Climate averages 1991–2020
Enschede 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 Enschede: daytime highs average 4.9°C and nights cool to about 0.5°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 18 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hengelo (9 km away). In January its highs average 5.0°C, about as warm as Enschede, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Enschede ranks joint 43rd of 44 for the warmest January highs and joint 35th of 44 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 44 cities is 5.6°C; Enschede is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 6.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 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
Enschede climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 4.9°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 69 | 13.6 | 8.38 h |
| February | 6.0°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 57 | 11.0 | 9.910 h |
| March | 9.5°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 58 | 11.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.9°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 49 | 10.6 | 13.914 h |
| May | 17.7°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 62 | 11.6 | 15.716 h |
| June | 20.4°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 68 | 12.3 | 16.717 h |
| July | 22.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 81 | 13.9 | 16.316 h |
| August | 22.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 79 | 12.8 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 66 | 10.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.8°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 64 | 11.8 | 10.711 h |
| November | 8.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 63 | 12.5 | 8.89 h |
| December | 5.4°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 74 | 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
- Hengelo in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 9 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low 0.6°C · 68 mm rain
- Almelo in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 22 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low 0.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Rheine in JanuaryGermany · 38 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low 0.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Bocholt in JanuaryGermany · 46 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low 0.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Deventer in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 50 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low 0.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Münster in JanuaryGermany · 57 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low 0.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Dorsten in JanuaryGermany · 62 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low 0.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Apeldoorn in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 63 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low 0.9°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 Enschede) is explained once on the Enschede year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.