Lyepyel’ weather in January

In January, Lyepyel’ sees average daytime highs of -2°C and overnight lows near -7°C, with 40 mm of precipitation across 10.4 wet days and about 7.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-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 6% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

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

Daytime high
-2°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-7°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
40 mm
10.4 wet days
Daylight
7 h 30 min
9:29 AM – 5:00 PM
Cloud cover
88%
11th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

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 Lyepyel’ 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
5-2-6
6-2-6
7-2-6
8-2-6
9-2-6
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18-2-7
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20-3-7
21-3-7
22-3-7
23-3-7
24-3-7
25-3-7
26-3-8
27-3-8
28-3-8
29-3-8
30-3-8
31-3-8

How January really feels in Lyepyel’

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.

Lyepyel’ 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-2° / -7°4010.497.60.0
Feb-2° / -7°379.48.59.30.0
Mar / -3°389.35.811.40.1
Apr11° / 459.51.613.82.8
May18° / 6711.50.215.85.4
Jun21° / 12°7612.80175.9
Jul23° / 14°8312.9016.56.4
Aug22° / 13°7011.3014.76.4
Sep16° / 639.9012.55.0
Oct10° / 5811.31.310.21.9
Nov / -1°479.74.58.10.0
Dec-1° / -5°4010.28.770.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% 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 89%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1991
2991
3991
4991
51090
61090
71189
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91189
101189
111189
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311288

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Lyepyel’ gets around 40 mm of rain and snow over 10.4 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 34% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13429
23428
33528
43528
53528
63528
73528
83528
93428
103428
113327
123327
133327
143227
153227
163227
173227
183128
193128
203128
213229
223229
233230
243330
253431
263431
273532
283532
293632
303633
313633

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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15100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

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 15 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
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 hours at the start of January to 8 h 18 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 9:38 AM to 9:09 AM, and sunset from 4:39 PM to 5:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.09:384:39
27.09:374:40
37.19:374:41
47.19:374:42
57.19:374:44
67.19:364:45
77.29:364:46
87.29:354:48
97.29:354:49
107.39:344:50
117.39:334:52
127.39:334:53
137.49:324:55
147.49:314:57
157.59:304:58
167.59:295:00
177.69:285:01
187.69:275:03
197.69:265:05
207.79:255:07
217.79:245:09
227.89:225:10
237.99:215:12
247.99:205:14
258.09:185:16
268.09:175:18
278.19:165:20
288.19:145:22
298.29:135:24
308.29:115:26
318.39:095:28

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.36 kWh/m² to a high of 5.45 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.55 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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310.8Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Lyepyel’?

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 Lyepyel’.

What to pack for Lyepyel’ in January

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

In January, Lyepyel’ 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 Lyepyel’ 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 Lyepyel’ 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
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Lyepyel’?

Lyepyel’ sits at 54.9°N, 28.7°E, 165 m above sea level, in Belarus. The nearest listed city is Polotsk, 68 km away.

PolotskHlybokayeNovopolotskBarysawHorad ZhodzinaLogoyskVitebskSmaliavičy

Topography around Lyepyel’

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lyepyel’ has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 160 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 113 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 222 m.

The land around Lyepyel’ is covered by trees (31%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, trees (58%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
44 m
16 km
113 m
80 km
222 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Polotsk 68 km · Hlybokaye 70 km · Novopolotsk 72 km · Barysaw 74 km · Horad Zhodzina 90 km · Logoysk 93 km · Vitebsk 102 km · Smaliavičy 103 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 Lyepyel’ (54.8814°, 28.699°, elevation 165 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).