Gera Weather in January
Gera in January
The short of it: Gera in January averages a high of 4 °C (38 °F) and a low of -2 °C (29 °F), with 35 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 8 h 24 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 4° · low -2° · rain 35 mm · daylight 8 h 24 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Gera an average January high of 4°, a low of -2° and some 35 mm of rain. Gera's coldest stretch of the year, 4° by day and -2° by night. Rain is modest, about 35 mm, the 10th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 8 h 24 min in mid-January, 27 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf. The Almanac rates January 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and August.
Against its neighbours, Gera runs warmer than most and drier than most in January. Lusan, 4 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
January in Gera, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 5.0 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LusanThuringia | 4 km SSW | 4° | -2° | 36 mm |
| ZeitzSaxony-Anhalt | 19 km NNE | 4° | -2° | 34 mm |
| CrimmitschauSaxony | 23 km ESE | 3° | -2° | 41 mm |
| GreizThuringia | 26 km SSE | 3° | -2° | 41 mm |
| WerdauSaxony | 26 km SE | 3° | -2° | 42 mm |
| ZeulenrodaThuringia | 26 km SSW | 2° | -3° | 46 mm |
| Zeulenroda-TriebesThuringia | 26 km SSW | 2° | -3° | 46 mm |
| MeeraneSaxony | 27 km E | 3° | -2° | 43 mm |