Gießen Weather in January
Gießen in January
The short of it: Gießen in January averages a high of 4 °C (40 °F) and a low of -1 °C (31 °F), with 49 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 8 h 27 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 4° · low -1° · rain 49 mm · daylight 8 h 27 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: June & August
January in Gießen brings afternoons near 4° and nights around -1°, with about 49 mm of rain over the month. Gießen's coldest stretch of the year, 4° by day and -1° by night. Rain is modest, about 49 mm, the 9th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 8 h 27 min in mid-January, 26 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf. The Almanac rates January 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and August.
Against its neighbours, Gießen runs warmer than most and drier than most in January. Wetzlar, 12 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
January in Gießen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 15 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 27 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WetzlarHesse | 12 km WSW | 4° | -1° | 54 mm |
| ButzbachHesse | 17 km S | 4° | -1° | 52 mm |
| Bad NauheimHesse | 25 km S | 4° | -1° | 53 mm |
| Marburg an der LahnHesse | 26 km NNE | 4° | -1° | 61 mm |
| FriedbergHesse | 28 km SSE | 4° | -1° | 50 mm |
| DillenburgHesse | 32 km WNW | 4° | -1° | 82 mm |
| FriedrichsdorfHesse | 38 km S | 5° | 0° | 52 mm |
| Bad Homburg vor der HöheHesse | 40 km S | 4° | 0° | 54 mm |