Germany in January: where is it warmest?
In January, Worms is the warmest place with 5 °C by day, Berchtesgaden the coolest with 2 °C. 0 of 101 destinations have good holiday weather.
All destinations in January, warmest first
Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.
| Place | Score | Air | Sea | Sun | Rain days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worms | 14 | 5° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Mannheim | 13 | 5° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Heidelberg | 13 | 5° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Stuttgart | 12 | 5° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Trier | 12 | 5° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Karlsruhe | 12 | 5° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Saarbrücken | 11 | 5° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Oldenburg | 10 | 5° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Koblenz | 10 | 5° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Duisburg | 10 | 5° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Freiburg im Breisgau | 9 | 5° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Cologne | 9 | 5° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Münster | 9 | 5° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Osnabrück | 9 | 5° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Bonn | 9 | 5° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Düsseldorf | 8 | 5° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Essen | 8 | 5° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Baden-Baden | 8 | 5° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Gelsenkirchen | 8 | 5° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Norderney | 7 | 5° | 5° | 2 h | 13 |
| Emden | 7 | 5° | 5° | 1 h | 13 |
| Wilhelmshaven | 7 | 5° | 5° | 2 h | 13 |
| Dortmund | 7 | 5° | – | 2 h | 15 |
| Borkum | 6 | 5° | 5° | 2 h | 14 |
| Wuppertal | 6 | 5° | – | 2 h | 15 |
| Heligoland | 4 | 5° | 5° | 2 h | 15 |
| Halle (Saale) | 15 | 4° | – | 2 h | 11 |
| Quedlinburg | 15 | 4° | – | 2 h | 11 |
| Tangermünde | 14 | 4° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Lübeck | 14 | 4° | – | 1 h | 12 |
| Augsburg | 14 | 4° | – | 2 h | 11 |
| Mainz | 14 | 4° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Wiesbaden | 14 | 4° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Jena | 14 | 4° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Kaiserslautern | 14 | 4° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Darmstadt | 14 | 4° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Magdeburg | 13 | 4° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Frankfurt | 13 | 4° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Leipzig | 13 | 4° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Würzburg | 13 | 4° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Lüneburg | 13 | 4° | – | 1 h | 12 |
| Hamburg | 12 | 4° | – | 1 h | 12 |
| Konstanz, Lake Constance | 12 | 4° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Kiel | 12 | 4° | 3° | 1 h | 12 |
| Rosenheim | 12 | 4° | – | 3 h | 12 |
| Tübingen | 12 | 4° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Überlingen | 12 | 4° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Lutherstadt Wittenberg | 12 | 4° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Wolfsburg | 12 | 4° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Hanover | 11 | 4° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Bamberg | 11 | 4° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Spiesen-Elversberg | 11 | 4° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Brunswick | 11 | 4° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Aschaffenburg | 11 | 4° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Bremen | 10 | 4° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Kassel | 10 | 4° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Timmendorfer Strand | 9 | 4° | 3° | 1 h | 12 |
| Aachen | 9 | 4° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Wismar | 9 | 4° | 3° | 2 h | 12 |
| Fehmarn | 8 | 4° | 3° | 1 h | 13 |
| Bielefeld | 8 | 4° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Eckernförde | 8 | 4° | 3° | 1 h | 12 |
| Stade | 8 | 4° | 4° | 1 h | 13 |
| St. Peter-Ording | 7 | 4° | 4° | 1 h | 13 |
| Flensburg | 7 | 4° | 3° | 1 h | 13 |
| Husum | 7 | 4° | 4° | 2 h | 13 |
| Bremerhaven | 6 | 4° | 4° | 2 h | 14 |
| Monschau | 6 | 4° | – | 2 h | 15 |
| Westerland, Sylt | 5 | 4° | 4° | 2 h | 15 |
| Cuxhaven | 4 | 4° | 4° | 2 h | 15 |
| Erfurt | 15 | 3° | – | 2 h | 11 |
| Weimar | 15 | 3° | – | 2 h | 11 |
| Munich | 14 | 3° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Regensburg | 14 | 3° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Ulm | 14 | 3° | – | 2 h | 11 |
| Passau | 14 | 3° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Berlin | 13 | 3° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Rostock | 13 | 3° | 3° | 2 h | 12 |
| Havelberg | 13 | 3° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Schwerin | 13 | 3° | – | 1 h | 12 |
| Marburg | 13 | 3° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Nuremberg | 12 | 3° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Potsdam | 12 | 3° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Cottbus | 12 | 3° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Fulda | 11 | 3° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Erlangen | 11 | 3° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Rothenburg ob der Tauber | 11 | 3° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Dresden | 10 | 3° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Stralsund | 10 | 3° | 4° | 2 h | 11 |
| Göttingen | 10 | 3° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Greifswald | 10 | 3° | 3° | 2 h | 11 |
| Oberstdorf | 10 | 3° | – | 3 h | 14 |
| Ueckermünde | 10 | 3° | 3° | 1 h | 11 |
| Heringsdorf, Usedom | 9 | 3° | 3° | 1 h | 12 |
| Binz, Rügen | 9 | 3° | 3° | 1 h | 12 |
| Kühlungsborn | 9 | 3° | 3° | 2 h | 12 |
| Goslar | 9 | 3° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Chemnitz | 8 | 3° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 12 | 2° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Görlitz | 11 | 2° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Berchtesgaden | 9 | 2° | – | 2 h | 14 |
Germany in January: quick answers
Germany in January: where is it warmest?
The warmest places in January are Worms (5 °C), Mannheim (5 °C) and Heidelberg (5 °C).
Germany in January: where is the sea warmest?
The sea is warmest at Norderney (5 °C), Emden (5 °C) and Wilhelmshaven (5 °C).
Germany in January: where is the weather best?
The best holiday weather in January – warm, sunny and dry – is in Halle (Saale), Quedlinburg and Erfurt.
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Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences