Smarhoń weather in January

In January, Smarhoń sees average daytime highs of -2°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 38 mm of precipitation across 10.1 wet days and about 7.6 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 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 Smarhoń's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Smarhoń's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-2°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-6°
1st coldest
Precipitation
38 mm
10.1 wet days
Daylight
7 h 36 min
9:36 AM – 5:11 PM
Cloud cover
87%
10th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.61 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Smarhoń is city in Belarus.

Density
1,651/km²
people per km²
Founded
1503

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 Smarhoń 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 -10°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)
1-2-6
2-2-6
3-2-6
4-2-6
5-2-6
6-2-6
7-2-6
8-2-6
9-2-6
10-2-6
11-2-6
12-2-6
13-2-6
14-2-6
15-2-6
16-2-6
17-2-6
18-2-6
19-2-6
20-2-7
21-2-7
22-2-7
23-2-7
24-2-7
25-2-7
26-3-7
27-2-7
28-2-7
29-2-7
30-2-7
31-2-7

How January really feels in Smarhoń

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.

Smarhoń 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°3810.18.27.60.0
Feb-1° / -6°359.57.99.30.0
Mar / -3°389.65.311.50.2
Apr12° / 459.51.513.73.0
May18° / 6512.20.115.75.4
Jun21° / 11°7012.3016.96.0
Jul23° / 13°8512.7016.46.4
Aug22° / 12°7011.1014.76.5
Sep17° / 539.7012.55.1
Oct10° / 5410.4110.22.1
Nov / -1°409.63.98.20.1
Dec-1° / -4°4110.77.57.10.0

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
5991
61090
71090
81090
91090
101090
111090
121090
131090
141090
151090
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201189
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221288
231288
241288
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261387
271387
281387
291387
301585
311585

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Smarhoń gets around 38 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 36% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13625
23625
33525
43525
53525
63525
73525
83525
93425
103425
113325
123324
133224
143224
153124
163125
173125
183025
193025
203026
213026
223026
233027
243028
253128
263129
273229
283230
293330
303331
313431

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
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
1117light breeze
1217light breeze
1317light breeze
1417light breeze
1517light breeze
1617light breeze
1717light breeze
1816light breeze
1916light breeze
2016light breeze
2116light breeze
2216light breeze
2316light breeze
2416light breeze
2516light breeze
2616light breeze
2716light breeze
2816light breeze
2916light breeze
3016light breeze
3116light 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 9:44 AM to 9:17 AM, and sunset from 4:51 PM to 5:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.19:444:51
27.19:444:52
37.29:444:53
47.29:444:54
57.29:434:55
67.29:434:57
77.39:434:58
87.39:424:59
97.39:425:01
107.49:415:02
117.49:405:03
127.49:405:05
137.59:395:06
147.59:385:08
157.59:375:10
167.69:365:11
177.69:355:13
187.79:345:15
197.79:335:16
207.89:325:18
217.89:315:20
227.99:305:22
237.99:285:23
248.09:275:25
258.09:265:27
268.19:245:29
278.19:235:31
288.29:215:33
298.29:205:35
308.39:185:37
318.49:175:39

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.4 kWh/m² to a high of 5.42 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.61 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.4Dim
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30.5Dim
40.5Dim
50.5Dim
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70.5Dim
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90.5Dim
100.5Dim
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140.6Dim
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170.6Dim
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240.8Dim
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260.8Dim
270.8Dim
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310.9Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Smarhoń?

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 Smarhoń.

What to pack for Smarhoń in January

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

In January, Smarhoń 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 Smarhoń 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 Smarhoń peaks around July 12 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 12UV 6Dec 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Smarhoń?

Smarhoń sits at 54.5°N, 26.4°E, 153 m above sea level, in Belarus. The nearest listed city is Oshmyany, 30 km away.

MaladziečnaNaujoji VilniaAntakalnisNaujininkaiVilnius

Topography around Smarhoń

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Smarhoń has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m around an average of 159 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 192 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 275 m.

The land around Smarhoń is covered by cropland (41%), artificial surfaces (24%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and cropland (38%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
55 m
16 km
192 m
80 km
275 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Oshmyany 30 km · Astraviec 32 km · Vileyka 33 km · Maladziečna 35 km · Naujoji Vilnia 67 km · Antakalnis 74 km · Naujininkai 75 km · Vilnius 76 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 Smarhoń (54.4798°, 26.3957°, elevation 153 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).