Nyíregyháza weather in January

In January, Nyíregyháza sees average daytime highs of 2°C and overnight lows near -3°C, with 33 mm of precipitation across 7.9 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 21% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

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

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-3°
1st coldest
Precipitation
33 mm
7.9 wet days
Daylight
8 h 36 min
7:25 AM – 4:00 PM
Cloud cover
71%
11th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
1.13 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Nyíregyháza is city in Hungary.

Air quality
Moderate
PM10 31.9 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded
1209

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 Nyíregyháza reaches about 2°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)
12-3
22-3
32-3
42-3
52-3
62-3
72-3
82-2
92-2
102-2
112-2
122-2
132-2
142-2
152-3
162-3
172-3
182-3
192-3
202-3
212-3
222-3
232-3
242-3
252-3
262-3
272-3
282-3
293-3
303-3
313-3

How January really feels in Nyíregyháza

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.

Nyíregyháza 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°337.94.18.60.0
Feb / -2°398.149.90.3
Mar11° / 388.51.511.62.8
Apr18° / 488.90.213.45.7
May23° / 12°7011.2014.96.6
Jun27° / 15°7311.5015.76.3
Jul29° / 17°7911.4015.45.7
Aug28° / 17°558.7014.16.1
Sep23° / 12°578.4012.47.0
Oct17° / 528.30.110.65.4
Nov / 478.71.392.0
Dec / -2°469.13.38.20.0

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 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
22872
32872
42872
52872
62872
72773
82773
92971
102971
112971
123070
133070
143070
153268
163268
173367
183367
193367
203367
213466
223466
233466
243466
253466
263466
273466
283466
293466
303367
313367

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Nyíregyháza gets around 33 mm of rain and snow over 7.9 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 26% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12914
22914
32813
42713
52713
62613
72613
82513
92513
102412
112412
122412
132412
142412
152412
162412
172412
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202412
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272714
282715
292715
302815
312815

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
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2010calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 12 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 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:29 AM to 7:11 AM, and sunset from 3:43 PM to 4:21 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.27:293:43
28.37:293:44
38.37:293:45
48.37:293:46
58.37:293:47
68.37:293:48
78.37:293:49
88.47:283:50
98.47:283:51
108.47:283:53
118.47:273:54
128.57:273:55
138.57:273:56
148.57:263:57
158.67:253:59
168.67:254:00
178.67:244:01
188.67:244:03
198.77:234:04
208.77:224:05
218.87:214:07
228.87:214:08
238.87:204:10
248.97:194:11
258.97:184:12
269.07:174:14
279.07:164:15
289.07:154:17
299.17:144:18
309.17:134:20
319.27:114:21

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.86 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.13 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.9Dim
20.9Dim
30.9Dim
40.9Dim
50.9Dim
60.9Dim
71.0Dim
81.0Dim
91.0Dim
101.0Dim
111.0Dim
121.0Dim
131.1Dim
141.1Dim
151.1Dim
161.1Dim
171.1Dim
181.2Dim
191.2Dim
201.2Dim
211.2Dim
221.3Dim
231.3Dim
241.3Dim
251.3Dim
261.4Dim
271.4Dim
281.4Dim
291.4Dim
301.5Dim
311.5Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Nyíregyháza?

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 Nyíregyháza.

What to pack for Nyíregyháza in January

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

In January, Nyíregyháza sees daytime highs around 2°C and nights near -3°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Nyíregyháza 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 Nyíregyháza 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 Nyíregyháza?

Nyíregyháza sits at 48.0°N, 21.7°E, 111 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Hajdúnánás, 24 km away.

HajdúböszörményKisvárdaMátészalkaBalmazújvárosTiszaújvárosDebrecenSátoraljaújhely

Topography around Nyíregyháza

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nyíregyháza has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 111 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 855 m.

The land around Nyíregyháza is covered by artificial surfaces (49%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, cropland (54%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (52%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
16 km
57 m
80 km
855 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Hajdúnánás 24 km · Hajdúböszörmény 35 km · Kisvárda 40 km · Mátészalka 45 km · Balmazújváros 47 km · Tiszaújváros 47 km · Debrecen 48 km · Sátoraljaújhely 49 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 Nyíregyháza (47.9554°, 21.7167°, elevation 111 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).