Climate averages 1991–2020
Dundee, United Kingdom weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Dundee, United Kingdom: daytime highs average 5.3°C and nights cool to about 0.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 35 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Edinburgh (59 km away). In January its highs average 5.8°C, 0.5°C warmer than Dundee, United Kingdom, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Dundee, United Kingdom ranks 141st of 143 for the warmest January highs and 112th of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 6.9°C; Dundee, United Kingdom is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 6.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 78 mm to 59 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
Dundee, United Kingdom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 5.3°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 78 | 13.7 | 7.68 h |
| February | 6.1°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 59 | 10.8 | 9.59 h |
| March | 7.9°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 61 | 12.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.2°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 57 | 11.6 | 14.214 h |
| May | 13.1°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 64 | 13.1 | 16.416 h |
| June | 15.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 68 | 13.1 | 17.618 h |
| July | 17.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 76 | 14.0 | 17.117 h |
| August | 17.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 76 | 13.3 | 15.215 h |
| September | 15.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 61 | 10.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 89 | 12.9 | 10.510 h |
| November | 7.9°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 78 | 13.1 | 8.38 h |
| December | 5.4°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 74 | 12.4 | 7.07 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
- Edinburgh in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 59 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low 1.9°C · 74 mm rain
- Aberdeen in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 92 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low 3.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Glasgow in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 104 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low 1.4°C · 116 mm rain
- East Kilbride in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 108 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low 0.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Paisley in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 115 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 1.8°C · 125 mm rain
- Carlisle in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 175 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low 1.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Newcastle upon Tyne in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 187 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 2.1°C · 53 mm rain
- South Shields in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 190 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 2.7°C · 53 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 Dundee) is explained once on the Dundee, United Kingdom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.