Essen Weather in January
Essen in January
The short of it: Essen in January averages a high of 5 °C (41 °F) and a low of 0 °C (32 °F), with 74 mm (2.9 in) of rain and about 8 h 8 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 5° · low 0° · rain 74 mm · daylight 8 h 8 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Essen an average January high of 5°, a low of 0° and some 74 mm of rain. The dead of winter in Essen: highs scarcely reach 5°, nights fall to 0°. Wet spells are common — about 74 mm, the 4th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 8 h 8 min in mid-January, 29 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 June and September.
Against its neighbours, Essen runs warmer than most and about as wet in January. Cloppenburg, 16 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
January in Essen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 4.0 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 8 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CloppenburgLower Saxony | 16 km NNE | 5° | 0° | 71 mm |
| LohneLower Saxony | 21 km ESE | 5° | 0° | 68 mm |
| VechtaLower Saxony | 24 km E | 5° | 0° | 66 mm |
| BramscheLower Saxony | 35 km S | 5° | 0° | 76 mm |
| WallenhorstLower Saxony | 42 km S | 5° | 0° | 82 mm |
| MeppenLower Saxony | 44 km W | 5° | 1° | 69 mm |
| LingenLower Saxony | 47 km WSW | 5° | 1° | 71 mm |
| HarenLower Saxony | 47 km W | 5° | 0° | 68 mm |