Mezőkövesd weather in January

In January, Mezőkövesd sees average daytime highs of 2°C and overnight lows near -3°C, with 31 mm of precipitation across 7.1 wet days and about 8.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 2°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 Mezőkövesd's 10th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mezőkövesd's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-3°
1st coldest
Precipitation
31 mm
7.1 wet days
Daylight
8 h 36 min
7:29 AM – 4:05 PM
Cloud cover
69%
10th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
1.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Mezőkövesd is town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county in Northern Hungary.

Density
176/km²
people per km²

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 2°C through the month.

A typical January day in Mezőkövesd reaches about 2°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 -3°C and 8°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12-3
22-3
32-3
42-3
52-3
62-3
72-3
82-3
92-3
102-3
112-3
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How January really feels in Mezőkövesd

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.

Mezőkövesd 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°317.13.68.60.0
Feb / -2°337.43.69.90.3
Mar11° / 357.61.611.62.9
Apr18° / 458.20.213.45.7
May23° / 12°5911.3014.96.6
Jun26° / 15°6511.1015.76.4
Jul28° / 17°7210.9015.45.9
Aug28° / 16°538.7014.16.3
Sep23° / 12°507.9012.47.0
Oct16° / 497.70.110.65.4
Nov / 448.41.39.11.9
Dec / -2°407.92.68.30.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
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53565
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Mezőkövesd gets around 31 mm of rain and snow over 7.1 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 23% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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 9 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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49calm
59calm
69calm
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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 7:33 AM to 7:16 AM, and sunset from 3:49 PM to 4:26 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.37:333:49
28.37:333:49
38.37:333:50
48.37:333:51
58.37:333:52
68.37:333:53
78.47:333:54
88.47:323:55
98.47:323:57
108.47:323:58
118.57:313:59
128.57:314:00
138.57:314:01
148.57:304:02
158.67:294:04
168.67:294:05
178.67:284:06
188.77:284:08
198.77:274:09
208.77:264:10
218.87:254:12
228.87:254:13
238.87:244:15
248.97:234:16
258.97:224:17
269.07:214:19
279.07:204:20
289.17:194:22
299.17:184:23
309.17:174:25
319.27:164:26

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.92 kWh/m² to a high of 5.89 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.19 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
81.1Dim
91.1Dim
101.1Dim
111.1Dim
121.1Dim
131.1Dim
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251.4Dim
261.4Dim
271.4Dim
281.5Dim
291.5Dim
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311.6Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Mezőkövesd?

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 Mezőkövesd.

What to pack for Mezőkövesd in January

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

In January, Mezőkövesd sees daytime highs around 2°C and nights near -3°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Mezőkövesd 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 Mezőkövesd 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 December 22 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 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Mezőkövesd 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 Mezőkövesd is worst in June — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodJun 1815 µg/m³Oct 1211 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb12Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct11Good
Nov12Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Mezőkövesd?

Mezőkövesd sits at 47.8°N, 20.6°E, 117 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Eger, 18 km away.

DiósgyőrMiskolcTiszaújvárosKazincbarcikaGyöngyösÓzdHortobágy

Topography around Mezőkövesd

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mezőkövesd has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m around an average of 120 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 331 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 987 m.

The land around Mezőkövesd is covered by cropland (66%) within 3 km, cropland (59%) within 16 km, and cropland (49%), trees (27%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
34 m
16 km
331 m
80 km
987 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Eger 18 km · Diósgyőr 32 km · Miskolc 35 km · Tiszaújváros 39 km · Kazincbarcika 48 km · Gyöngyös 49 km · Ózd 49 km · Hortobágy 50 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 Mezőkövesd (47.8167°, 20.5833°, elevation 117 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).