Bykhov weather in January

In January, Bykhov sees average daytime highs of -2°C and overnight lows near -7°C, with 40 mm of precipitation across 10 wet days and about 7.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -2°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 18 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Bykhov's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bykhov's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-2°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-7°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
40 mm
10 wet days
Daylight
7 h 48 min
9:16 AM – 5:01 PM
Cloud cover
88%
11th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Bykhov is city in Belarus.

Founded
1370

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 -2°C through the month.

A typical January day in Bykhov reaches about -2°C in the afternoon and slips back to -7°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -10°C and 3°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-2-6
2-2-6
3-2-6
4-2-6
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8-2-6
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20-3-7
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27-3-8
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30-3-8
31-3-8

How January really feels in Bykhov

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
31 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Bykhov 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-2° / -7°40108.97.80.0
Feb-2° / -7°379.58.39.40.0
Mar / -3°408.95.411.50.2
Apr12° / 449.51.113.73.3
May19° / 6611.70.215.65.7
Jun22° / 12°7312.1016.76.2
Jul24° / 14°8713.4016.26.4
Aug23° / 13°6510.3014.66.7
Sep17° / 519.2012.55.4
Oct10° / 5510.30.610.32.3
Nov / -1°459.54.28.30.1
Dec-1° / -5°4010.37.97.30.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 90%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11090
21090
31189
41189
51090
61090
71090
81189
91189
101189
111189
121090
131090
141090
15991
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201090
211090
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23991
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251090
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271189
281189
291288
301288
311387

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Bykhov gets around 40 mm of rain and snow over 10 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 33% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13428
23428
33428
43428
53428
63328
73328
83328
93327
103227
113226
123226
133126
143126
153126
163126
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193127
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213128
223128
233229
243229
253330
263330
273431
283431
293532
303532
313533

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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Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
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8100
9100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 17 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1217light breeze
1317light breeze
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2017light breeze
2117light breeze
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3117light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 18 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:23 AM to 8:57 AM, and sunset from 4:41 PM to 5:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.39:234:41
27.39:234:42
37.39:234:43
47.49:234:45
57.49:224:46
67.49:224:47
77.49:224:48
87.59:214:49
97.59:214:51
107.59:204:52
117.69:194:54
127.69:194:55
137.69:184:56
147.79:174:58
157.79:174:59
167.89:165:01
177.89:155:03
187.89:145:04
197.99:135:06
207.99:125:08
218.09:115:09
228.09:105:11
238.19:085:13
248.19:075:15
258.29:065:16
268.29:055:18
278.39:035:20
288.39:025:22
298.49:005:24
308.48:595:26
318.58:575:27

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.44 kWh/m² to a high of 5.61 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.65 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 Bykhov?

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 Bykhov.

What to pack for Bykhov in January

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

In January, Bykhov sees daytime highs around -2°C and nights near -7°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Bykhov 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 Bykhov peaks around July 15 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 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 15UV 6Dec 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bykhov?

Bykhov sits at 53.5°N, 30.2°E, 160 m above sea level, in Belarus. The nearest listed city is Mogilev, 44 km away.

MogilevRahachowZhlobinBobruyskHorkiKrychawSvetlogorskOsipovichi

Topography around Bykhov

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bykhov has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 152 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 116 m.

The land around Bykhov is covered by grassland (33%), cropland (24%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, trees (44%), grassland (26%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and cropland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
60 m
80 km
116 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Mogilev 44 km · Rahachow 49 km · Zhlobin 71 km · Bobruysk 80 km · Horki 98 km · Krychaw 100 km · Svetlogorsk 104 km · Osipovichi 109 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 Bykhov (53.5213°, 30.2308°, elevation 160 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).