Brest weather in January

In January, Brest sees average daytime highs of -0°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 35 mm of precipitation across 9.1 wet days and about 8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -0°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 36 min at the start of January to 8 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Brest's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Brest's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-0°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
1st coldest
Precipitation
35 mm
9.1 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
9:35 AM – 5:34 PM
Cloud cover
83%
11th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.75 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Brest is city of Belarus, capital of Byerastsye Region.

Density
2,357/km²
people per km²
Founded
1017

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -0°C through the month.

A typical January day in Brest reaches about -0°C in the afternoon and slips back to -5°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -8°C and 6°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Brest

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
14 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Brest weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-0° / -5°359.16.280.0
Feb / -4°359.66.69.60.0
Mar / -1°41103.811.50.7
Apr14° / 4710113.63.8
May19° / 7312.4015.45.8
Jun22° / 12°7112.2016.46.3
Jul25° / 14°8413.10166.4
Aug24° / 13°6510.1014.46.8
Sep19° / 609.5012.45.8
Oct12° / 459.30.410.43.2
Nov / 39938.50.5
Dec / -3°419.65.67.60.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11486
21486
31387
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Brest gets around 35 mm of rain and snow over 9.1 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 29% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13218
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33118
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293122
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313222

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in January

Winds average 15 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 36 min at the start of January to 8 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:41 AM to 9:18 AM, and sunset from 5:15 PM to 5:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.69:415:15
27.69:415:16
37.69:415:17
47.69:415:18
57.69:415:20
67.79:405:21
77.79:405:22
87.79:405:23
97.89:395:24
107.89:395:26
117.89:385:27
127.89:385:28
137.99:375:30
147.99:365:31
158.09:355:33
168.09:355:34
178.09:345:36
188.19:335:37
198.19:325:39
208.29:315:40
218.29:305:42
228.29:295:44
238.39:285:45
248.39:275:47
258.49:265:49
268.49:245:50
278.59:235:52
288.59:225:54
298.69:215:56
308.69:195:57
318.79:185:59

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.54 kWh/m² to a high of 5.54 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.75 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Brest?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Brest.

What to pack for Brest in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Brest sees daytime highs around -0°C and nights near -5°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Brest in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Brest peaks around June 22 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 22UV 6Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
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Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Brest?

Brest sits at 52.1°N, 23.7°E, 144 m above sea level, in Belarus. The nearest listed city is Biała Podlaska, 42 km away.

Biała PodlaskaKobrynMiędzyrzec PodlaskiSiemiatyczePruzhanyHajnówkaBielsk PodlaskiRadzyń Podlaski

Topography around Brest

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Brest.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Brest has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m around an average of 141 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m.

The land around Brest is covered by artificial surfaces (56%) and trees (29%) within 3 km, cropland (36%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and cropland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
26 m
16 km
63 m
80 km
110 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Biała Podlaska 42 km · Kobryn 45 km · Międzyrzec Podlaski 65 km · Siemiatycze 68 km · Pruzhany 70 km · Hajnówka 71 km · Bielsk Podlaski 81 km · Radzyń Podlaski 84 km

Belarus travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 30% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$10,279
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2021
Safe drinking water
93%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.4
per 100k, 2019
Road deaths
7.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 533
Religion
Orthodox 48%non-believers 41%Catholic 7%other 4%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Brest (52.1089°, 23.7175°, elevation 144 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).