Climate averages 1991–2020
Eindhoven 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 Eindhoven: daytime highs average 5.7°C and nights cool to about 1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 63 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 24 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Helmond (13 km away). In January its highs average 5.6°C, about as warm as Eindhoven, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Eindhoven ranks joint 20th of 44 for the warmest January highs and joint 7th of 44 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 44 cities is 5.6°C; Eindhoven is level with that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 6.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 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
Eindhoven climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 5.7°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 63 | 12.1 | 8.48 h |
| February | 6.8°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 57 | 11.0 | 9.910 h |
| March | 10.3°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 56 | 11.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.4°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 47 | 10.8 | 13.814 h |
| May | 18.1°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 61 | 11.9 | 15.616 h |
| June | 20.9°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 65 | 11.8 | 16.517 h |
| July | 22.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 78 | 13.6 | 16.116 h |
| August | 22.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 77 | 12.4 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.1°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 62 | 11.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.6°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 63 | 11.3 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 61 | 12.1 | 8.99 h |
| December | 6.2°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 71 | 12.8 | 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
- Helmond in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 13 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low 1.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Tilburg in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 30 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low 1.2°C · 65 mm rain
- 's-Hertogenbosch in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 31 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low 1.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Oss in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 36 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Venlo in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 49 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low 0.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Breda in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 51 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low 1.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Nijmegen in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 52 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low 1.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Hasselt in JanuaryBelgium · 58 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low 1.1°C · 66 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 Eindhoven) is explained once on the Eindhoven year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.