Litomysl weather in January

In January, Litomysl sees average daytime highs of 0°C and overnight lows near -4°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 10.6 wet days and about 8.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 0°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 54 min at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Litomysl's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Litomysl's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-4°
1st coldest
Precipitation
49 mm
10.6 wet days
Daylight
8 h 18 min
7:54 AM – 4:14 PM
Cloud cover
78%
10th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.99 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Litomysl is town in the Czech Republic.

Density
303/km²
people per km²
Founded
~981 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 0°C through the month.

A typical January day in Litomysl reaches about 0°C in the afternoon and slips back to -4°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -6°C and 6°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Litomysl

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
10 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Litomysl 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 / -4°4910.68.38.40.0
Feb / -4°409.26.69.70.0
Mar / -1°5512.45.111.50.6
Apr12° / 52111.913.53.2
May17° / 8614.7015.14.9
Jun20° / 11°9113.80165.7
Jul22° / 13°10414.1015.76.2
Aug22° / 13°8712.2014.36.4
Sep17° / 7711.1012.45.2
Oct11° / 52100.610.52.8
Nov / 459.83.38.80.5
Dec / -3°4610.36.680.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Litomysl gets around 49 mm of rain and snow over 10.6 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 33% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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23627
33627
43627
53727
63627
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83627
93527
103526
113426
123326
133225
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153125
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313124

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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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 15 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
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 54 min at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:59 AM to 7:39 AM, and sunset from 3:56 PM to 4:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.97:593:56
28.07:593:57
38.07:593:58
48.07:593:59
58.07:594:00
68.07:594:01
78.17:594:02
88.17:584:04
98.17:584:05
108.17:584:06
118.27:574:07
128.27:574:08
138.27:564:10
148.37:564:11
158.37:554:12
168.37:544:14
178.47:544:15
188.47:534:17
198.47:524:18
208.57:514:20
218.57:504:21
228.67:494:23
238.67:484:24
248.67:474:26
258.77:464:27
268.77:454:29
278.87:444:30
288.87:434:32
298.97:424:34
308.97:414:35
319.07:394:37

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.73 kWh/m² to a high of 5.47 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.99 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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311.4Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Litomysl?

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 Litomysl.

What to pack for Litomysl in January

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

In January, Litomysl sees daytime highs around 0°C and nights near -4°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

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UV index in Litomysl 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 Litomysl peaks around June 20 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 20UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Litomysl 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 Litomysl is worst in June — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodJun 1617 µg/m³Dec 1110 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov10Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Litomysl?

Litomysl sits at 49.9°N, 16.3°E, 0 m above sea level, in Czechia. The nearest listed city is Česká Třebová, 10 km away.

Nové Město na MoravěChrudimPardubiceŽďár nad SázavouŠumperk

Topography around Litomysl

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Litomysl has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 105 m around an average of 367 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 420 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,292 m.

The land around Litomysl is covered by cropland (60%) within 3 km, cropland (46%) and trees (37%) within 16 km, and trees (43%) and cropland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
105 m
16 km
420 m
80 km
1,292 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Česká Třebová 10 km · Ústí nad Orlicí 13 km · Svitavy 17 km · Nové Město na Moravě 38 km · Chrudim 38 km · Pardubice 43 km · Žďár nad Sázavou 43 km · Šumperk 48 km

Czechia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 59% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$35,917
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 582
Religion
none 48%believers unaffiliated with a religious society 9%Roman Catholic 7%other believers belonging to a church or religious society 6%

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 Litomysl (49.8681°, 16.313°, elevation 0 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).