Climate averages 1991–2020
Münster 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 Münster: daytime highs average 4.7°C and nights cool to about 0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 69 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 20 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hamm (34 km away). In January its highs average 4.7°C, about as warm as Münster, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Münster ranks joint 40th of 120 for the warmest January highs and joint 63rd of 120 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 120 cities is 4.2°C; Münster is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 5.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 55 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
Münster climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 4.7°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 69 | 13.6 | 8.38 h |
| February | 5.9°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 55 | 11.3 | 9.910 h |
| March | 9.5°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 58 | 12.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.1°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 48 | 10.5 | 13.914 h |
| May | 17.9°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 57 | 11.2 | 15.616 h |
| June | 20.8°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 63 | 11.7 | 16.617 h |
| July | 22.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 73 | 13.3 | 16.216 h |
| August | 22.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 77 | 12.4 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 62 | 10.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 65 | 12.0 | 10.711 h |
| November | 8.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 64 | 12.6 | 8.99 h |
| December | 5.3°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 71 | 13.1 | 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
- Hamm in JanuaryGermany · 34 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low 0.2°C · 70 mm rain
- Rheine in JanuaryGermany · 38 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low 0.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Lünen in JanuaryGermany · 39 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low 0.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Osnabrück in JanuaryGermany · 45 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 0.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Recklinghausen in JanuaryGermany · 49 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low 0.3°C · 83 mm rain
- Castrop-Rauxel in JanuaryGermany · 50 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low 0.3°C · 83 mm rain
- Marl in JanuaryGermany · 50 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low 0.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Dortmund in JanuaryGermany · 51 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low 0.1°C · 83 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 Münster) is explained once on the Münster year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.