Riesa Weather in January
Riesa in January
The short of it: Riesa in January averages a high of 3 °C (38 °F) and a low of -3 °C (28 °F), with 43 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 8 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 3° · low -3° · rain 43 mm · daylight 8 h 20 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & June
Thirty years of records give Riesa an average January high of 3°, a low of -3° and some 43 mm of rain. Riesa's coldest stretch of the year, 3° by day and -3° by night. Rain is modest, about 43 mm, the 8th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 8 h 20 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 April and June.
Against its neighbours, Riesa runs warmer than most and drier than most in January. Oschatz, 13 km to the W, is 1° cooler by day.
January in Riesa, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h