Slutsk weather in January

In January, Slutsk sees average daytime highs of -2°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 36 mm of precipitation across 9.6 wet days and about 7.9 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 6% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 24 min at the start of January to 8 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Slutsk's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Slutsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-2°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-6°
1st coldest
Precipitation
36 mm
9.6 wet days
Daylight
7 h 48 min
9:24 AM – 5:14 PM
Cloud cover
86%
11th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.7 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Slutsk is city in Belarus.

Density
2,441/km²
people per km²
Founded
1116

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 Slutsk reaches about -2°C in the afternoon and slips back to -6°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 4°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)
1-1-5
2-1-5
3-1-5
4-1-5
5-1-5
6-1-5
7-1-5
8-1-5
9-1-5
10-1-5
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12-1-6
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14-1-6
15-1-6
16-2-6
17-2-6
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23-2-7
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30-2-7
31-2-7

How January really feels in Slutsk

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.

Slutsk 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° / -6°369.67.47.90.0
Feb-0° / -6°328.97.29.50.0
Mar / -2°389.34.411.50.4
Apr13° / 418.8113.63.6
May19° / 6311.50.115.55.8
Jun22° / 12°6711.4016.66.3
Jul24° / 14°8813.3016.26.4
Aug24° / 13°6110014.56.8
Sep18° / 488.9012.45.6
Oct11° / 509.50.610.32.6
Nov / -0°439.33.58.40.2
Dec-0° / -4°399.97.17.40.0

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 (%)
11288
21288
31288
41288
51288
61288
71288
81288
91288
101288
111288
121387
131387
141288
151288
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201288
211288
221288
231387
241486
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271585
281585
291684
301684
311684

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Slutsk gets around 36 mm of rain and snow over 9.6 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 31% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13424
23323
33323
43323
53323
63223
73223
83223
93122
103122
113022
122922
132921
142821
152821
162821
172821
182821
192822
202822
212822
222923
232924
243024
253125
263125
273226
283226
293327
303327
313328

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
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
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
1216light breeze
1316light breeze
1416light breeze
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1616light breeze
1716light breeze
1817light breeze
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2017light breeze
2117light breeze
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3017light breeze
3117light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 24 min at the start of January to 8 h 36 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 9:31 AM to 9:06 AM, and sunset from 4:55 PM to 5:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.49:314:55
27.49:314:56
37.49:314:57
47.59:304:58
57.59:304:59
67.59:305:01
77.59:305:02
87.69:295:03
97.69:295:04
107.69:285:06
117.79:285:07
127.79:275:08
137.79:265:10
147.89:255:11
157.89:255:13
167.89:245:14
177.99:235:16
187.99:225:18
198.09:215:19
208.09:205:21
218.19:195:23
228.19:185:24
238.29:175:26
248.29:165:28
258.39:145:29
268.39:135:31
278.49:125:33
288.49:105:35
298.59:095:37
308.59:085:38
318.69:065:40

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.48 kWh/m² to a high of 5.61 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.7 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.5Dim
20.5Dim
30.5Dim
40.5Dim
50.6Dim
60.6Dim
70.6Dim
80.6Dim
90.6Dim
100.6Dim
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230.8Dim
240.8Dim
250.9Dim
260.9Dim
270.9Dim
280.9Dim
291.0Dim
301.0Dim
311.0Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Slutsk?

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 Slutsk.

What to pack for Slutsk in January

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

In January, Slutsk sees daytime highs around -2°C and nights near -6°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 Slutsk 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 Slutsk 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
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Slutsk?

Slutsk sits at 53.0°N, 27.5°E, 141 m above sea level, in Belarus. The nearest listed city is Soligorsk, 25 km away.

NesvizhMar’ina GorkaStowbtsyDzyarzhynskOsipovichiFanipolMir

Topography around Slutsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Slutsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m around an average of 155 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 158 m.

The land around Slutsk is covered by artificial surfaces (30%), cropland (27%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (75%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and cropland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
23 m
16 km
61 m
80 km
158 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Soligorsk 25 km · Nesvizh 62 km · Mar’ina Gorka 68 km · Stowbtsy 74 km · Dzyarzhynsk 79 km · Osipovichi 79 km · Fanipol 83 km · Mir 87 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 Slutsk (53.0152°, 27.5416°, elevation 141 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).