January Temperatures in the United Kingdom

Average temperatures for January at cities and towns throughout the United Kingdom are listed below in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit.

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum daily temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020.

Across the UK, January temperatures average a daily high of 7 degrees Celsius (44 degrees Fahrenheit) and a low of 1 °C (34 °F).

Southern England

Average January temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
45	35	Birmingham	7	2
45	34	Bristol	7	1
47	38	Dover	8	4
50	44	Isles of Scilly	10	6
47	38	London, Greenwich	8	3
47	36	London, Kew Gardens	9	2
46	35	Norwich	8	2
44	35	Nottingham	7	2
48	40	Plymouth	9	4
48	38	Southampton	9	3
45	34	Stoke-on-Trent	7	1
48	40	Weymouth	9	5
47	36	Worthing	8	2

Average daily temperatures in January
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
45	34	Ambleside, Windermere Lake	7	1
45	36	Berwick-upon-Tweed	7	2
45	35	Dumfries	7	2
46	36	Hull	8	2
45	37	Liverpool	7	3
45	34	Manchester	7	1
45	34	Middlesbrough	7	1
47	37	Newcastle upon Tyne	8	3
46	36	Prestwick	8	2
42	32	Rochester, Northumberland Park	6	0
45	36	Sheffield	7	2

January temperatures: daily averages
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
47	37	Cardiff	9	3
47	37	Harlech	8	3
44	34	Llandrindod Wells	7	1
46	37	Rhyl	8	3
47	40	Swansea	8	4

Average January temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
44	34	Aberdeen	7	1
44	33	Dundee	7	1
45	35	Edinburgh	7	2
45	36	Glasgow	7	2
45	34	Inverness	7	1
44	36	Kirkwall, Orkney Islands	7	2
43	36	Lerwick, Shetland Islands	6	2
45	37	Stornoway, Outer Hebrides	7	3
46	39	Tiree, Inner Hebrides	8	4

Average January temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
46	36	Armagh	8	2
47	36	Belfast	8	2
46	35	Castlederg	8	2
47	37	Londonderry	8	3
47	39	Warrenpoint	8	4