of rain over the month. The dead of winter in Bottrop: highs scarcely reach 6°, nights fall to 1°. Wet spells are common — about 78 mm, the 4th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 8 h 19 min in mid-January, 28 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates January 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and May.
Against its neighbours, Bottrop runs about middling and drier than most in January. Gladbeck, 7 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
January in Bottrop, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 9.0 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Jan
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 19 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GladbeckNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 7 km NE | 6° | 1° | 79 mm |
| OberhausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 7 km SW | 6° | 1° | 76 mm |
| EssenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km SE | 6° | 1° | 88 mm |
| MülheimNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 11 km SSW | 6° | 1° | 80 mm |
| GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 12 km E | 6° | 1° | 83 mm |
| DinslakenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 13 km WNW | 6° | 2° | 71 mm |
| DuisburgNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 15 km SW | 7° | 2° | 74 mm |
| DorstenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 16 km N | 6° | 1° | 76 mm |