Climate averages 1991–2020
Breda 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 Breda: daytime highs average 5.9°C and nights cool to about 1.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 64 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 23 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tilburg (22 km away). In January its highs average 5.8°C, about as warm as Breda, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Breda ranks joint 9th of 44 for the warmest January highs and joint 15th of 44 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 44 cities is 5.6°C; Breda is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 6.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 57 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
Breda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 5.9°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 64 | 11.9 | 8.48 h |
| February | 6.9°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 57 | 11.4 | 9.910 h |
| March | 10.1°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 56 | 11.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.1°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 48 | 11.0 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 63 | 12.3 | 15.616 h |
| June | 20.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 66 | 11.0 | 16.617 h |
| July | 22.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 78 | 13.4 | 16.116 h |
| August | 22.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 77 | 12.4 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 61 | 11.2 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 62 | 11.2 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 64 | 12.0 | 8.99 h |
| December | 6.3°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 74 | 13.4 | 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
- Tilburg in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 22 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low 1.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Roosendaal in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 22 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 1.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Dordrecht in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 26 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low 1.3°C · 62 mm rain
- 's-Hertogenbosch in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 39 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low 1.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Spijkenisse in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 42 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 1.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Rotterdam in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 43 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low 1.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Schiedam in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 46 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 1.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Deurne in JanuaryBelgium · 46 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 1.4°C · 64 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 Breda) is explained once on the Breda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.