Debrecen weather in January

In January, Debrecen sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -3°C, with 34 mm of precipitation across 8.2 wet days and about 8.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-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 21% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Debrecen's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Debrecen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-3°
1st coldest
Precipitation
34 mm
8.2 wet days
Daylight
8 h 36 min
7:24 AM – 4:02 PM
Cloud cover
71%
11th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
1.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Debrecen is city in Hungary.

Air quality
Good
PM10 26.1 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded
1235

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

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12-2
22-2
32-2
42-2
52-2
62-2
73-2
83-2
93-2
103-2
113-2
123-2
133-2
143-2
153-2
163-2
173-2
183-3
193-3
202-3
212-3
222-3
232-3
242-3
253-3
263-3
273-3
283-3
293-3
303-3
313-3

How January really feels in Debrecen

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
wind chill below the day's low

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

Debrecen weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°348.23.78.70.0
Feb / -2°398.33.69.90.3
Mar11° / 398.51.511.62.9
Apr18° / 519.50.213.35.6
May23° / 12°6611014.96.6
Jun26° / 15°7311.7015.76.4
Jul28° / 17°7711015.45.9
Aug28° / 17°598.2014.16.3
Sep23° / 12°568.2012.47.0
Oct17° / 527.9010.65.5
Nov10° / 478.41.19.12.1
Dec / -1°468.72.68.30.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 68%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
23169
33070
43070
53070
63070
73070
83070
93169
103169
113169
123268
133169
143169
153169
163268
173169
183268
193367
203367
213268
223268
233268
243268
253268
263367
273367
283466
293466
303466
313466

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Debrecen gets around 34 mm of rain and snow over 8.2 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 27% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12811
22711
32711
42611
52611
62511
72511
82511
92411
102411
112411
122411
132411
142511
152511
162611
172611
182612
192612
202712
212712
222712
232813
242813
252813
262913
272913
282914
292914
302914
313014

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
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
210calm
310calm
410calm
510calm
610calm
710calm
810calm
910calm
1010calm
1110calm
1210calm
1310calm
1410calm
1510calm
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1710calm
1810calm
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2010calm
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3111calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:28 AM to 7:11 AM, and sunset from 3:46 PM to 4:23 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.37:283:46
28.37:283:46
38.37:283:47
48.37:283:48
58.47:283:49
68.47:273:50
78.47:273:51
88.47:273:52
98.47:273:54
108.57:263:55
118.57:263:56
128.57:263:57
138.57:253:58
148.67:253:59
158.67:244:01
168.67:244:02
178.77:234:03
188.77:224:05
198.77:224:06
208.87:214:07
218.87:204:09
228.87:194:10
238.97:194:11
248.97:184:13
259.07:174:14
269.07:164:16
279.07:154:17
289.17:144:19
299.17:134:20
309.27:124:22
319.27:114:23

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.92 kWh/m² to a high of 5.92 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.18 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.0Dim
21.0Dim
31.0Dim
41.0Dim
51.0Dim
61.0Dim
71.0Dim
81.0Dim
91.1Dim
101.1Dim
111.1Dim
121.1Dim
131.1Dim
141.1Dim
151.2Dim
161.2Dim
171.2Dim
181.2Dim
191.2Dim
201.3Dim
211.3Dim
221.3Dim
231.3Dim
241.4Dim
251.4Dim
261.4Dim
271.4Dim
281.5Dim
291.5Dim
301.5Dim
311.6Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Debrecen?

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
10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Debrecen.

What to pack for Debrecen in January

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

In January, Debrecen sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -3°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Debrecen 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 Debrecen peaks around July 12 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 highHighModerateLowJul 12UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May5High
Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Debrecen?

Debrecen sits at 47.5°N, 21.6°E, 124 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Hajdúböszörmény, 17 km away.

HortobágyHajdúnánásPüspökladányNyíregyházaKarcag

Topography around Debrecen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Debrecen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 121 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 711 m.

The land around Debrecen is covered by artificial surfaces (62%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, cropland (46%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and cropland (55%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
37 m
16 km
83 m
80 km
711 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Hajdúböszörmény 17 km · Hajdúszoboszló 19 km · Balmazújváros 23 km · Hortobágy 36 km · Hajdúnánás 38 km · Püspökladány 45 km · Nyíregyháza 48 km · Karcag 57 km

Hungary travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 52% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$25,907
2025
Happiness
5.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
7.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 590
Religion
no answer 40%Catholic 30%none 16%Calvinist 10%

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 Debrecen (47.5317°, 21.6244°, elevation 124 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).