Climate averages 1991–2020
Hastings, United Kingdom weather
in January.
A cold, wet month: one of 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 Hastings, United Kingdom: daytime highs average 7.7°C and nights cool to about 4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes January a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 29 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eastbourne (23 km away). In January its highs average 7.9°C, about as warm as Hastings, United Kingdom, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Hastings, United Kingdom ranks joint 10th of 143 for the warmest January highs and 129th of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 6.9°C; Hastings, United Kingdom is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 7.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 93 mm to 64 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
Hastings, 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 | 7.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 93 | 14.4 | 8.58 h |
| February | 7.7°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 64 | 11.3 | 10.010 h |
| March | 9.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 48 | 9.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 45 | 9.0 | 13.814 h |
| May | 15.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 47 | 8.6 | 15.515 h |
| June | 17.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 44 | 8.3 | 16.416 h |
| July | 19.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 46 | 8.6 | 16.016 h |
| August | 20.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 59 | 9.6 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 66 | 10.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 112 | 14.4 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.9°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 120 | 15.7 | 9.09 h |
| December | 8.4°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 107 | 14.3 | 8.08 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
- Eastbourne in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 23 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 4.9°C · 95 mm rain
- Maidstone in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 46 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 2.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Brighton in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 3.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Hove in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 53 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Gillingham in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 59 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 2.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Crawley in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 61 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 2.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Worthing in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 67 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Grays in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 71 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.7°C · 51 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 Hastings) is explained once on the Hastings, United Kingdom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.