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Berlin in January

Chilly and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Berlin is chilly: highs near 41°F, lows near 29°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 47 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Berlin is chilly: highs near 5°C, lows near -2°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 47 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
41°F5°Caverage
Low
29°F-2°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 42% of days
Daylight
8h 15mon average

Is January a good time to visit Berlin?

January sits outside Berlin's best months, which run from June to September. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 41°F in January, against 41°F to 79°F through the year.Highs near 5°C in January, against 5°C to 26°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

42% of days in January, against 33% to 42% through the year.

Cloud cover

69% cover in January, against 49% to 73% through the year.

Daylight

8h 15m in January, against 7h 44m to 16h 44m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December42°6°low 32°low 0°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January41°5°low 29°low -2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February43°6°low 30°low -1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Berlin sits, in January

Europe/Berlin
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
8:10 AMsets 4:20 PM
Above the sea
30 mlow-lying
Latitude
52.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Hamburg254 km north-west

The land around Berlin, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Germany in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Berlin

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Berlin. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.