Zugdidi weather in January

In January, Zugdidi sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 142 mm of precipitation across 14.5 wet days and about 9.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 9°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 54 min at the start of January to 9 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Zugdidi's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zugdidi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 9°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 142 mm; 14.5 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 12 min; 8:46 AM – 5:58 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 1.74 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.5; out of 10

Zugdidi is city in Georgia.

Density: 1,838/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 9°C through the month.

A typical January day in Zugdidi reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and on par with 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)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Avg low (°C)	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

How January really feels in Zugdidi

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 20 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.

Zugdidi weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	9° / 3°	142	14.5	4.4	9.2	1.5
Feb	9° / 3°	128	12.6	4.7	10.3	1.8
Mar	12° / 5°	163	14.8	2.1	11.6	3.0
Apr	17° / 9°	130	12.9	0.2	13.1	5.0
May	21° / 14°	149	12.8	0	14.4	6.2
Jun	25° / 18°	175	13.8	0	15.1	6.5
Jul	27° / 20°	184	15.5	0	14.8	6.0
Aug	27° / 20°	179	15.4	0	13.7	6.1
Sep	25° / 17°	197	12.8	0	12.3	6.8
Oct	21° / 13°	178	12	0	10.8	6.3
Nov	15° / 8°	147	11.7	0.5	9.6	4.4
Dec	11° / 4°	152	13.3	2.3	8.9	2.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 65%.

	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	36	36	38	38	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	37	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	33	31	31	32	31	31	31	33
Cloudier (%)	64	64	64	64	64	62	62	63	63	63	63	62	62	62	62	63	64	64	65	65	66	66	66	67	69	69	68	69	69	69	67

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	38	62
7	38	62
8	37	63
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	37	63
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	37	63
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	32	68
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	33	67

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Zugdidi gets around 142 mm of rain and snow over 14.5 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 46% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days, and about 4 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 (%)	45	45	45	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	45	45	45	46	46	47	47	48	48	49	49	49	49	49
Snow chance (%)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	45	10
2	45	10
3	45	10
4	45	10
5	45	11
6	45	11
7	46	11
8	46	11
9	46	11
10	46	11
11	45	12
12	45	12
13	45	12
14	45	12
15	45	13
16	44	13
17	44	14
18	45	14
19	45	14
20	45	15
21	46	15
22	46	16
23	47	16
24	47	17
25	48	18
26	48	18
27	49	18
28	49	19
29	49	19
30	49	19
31	49	19

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 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 54 min at the start of January to 9 h 42 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 8:48 AM to 8:36 AM, and sunset from 5:44 PM to 6:16 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)	8.9	8.9	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7
Sunrise (AM)	8:48	8:48	8:48	8:48	8:48	8:48	8:48	8:48	8:48	8:47	8:47	8:47	8:47	8:46	8:46	8:46	8:45	8:45	8:44	8:44	8:43	8:42	8:42	8:41	8:40	8:40	8:39	8:38	8:37	8:36	8:36
Sunset (PM)	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:14	6:15	6:16

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	8.9	8:48	5:44
2	8.9	8:48	5:44
3	9.0	8:48	5:45
4	9.0	8:48	5:46
5	9.0	8:48	5:47
6	9.0	8:48	5:48
7	9.0	8:48	5:49
8	9.0	8:48	5:50
9	9.1	8:48	5:51
10	9.1	8:47	5:52
11	9.1	8:47	5:53
12	9.1	8:47	5:54
13	9.1	8:47	5:55
14	9.2	8:46	5:56
15	9.2	8:46	5:57
16	9.2	8:46	5:58
17	9.2	8:45	5:59
18	9.3	8:45	6:00
19	9.3	8:44	6:01
20	9.3	8:44	6:03
21	9.3	8:43	6:04
22	9.4	8:42	6:05
23	9.4	8:42	6:06
24	9.4	8:41	6:07
25	9.5	8:40	6:09
26	9.5	8:40	6:10
27	9.5	8:39	6:11
28	9.6	8:38	6:12
29	9.6	8:37	6:14
30	9.6	8:36	6:15
31	9.7	8:36	6:16

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.51 kWh/m² to a high of 6.4 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.74 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)	1.5	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	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1
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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.5	Dim
2	1.5	Dim
3	1.5	Dim
4	1.5	Dim
5	1.6	Dim
6	1.6	Dim
7	1.6	Dim
8	1.6	Dim
9	1.6	Dim
10	1.6	Dim
11	1.7	Dim
12	1.7	Dim
13	1.7	Dim
14	1.7	Dim
15	1.7	Dim
16	1.8	Dim
17	1.8	Dim
18	1.8	Dim
19	1.8	Dim
20	1.8	Dim
21	1.9	Dim
22	1.9	Dim
23	1.9	Dim
24	1.9	Dim
25	1.9	Dim
26	2.0	Dim
27	2.0	Moderate
28	2.0	Moderate
29	2.1	Moderate
30	2.1	Moderate
31	2.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Zugdidi?

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

1.5

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Zugdidi.

What to pack for Zugdidi in January

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

In January, Zugdidi sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. About 15 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Zugdidi in January

The nearest coast averages about 10°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 25 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 9°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 4 to Oct 21 — about 4.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	10	9	9	12	17	22	25	26	24	21	17	13
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	10	Bracing
Feb	9	Bracing
Mar	9	Bracing
Apr	12	Bracing
May	17	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	24	Warm
Oct	21	Refreshing
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	13	Bracing

UV index in Zugdidi 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 Zugdidi peaks around June 21 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	6	7	9	8	8	6	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Zugdidi?

Zugdidi sits at 42.5°N, 41.9°E, 128 m above sea level, in Georgia. The nearest listed city is Poti, 44 km away.

Topography around Zugdidi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zugdidi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 106 m around an average of 110 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 491 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,939 m.

The land around Zugdidi is covered by trees (49%) and artificial surfaces (34%) within 3 km, trees (71%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) and water (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

106 m

trees 49%

16 km

491 m

trees 71%

80 km

3,939 m

trees 61%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewaterwetland

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

January weather nearby: Poti 44 km · Samtredia 55 km · Kutaisi 73 km · Kobuleti 75 km · Sokhumi 91 km · Mestia 92 km · Batumi 98 km · Stantsiya Novyy Afon 105 km

Georgia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 33% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $9,692; 2025
Happiness: 5.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 71%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2; per 100k, 2019
Road deaths: 12.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 541
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 Zugdidi (42.5084°, 41.868°, elevation 128 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	38	62
7	38	62
8	37	63
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	37	63
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	37	63
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	32	68
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	45	10
2	45	10
3	45	10
4	45	10
5	45	11
6	45	11
7	46	11
8	46	11
9	46	11
10	46	11
11	45	12
12	45	12
13	45	12
14	45	12
15	45	13
16	44	13
17	44	14
18	45	14
19	45	14
20	45	15
21	46	15
22	46	16
23	47	16
24	47	17
25	48	18
26	48	18
27	49	18
28	49	19
29	49	19
30	49	19
31	49	19

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	38	62
7	38	62
8	37	63
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	37	63
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	37	63
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	32	68
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	45	10
2	45	10
3	45	10
4	45	10
5	45	11
6	45	11
7	46	11
8	46	11
9	46	11
10	46	11
11	45	12
12	45	12
13	45	12
14	45	12
15	45	13
16	44	13
17	44	14
18	45	14
19	45	14
20	45	15
21	46	15
22	46	16
23	47	16
24	47	17
25	48	18
26	48	18
27	49	18
28	49	19
29	49	19
30	49	19
31	49	19

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	38	62
7	38	62
8	37	63
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	37	63
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	37	63
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	32	68
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	45	10
2	45	10
3	45	10
4	45	10
5	45	11
6	45	11
7	46	11
8	46	11
9	46	11
10	46	11
11	45	12
12	45	12
13	45	12
14	45	12
15	45	13
16	44	13
17	44	14
18	45	14
19	45	14
20	45	15
21	46	15
22	46	16
23	47	16
24	47	17
25	48	18
26	48	18
27	49	18
28	49	19
29	49	19
30	49	19
31	49	19

	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