Climate averages 1991–2020
Cottbus weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Cottbus: daytime highs average 2.9°C and nights cool to about -1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 22 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zielona Góra (83 km away). In January its highs average 2.1°C, 0.8°C cooler than Cottbus, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Cottbus ranks joint 116th of 120 for the warmest January highs and joint 11th of 120 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 120 cities is 4.2°C; Cottbus is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 4.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 50 mm to 38 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
Cottbus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.9°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 50 | 11.7 | 8.48 h |
| February | 4.6°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 38 | 9.4 | 9.910 h |
| March | 8.5°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 48 | 11.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.3°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 37 | 8.8 | 13.814 h |
| May | 18.9°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 53 | 10.7 | 15.616 h |
| June | 22.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 59 | 10.7 | 16.617 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 81 | 11.7 | 16.216 h |
| August | 23.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 62 | 10.4 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 52 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 45 | 9.5 | 10.711 h |
| November | 7.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 46 | 9.7 | 8.99 h |
| December | 3.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 48 | 11.3 | 7.98 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
- Zielona Góra in JanuaryPoland · 83 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -2.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Dresden in JanuaryGermany · 89 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -2.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Berlin in JanuaryGermany · 106 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -1.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Potsdam in JanuaryGermany · 112 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -1.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Liberec in JanuaryCzechia · 121 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -3.5°C · 77 mm precipitation
- Ústí nad Labem in JanuaryCzechia · 124 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -2.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Gorzów Wielkopolski in JanuaryPoland · 125 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -2.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Lubin in JanuaryPoland · 135 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -2.6°C · 44 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 Cottbus) is explained once on the Cottbus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.