Belfast climate

Belfast Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Belfast, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 26°C on January 1 to 25°C on January 31, and lows from 13°C to 13°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 146 mm over about 22 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Belfast, in °C, with the record for each date.010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
25°C
Average low
13°C
Precipitation
146 mm
Reanalysis high
35°CJan 6, 2016
Reanalysis low
5°CJan 18, 2017
Daylight
13 h 43 min to 13 h 17 min
Cloud cover
69%
Humidity
74%
Dew point
13°C
Wind
10.8 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 126°C13°C30°C 20029°C 200770%
Jan 225°C13°C29°C 20087°C 200171%
Jan 325°C13°C29°C 20036°C 200171%
Jan 425°C13°C31°C 20166°C 200171%
Jan 525°C13°C32°C 20167°C 200170%
Jan 625°C13°C35°C 20169°C 200770%
Jan 725°C13°C35°C 201610°C 201170%
Jan 825°C13°C31°C 20189°C 199470%
Jan 925°C13°C32°C 20139°C 200869%
Jan 1025°C13°C30°C 20019°C 200369%
Jan 1125°C13°C32°C 20019°C 200369%
Jan 1225°C13°C31°C 200410°C 200070%
Jan 1325°C13°C32°C 20049°C 199371%
Jan 1425°C13°C32°C 20037°C 200072%
Jan 1525°C13°C32°C 200410°C 200072%
Jan 1625°C13°C30°C 200311°C 201273%
Jan 1725°C13°C31°C 19938°C 201773%
Jan 1825°C13°C31°C 20025°C 201773%
Jan 1925°C13°C31°C 19936°C 200073%
Jan 2025°C13°C30°C 20039°C 201973%
Jan 2125°C13°C30°C 20028°C 201973%
Jan 2225°C13°C30°C 20029°C 201973%
Jan 2325°C13°C31°C 201910°C 201373%
Jan 2425°C13°C31°C 20019°C 201373%
Jan 2525°C13°C29°C 201911°C 200073%
Jan 2625°C13°C31°C 199510°C 199472%
Jan 2725°C13°C31°C 19959°C 199672%
Jan 2825°C13°C31°C 19958°C 199672%
Jan 2925°C13°C30°C 20037°C 199673%
Jan 3025°C13°C32°C 20037°C 199672%
Jan 3125°C13°C30°C 20039°C 199671%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Belfast, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

January 1
sunrise 5:12 AM, sunset 6:55 PM
January 31
sunrise 5:35 AM, sunset 6:52 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.