Climate averages 1991–2020
Hildesheim weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Hildesheim: daytime highs average 3.7°C and nights cool to about -0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 18 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hannover (29 km away). In January its highs average 4.1°C, about as warm as Hildesheim, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Hildesheim ranks joint 77th of 120 for the warmest January highs and joint 31st of 120 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 120 cities is 4.2°C; Hildesheim is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 5.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 45 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
Hildesheim climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 3.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 59 | 12.7 | 8.38 h |
| February | 5.0°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 45 | 10.7 | 9.910 h |
| March | 8.6°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 54 | 12.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.5°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 47 | 10.3 | 13.914 h |
| May | 17.4°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 60 | 11.0 | 15.716 h |
| June | 20.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 64 | 11.7 | 16.717 h |
| July | 22.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 78 | 12.9 | 16.216 h |
| August | 22.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 70 | 12.1 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 57 | 10.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 59 | 12.0 | 10.711 h |
| November | 7.9°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 53 | 11.4 | 8.99 h |
| December | 4.5°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 60 | 12.9 | 7.88 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
- Hannover in JanuaryGermany · 29 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -0.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Salzgitter in JanuaryGermany · 32 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -0.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Braunschweig in JanuaryGermany · 41 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -0.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Celle in JanuaryGermany · 53 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -0.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Wolfsburg in JanuaryGermany · 64 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -0.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Göttingen in JanuaryGermany · 69 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -0.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Minden in JanuaryGermany · 72 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low 0.0°C · 67 mm rain
- Detmold in JanuaryGermany · 77 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -0.2°C · 77 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 Hildesheim) is explained once on the Hildesheim year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.