Goražde weather in January

In January, Goražde sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 57 mm of precipitation across 11 wet days and about 9.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-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 24% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 48 min at the start of January to 9 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Goražde's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Goražde's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 3°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: -5°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 57 mm; 11 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 06 min; 7:21 AM – 4:26 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 12th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 1.66 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

Goražde is city in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Air quality: High; PM2.5 32.5 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 3,113/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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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 Goražde reaches about 3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -5°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -3°C and 9°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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

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

How January really feels in Goražde

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Goražde 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	3° / -5°	57	11	8.6	9.1	0.0
Feb	5° / -4°	62	10.7	8.5	10.2	0.2
Mar	9° / -1°	73	12.2	6.7	11.6	1.9
Apr	14° / 4°	82	14.2	2.7	13.2	3.7
May	19° / 8°	93	14.8	0.3	14.5	5.3
Jun	22° / 12°	84	14.8	0	15.2	6.1
Jul	25° / 14°	74	12.3	0	14.9	6.8
Aug	25° / 14°	57	11.2	0	13.8	6.9
Sep	21° / 10°	63	10.5	0	12.3	6.4
Oct	16° / 5°	64	8.6	1.1	10.8	5.0
Nov	9° / 1°	68	9.9	4.1	9.5	2.0
Dec	4° / -3°	72	11.4	7.9	8.8	0.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	36	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	38	38	37	37	36	36	35	34	34	33	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	35
Cloudier (%)	64	64	64	63	63	63	62	62	62	62	62	62	63	62	62	63	63	64	64	65	66	66	67	67	67	67	66	66	65	65	65

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	37	63
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	37	63
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	35	65

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Goražde gets around 57 mm of rain and snow over 11 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 35% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	39	38	38	37	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	34
Snow chance (%)	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	28
2	38	28
3	38	27
4	37	27
5	36	27
6	36	26
7	35	26
8	35	26
9	34	26
10	34	26
11	34	26
12	34	26
13	34	26
14	34	26
15	35	27
16	35	27
17	35	28
18	36	28
19	36	28
20	36	28
21	36	29
22	36	29
23	36	29
24	36	28
25	36	28
26	35	28
27	35	28
28	35	28
29	34	28
30	34	28
31	34	28

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 48 min at the start of January to 9 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:23 AM to 7:10 AM, and sunset from 4:11 PM to 4:45 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6
Sunrise (AM)	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:21	7:21	7:20	7:20	7:19	7:19	7:18	7:17	7:17	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:10
Sunset (PM)	4:11	4:12	4:13	4:14	4:15	4:16	4:16	4:17	4:18	4:19	4:20	4:22	4:23	4:24	4:25	4:26	4:27	4:28	4:29	4:31	4:32	4:33	4:34	4:36	4:37	4:38	4:39	4:41	4:42	4:43	4:45

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	8.8	7:23	4:11
2	8.8	7:23	4:12
3	8.8	7:23	4:13
4	8.8	7:23	4:14
5	8.9	7:23	4:15
6	8.9	7:23	4:16
7	8.9	7:23	4:16
8	8.9	7:23	4:17
9	8.9	7:23	4:18
10	8.9	7:23	4:19
11	9.0	7:23	4:20
12	9.0	7:22	4:22
13	9.0	7:22	4:23
14	9.0	7:22	4:24
15	9.1	7:21	4:25
16	9.1	7:21	4:26
17	9.1	7:20	4:27
18	9.1	7:20	4:28
19	9.2	7:19	4:29
20	9.2	7:19	4:31
21	9.2	7:18	4:32
22	9.3	7:17	4:33
23	9.3	7:17	4:34
24	9.3	7:16	4:36
25	9.4	7:15	4:37
26	9.4	7:15	4:38
27	9.4	7:14	4:39
28	9.5	7:13	4:41
29	9.5	7:12	4:42
30	9.5	7:11	4:43
31	9.6	7:10	4:45

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.66 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.36 kWh/m² to a high of 5.86 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.66 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.4	Dim
2	1.4	Dim
3	1.4	Dim
4	1.4	Dim
5	1.5	Dim
6	1.5	Dim
7	1.5	Dim
8	1.5	Dim
9	1.5	Dim
10	1.6	Dim
11	1.6	Dim
12	1.6	Dim
13	1.6	Dim
14	1.6	Dim
15	1.6	Dim
16	1.7	Dim
17	1.7	Dim
18	1.7	Dim
19	1.7	Dim
20	1.7	Dim
21	1.8	Dim
22	1.8	Dim
23	1.8	Dim
24	1.8	Dim
25	1.9	Dim
26	1.9	Dim
27	1.9	Dim
28	1.9	Dim
29	1.9	Dim
30	2.0	Dim
31	2.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Goražde?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Goražde.

What to pack for Goražde in January

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

In January, Goražde sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -5°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 Goražde in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Goražde peaks around July 17 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	6	7	7	9	9	9	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	7	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Goražde in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Goražde is worst in April — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.4× the cleanest month (December, 19 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Goražde's WHO annual average of 32.5 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	20	29	37	46	45	42	36	43	28	24	22	19
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	20	Moderate
Feb	29	Moderate
Mar	37	Poor
Apr	46	Poor
May	45	Poor
Jun	42	Poor
Jul	36	Poor
Aug	43	Poor
Sep	28	Moderate
Oct	24	Moderate
Nov	22	Moderate
Dec	19	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Goražde?

Goražde sits at 43.7°N, 19.0°E, 348 m above sea level, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The nearest listed city is Pljevlja, 46 km away.

Topography around Goražde

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Goražde has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 624 m around an average of 518 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,158 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,295 m.

The land around Goražde is covered by trees (80%) within 3 km, trees (89%) within 16 km, and trees (74%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

624 m

trees 80%

16 km

1,158 m

trees 89%

80 km

2,295 m

trees 74%

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← December Goražde year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Pljevlja 46 km · Sarajevo 54 km · Srebrenica 55 km · Ilidža 57 km · Žabljak 58 km · Zlatibor 59 km · Visoko 73 km · Užice 73 km

Bosnia and Herzegovina travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 40% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $10,382; 2025
Happiness: 6.4 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 86%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 13.5; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 591
Religion

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 Goražde (43.6679°, 18.9756°, elevation 348 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	37	63
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	37	63
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	28
2	38	28
3	38	27
4	37	27
5	36	27
6	36	26
7	35	26
8	35	26
9	34	26
10	34	26
11	34	26
12	34	26
13	34	26
14	34	26
15	35	27
16	35	27
17	35	28
18	36	28
19	36	28
20	36	28
21	36	29
22	36	29
23	36	29
24	36	28
25	36	28
26	35	28
27	35	28
28	35	28
29	34	28
30	34	28
31	34	28

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	37	63
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	37	63
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	28
2	38	28
3	38	27
4	37	27
5	36	27
6	36	26
7	35	26
8	35	26
9	34	26
10	34	26
11	34	26
12	34	26
13	34	26
14	34	26
15	35	27
16	35	27
17	35	28
18	36	28
19	36	28
20	36	28
21	36	29
22	36	29
23	36	29
24	36	28
25	36	28
26	35	28
27	35	28
28	35	28
29	34	28
30	34	28
31	34	28

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	37	63
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	37	63
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	28
2	38	28
3	38	27
4	37	27
5	36	27
6	36	26
7	35	26
8	35	26
9	34	26
10	34	26
11	34	26
12	34	26
13	34	26
14	34	26
15	35	27
16	35	27
17	35	28
18	36	28
19	36	28
20	36	28
21	36	29
22	36	29
23	36	29
24	36	28
25	36	28
26	35	28
27	35	28
28	35	28
29	34	28
30	34	28
31	34	28

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100