Climate averages 1991–2020
Leuven weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Leuven: daytime highs average 6.0°C and nights cool to about 1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 29 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mechelen (23 km away). In January its highs average 6.2°C, about as warm as Leuven, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belgium, Leuven ranks 12th of 18 for the warmest January highs and joint 3rd of 18 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 18 cities is 6.0°C; Leuven is level with that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 7.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 56 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Leuven climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 6.0°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 62 | 11.7 | 8.58 h |
| February | 7.1°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 56 | 10.9 | 10.010 h |
| March | 10.6°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 55 | 11.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.4°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 46 | 10.7 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 59 | 12.2 | 15.515 h |
| June | 20.7°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 67 | 11.3 | 16.416 h |
| July | 22.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 72 | 12.5 | 16.016 h |
| August | 22.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 73 | 12.0 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 53 | 10.4 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.8°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 58 | 11.1 | 10.811 h |
| November | 9.9°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 62 | 11.6 | 9.09 h |
| December | 6.5°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 72 | 12.9 | 8.08 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Mechelen in JanuaryBelgium · 23 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 1.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Schaerbeek in JanuaryBelgium · 23 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 1.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Ixelles in JanuaryBelgium · 24 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low 1.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Brussels in JanuaryBelgium · 25 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 1.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Anderlecht in JanuaryBelgium · 28 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 1.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Deurne in JanuaryBelgium · 41 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 1.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Antwerp in JanuaryBelgium · 43 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Hasselt in JanuaryBelgium · 45 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low 1.1°C · 66 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Leuven) is explained once on the Leuven year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.