Gotha Weather in January
Gotha in January
The short of it: Gotha in January averages a high of 3 °C (37 °F) and a low of -2 °C (28 °F), with 50 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 8 h 24 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 3° · low -2° · rain 50 mm · daylight 8 h 24 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & June
Thirty years of records give Gotha an average January high of 3°, a low of -2° and some 50 mm of rain. The dead of winter in Gotha: highs scarcely reach 3°, nights fall to -2°. Rain is modest, about 50 mm, the 8th 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and June.
Against its neighbours, Gotha runs cooler than most and about as wet in January. Waltershausen, 12 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
January in Gotha, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 6.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WaltershausenThuringia | 12 km WSW | 3° | -2° | 62 mm |
| Bad LangensalzaThuringia | 18 km NNW | 4° | -2° | 43 mm |
| ArnstadtThuringia | 21 km SE | 3° | -2° | 34 mm |
| ErfurtThuringia | 24 km E | 4° | -2° | 27 mm |
| EisenachThuringia | 27 km W | 3° | -2° | 56 mm |
| Steinbach-HallenbergThuringia | 30 km SSW | 2° | -3° | 77 mm |
| SchmalkaldenThuringia | 31 km SW | 2° | -3° | 67 mm |
| Zella-MehlisThuringia | 33 km S | 1° | -4° | 89 mm |