Shchuchyn weather in January

In January, Shchuchyn sees average daytime highs of -1°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 39 mm of precipitation across 10.1 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 -1°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 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 Shchuchyn's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shchuchyn's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-1°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
1st coldest
Precipitation
39 mm
10.1 wet days
Daylight
7 h 42 min
9:38 AM – 5:23 PM
Cloud cover
86%
11th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Shchuchyn is city in Belarus.

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 -1°C through the month.

A typical January day in Shchuchyn reaches about -1°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 -9°C and 5°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)
10-5
2-1-5
3-1-5
4-1-5
5-1-5
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How January really feels in Shchuchyn

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.

Shchuchyn 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-1° / -5°3910.17.37.80.0
Feb / -5°379.97.49.40.0
Mar / -2°3910.44.711.50.4
Apr13° / 459.51.113.73.4
May18° / 6711.80.115.65.7
Jun22° / 12°6911.6016.76.2
Jul24° / 14°8812.8016.36.5
Aug23° / 13°6810.7014.66.6
Sep18° / 599.8012.55.4
Oct11° / 5310.10.510.32.6
Nov / 449.83.48.30.3
Dec / -4°4510.36.17.30.0

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 7% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11387
21387
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Shchuchyn gets around 39 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 32% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13623
23623
33623
43623
53623
63524
73524
83423
93423
103323
113222
123122
133122
143022
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212922
223023
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243124
253124
263225
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283325
293426
303426
313526

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
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4100
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26100
27100
28100
29100
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31100

Wind in January

Winds average 16 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
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
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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 9:46 AM to 9:20 AM, and sunset from 5:03 PM to 5:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.39:465:03
27.39:455:04
37.39:455:05
47.49:455:06
57.49:455:07
67.49:445:08
77.49:445:10
87.59:445:11
97.59:435:12
107.59:425:14
117.69:425:15
127.69:415:16
137.69:405:18
147.79:405:19
157.79:395:21
167.79:385:23
177.89:375:24
187.89:365:26
197.99:355:27
207.99:345:29
218.09:335:31
228.09:325:33
238.19:315:34
248.19:295:36
258.29:285:38
268.29:275:40
278.39:255:42
288.39:245:43
298.49:235:45
308.49:215:47
318.59:205:49

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.44 kWh/m² to a high of 5.52 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.64 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 Shchuchyn?

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 Shchuchyn.

What to pack for Shchuchyn in January

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

In January, Shchuchyn sees daytime highs around -1°C and nights near -5°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 Shchuchyn 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 Shchuchyn 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 0 (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 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Shchuchyn?

Shchuchyn sits at 53.6°N, 24.7°E, 176 m above sea level, in Belarus. The nearest listed city is Lida, 48 km away.

LidaVaukavyskGrodnoSlonimNovogrudokSokółkaBaranovichiAlytus

Topography around Shchuchyn

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shchuchyn has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m around an average of 174 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 108 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 261 m.

The land around Shchuchyn is covered by cropland (36%), trees (28%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (49%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and cropland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
61 m
16 km
108 m
80 km
261 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Lida 48 km · Vaukavysk 53 km · Grodno 61 km · Slonim 69 km · Novogrudok 71 km · Sokółka 85 km · Baranovichi 99 km · Alytus 100 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 Shchuchyn (53.6014°, 24.7465°, elevation 176 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).