Vitebsk weather in January

In January, Vitebsk sees average daytime highs of -3°C and overnight lows near -7°C, with 44 mm of precipitation across 11.3 wet days and about 7.5 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 5% 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 Vitebsk's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vitebsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-3°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-7°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
44 mm
11.3 wet days
Daylight
7 h 30 min
9:25 AM – 4:52 PM
Cloud cover
88%
11th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.52 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Vitebsk is city in Belarus.

Density
2,878/km²
people per km²
Founded
~974 CE

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 Vitebsk reaches about -3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -7°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 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)
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5-2-7
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How January really feels in Vitebsk

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.

Vitebsk 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° / -7°4411.3117.50.0
Feb-2° / -8°41109.99.20.0
Mar / -4°409.56.611.40.1
Apr11° / 449.31.913.82.8
May18° / 6612.10.115.95.4
Jun21° / 12°7412.20175.9
Jul23° / 14°8813.6016.66.2
Aug22° / 12°7611.6014.86.3
Sep16° / 649.7012.54.9
Oct / 6211.51.610.21.7
Nov / -2°5110.55.58.10.0
Dec-2° / -5°45111070.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 3% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 91%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1892
2892
3892
4892
5892
6892
7892
8892
9892
10892
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311288

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Vitebsk gets around 44 mm of rain and snow over 11.3 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 36% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 11 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13835
23834
33834
43734
53734
63733
73733
83733
93633
103533
113532
123432
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313940

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
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Wind in January

Winds average 14 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
1314light 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 9:34 AM to 9:05 AM, and sunset from 4:31 PM to 5:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.09:344:31
27.09:334:32
37.09:334:33
47.09:334:34
57.19:334:36
67.19:324:37
77.19:324:38
87.19:314:40
97.29:314:41
107.29:304:42
117.29:294:44
127.39:284:45
137.39:284:47
147.49:274:49
157.49:264:50
167.59:254:52
177.59:244:54
187.59:234:55
197.69:224:57
207.69:214:59
217.79:195:01
227.79:185:03
237.89:175:05
247.99:155:07
257.99:145:08
268.09:135:10
278.09:115:12
288.19:105:14
298.19:085:16
308.29:065:18
318.39:055:20

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.34 kWh/m² to a high of 5.46 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.52 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.4Dim
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Vitebsk?

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 Vitebsk.

What to pack for Vitebsk in January

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

In January, Vitebsk sees daytime highs around -3°C and nights near -7°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Vitebsk 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 Vitebsk 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 19 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 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Vitebsk?

Vitebsk sits at 55.2°N, 30.2°E, 150 m above sea level, in Belarus. The nearest listed city is Orsha, 76 km away.

OrshaNevel’PolotskLyepyel’NovopolotskHorkiSmolenskVelikiye Luki

Topography around Vitebsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vitebsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m around an average of 159 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 125 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 195 m.

The land around Vitebsk is covered by artificial surfaces (53%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, trees (46%), cropland (26%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) within 80 km.

3 km
79 m
16 km
125 m
80 km
195 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Orsha 76 km · Nevel’ 94 km · Polotsk 96 km · Lyepyel’ 102 km · Novopolotsk 109 km · Horki 112 km · Smolensk 126 km · Velikiye Luki 130 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 Vitebsk (55.1904°, 30.2049°, elevation 150 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).