Žďár nad Sázavou weather in January

In January, Žďár nad Sázavou sees average daytime highs of 0°C and overnight lows near -4°C, with 42 mm of precipitation across 10.4 wet days and about 8.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-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 14% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 hours at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Žďár nad Sázavou's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Žďár nad Sázavou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-4°
1st coldest
Precipitation
42 mm
10.4 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
7:54 AM – 4:17 PM
Cloud cover
76%
10th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
1 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Žďár nad Sázavou is town in the Czech Republic.

Density
551/km²
people per km²
Founded
1253

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 Žďár nad Sázavou reaches about 0°C in the afternoon and slips back to -4°C overnight — a 5°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 Žďár nad Sázavou

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
8 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Žďár nad Sázavou 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 / -4°4210.47.88.40.0
Feb / -4°358.76.79.80.0
Mar / -0°5011.5511.50.7
Apr12° / 4710.61.713.43.3
May17° / 7313.7015.15.0
Jun20° / 11°8313.30165.8
Jul22° / 13°9513.5015.66.3
Aug22° / 13°7811.6014.26.5
Sep17° / 7010.6012.45.3
Oct11° / 489.50.510.52.8
Nov / 439.83.58.90.4
Dec / -3°4410.16.780.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22476
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82674
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112575
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Žďár nad Sázavou gets around 42 mm of rain and snow over 10.4 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 32% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13525
23625
33625
43625
53625
63625
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93524
103424
113324
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143224
153124
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283025
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313024

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 (%)
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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 8 hours 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 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:59 AM to 7:40 AM, and sunset from 3:59 PM to 4:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.07:593:59
28.07:594:00
38.07:594:01
48.07:594:02
58.17:594:03
68.17:594:04
78.17:594:05
88.17:584:06
98.27:584:08
108.27:584:09
118.27:574:10
128.27:574:11
138.37:564:13
148.37:564:14
158.37:554:15
168.47:544:17
178.47:544:18
188.47:534:19
198.57:524:21
208.57:514:22
218.67:514:24
228.67:504:25
238.67:494:27
248.77:484:28
258.77:474:30
268.87:464:31
278.87:454:33
288.97:434:35
298.97:424:36
308.97:414:38
319.07:404:39

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.77 kWh/m² to a high of 5.46 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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141.0Dim
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231.1Dim
241.2Dim
251.2Dim
261.2Dim
271.3Dim
281.3Dim
291.3Dim
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311.4Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Žďár nad Sázavou?

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 Žďár nad Sázavou.

What to pack for Žďár nad Sázavou in January

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

In January, Žďár nad Sázavou sees daytime highs around 0°C and nights near -4°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 Žďár nad Sázavou 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 Žďár nad Sázavou peaks around June 21 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 10 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 21UV 7Jan 10UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Žďár nad Sázavou 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 Žďár nad Sázavou is worst in June — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 1516 µg/m³Dec 119 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb12Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov9Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Žďár nad Sázavou?

Žďár nad Sázavou sits at 49.6°N, 15.9°E, 580 m above sea level, in Czechia. The nearest listed city is Nové Město na Moravě, 10 km away.

JihlavaTřebíčLitomyslSvitavyChrudimČeská Třebová

Topography around Žďár nad Sázavou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Žďár nad Sázavou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 118 m around an average of 594 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 405 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 822 m.

The land around Žďár nad Sázavou is covered by trees (35%), cropland (29%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, trees (43%) and cropland (34%) within 16 km, and cropland (44%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
118 m
16 km
405 m
80 km
822 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Nové Město na Moravě 10 km · Havlíčkův Brod 26 km · Jihlava 31 km · Třebíč 39 km · Litomysl 43 km · Svitavy 44 km · Chrudim 44 km · Česká Třebová 53 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 Žďár nad Sázavou (49.5626°, 15.9392°, elevation 580 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).