Climate averages 1991–2020
Bremerhaven weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Bremerhaven: daytime highs average 4.2°C and nights cool to about 0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 05 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wilhelmshaven (31 km away). In January its highs average 4.5°C, about as warm as Bremerhaven, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Bremerhaven ranks joint 64th of 120 for the warmest January highs and joint 57th of 120 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 120 cities is 4.2°C; Bremerhaven is level with that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 4.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 67 mm to 52 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
Bremerhaven climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 4.2°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 67 | 13.7 | 8.18 h |
| February | 4.9°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 52 | 10.6 | 9.810 h |
| March | 7.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 54 | 11.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.4°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 52 | 11.0 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.0°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 63 | 11.5 | 15.916 h |
| June | 18.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 79 | 12.9 | 16.917 h |
| July | 20.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 92 | 14.3 | 16.516 h |
| August | 20.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 84 | 13.8 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 66 | 10.9 | 12.813 h |
| October | 13.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 65 | 12.6 | 10.611 h |
| November | 8.1°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 57 | 12.1 | 8.79 h |
| December | 5.0°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 66 | 13.1 | 7.68 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
- Wilhelmshaven in JanuaryGermany · 31 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 0.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Oldenburg in JanuaryGermany · 52 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 0.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Bremen in JanuaryGermany · 55 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low 0.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Delmenhorst in JanuaryGermany · 56 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low 0.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Hamburg in JanuaryGermany · 94 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -0.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Norderstedt in JanuaryGermany · 95 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -0.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Neumünster in JanuaryGermany · 109 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -0.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Lüneburg in JanuaryGermany · 127 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -0.4°C · 55 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 Bremerhaven) is explained once on the Bremerhaven year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.