Horki weather in January

In January, Horki sees average daytime highs of -3°C and overnight lows near -8°C, with 42 mm of precipitation across 10.1 wet days and about 7.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -3°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 06 min at the start of January to 8 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Horki's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Horki's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-3°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-8°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
42 mm
10.1 wet days
Daylight
7 h 36 min
9:17 AM – 4:54 PM
Cloud cover
89%
11th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Horki is city in Belarus.

Density
1,310/km²
people per km²
Founded
1544

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 -3°C through the month.

A typical January day in Horki reaches about -3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -8°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -11°C and 2°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)
1-2-7
2-2-7
3-3-7
4-3-7
5-3-7
6-3-7
7-3-7
8-3-7
9-3-7
10-3-7
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15-3-7
16-3-7
17-3-7
18-3-7
19-3-8
20-3-8
21-3-8
22-3-8
23-3-8
24-4-8
25-4-8
26-4-9
27-4-9
28-4-9
29-4-9
30-4-9
31-4-9

How January really feels in Horki

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.

Horki weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-3° / -8°4210.19.97.70.0
Feb-2° / -8°399.49.19.30.0
Mar / -4°419.96.511.50.1
Apr11° / 459.11.313.72.9
May18° / 7212.10.115.75.4
Jun21° / 12°7612.3016.86.0
Jul23° / 14°9213.5016.46.3
Aug22° / 12°7210.6014.76.6
Sep17° / 559.8012.55.0
Oct / 5811.21.510.21.9
Nov / -2°4710.14.98.20.0
Dec-2° / -6°4110.29.47.20.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1793
2793
3793
4793
5694
6694
7793
8793
9793
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12793
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301288
311288

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Horki gets around 42 mm of rain and snow over 10.1 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 33% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days, and about 10 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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93330
103330
113230
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133230
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313536

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
6100
7100
8100
9100
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18100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 16 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
1216light breeze
1316light breeze
1416light breeze
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2016light breeze
2116light breeze
2216light breeze
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2717light breeze
2817light breeze
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3017light breeze
3117light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 06 min at the start of January to 8 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:25 AM to 8:58 AM, and sunset from 4:34 PM to 5:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.19:254:34
27.29:254:35
37.29:244:36
47.29:244:37
57.29:244:38
67.39:234:39
77.39:234:41
87.39:234:42
97.49:224:43
107.49:214:45
117.49:214:46
127.59:204:48
137.59:194:49
147.59:184:51
157.69:184:52
167.69:174:54
177.79:164:56
187.79:154:57
197.89:144:59
207.89:135:01
217.99:115:02
227.99:105:04
238.09:095:06
248.09:085:08
258.19:065:10
268.19:055:12
278.29:045:14
288.29:025:15
298.39:015:17
308.38:595:19
318.48:585:21

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.41 kWh/m² to a high of 5.55 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.62 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.4Dim
20.5Dim
30.5Dim
40.5Dim
50.5Dim
60.5Dim
70.5Dim
80.5Dim
90.5Dim
100.5Dim
110.5Dim
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Horki?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Horki.

What to pack for Horki in January

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

In January, Horki sees daytime highs around -3°C and nights near -8°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 Horki 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 Horki peaks around July 13 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 13UV 6Dec 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Horki?

Horki sits at 54.3°N, 31.0°E, 182 m above sea level, in Belarus. The nearest listed city is Orsha, 45 km away.

OrshaMogilevKrychawSmolenskBykhovKlimovichiVitebskRoslavl’

Topography around Horki

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Horki has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 193 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 92 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 m.

The land around Horki is covered by cropland (47%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, cropland (61%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and trees (41%), cropland (38%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
92 m
80 km
135 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Orsha 45 km · Mogilev 59 km · Krychaw 79 km · Smolensk 88 km · Bykhov 98 km · Klimovichi 99 km · Vitebsk 112 km · Roslavl’ 128 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 Horki (54.2861°, 30.986°, elevation 182 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).