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Dornoch in January

Chilly and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Dornoch is chilly: highs near 44°F, lows near 33°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 2 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Dornoch is chilly: highs near 7°C, lows near 1°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 2 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
44°F7°Caverage
Low
33°F1°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 54% of days
Daylight
7h 17mon average

Is January a good time to visit Dornoch?

January sits outside Dornoch's best months, which run from July to August. Expect chilly days and rain on about four 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 44°F in January, against 44°F to 66°F through the year.Highs near 7°C in January, against 7°C to 19°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

54% of days in January, against 48% to 57% through the year.

Cloud cover

70% cover in January, against 61% to 70% through the year.

Daylight

7h 17m in January, against 6h 36m to 18h 01m 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. December45°7°low 34°low 1°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. January44°7°low 33°low 1°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. February45°7°low 33°low 1°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Dornoch sits, in January

Europe/London
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
8:50 AMsets 4:00 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
57.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Achnasheen97 km south-west

The land around Dornoch, 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 United Kingdom in January

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Dornoch. 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.