Climate averages 1991–2020
's-Hertogenbosch weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in 's-Hertogenbosch: daytime highs average 5.7°C and nights cool to about 1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 22 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oss (16 km away). In January its highs average 5.6°C, about as warm as 's-Hertogenbosch, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, 's-Hertogenbosch 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; 's-Hertogenbosch is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 6.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 mm to 56 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
's-Hertogenbosch 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°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 63 | 12.5 | 8.48 h |
| February | 6.7°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 56 | 11.1 | 9.910 h |
| March | 10.1°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 56 | 11.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.1°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 47 | 10.6 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 58 | 11.6 | 15.616 h |
| June | 20.4°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 62 | 10.9 | 16.617 h |
| July | 22.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 76 | 13.5 | 16.216 h |
| August | 22.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 76 | 12.5 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.8°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 61 | 11.2 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.4°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 63 | 11.6 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.5°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 62 | 12.3 | 8.99 h |
| December | 6.2°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 70 | 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
- Oss in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 16 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Tilburg in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 22 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low 1.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Eindhoven in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 31 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low 1.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Helmond in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 35 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low 1.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Breda in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 39 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low 1.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Nijmegen in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 41 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low 1.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Dordrecht in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 45 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low 1.3°C · 62 mm rain
- Utrecht in JanuaryThe Netherlands · 45 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 63 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 's-Hertogenbosch) is explained once on the 's-Hertogenbosch year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.