Dragash weather in January

In January, Dragash sees average daytime highs of 1°C and overnight lows near -7°C, with 77 mm of precipitation across 10.8 wet days and about 9.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 1°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 hours at the start of January to 9 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Dragash's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dragash's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-7°
1st coldest
Precipitation
77 mm
10.8 wet days
Daylight
9 h 18 min
7:09 AM – 4:24 PM
Cloud cover
60%
6th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
2.04 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Dragash is town in Kosovo.

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 1°C through the month.

A typical January day in Dragash reaches about 1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -7°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -5°C and 7°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)
11-7
21-7
31-7
41-7
51-7
61-7
71-7
81-7
91-7
101-7
111-7
121-7
131-7
141-7
151-7
161-7
171-7
181-7
191-7
201-7
211-7
221-7
231-7
241-7
251-7
261-7
271-7
281-7
291-7
302-7
312-7

How January really feels in Dragash

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.

Dragash 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 / -7°7710.89.49.30.0
Feb / -6°7811.19.310.30.0
Mar / -2°9313.59.311.70.9
Apr12° / 11416.63.713.12.7
May17° / 13117.80.514.34.5
Jun21° / 10°10214.60156.0
Jul24° / 12°8411.7014.77.1
Aug24° / 13°7510.8013.77.2
Sep19° / 8211.3012.36.1
Oct14° / 8410.41.110.94.3
Nov / -0°89113.89.61.5
Dec / -5°97128.690.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 56%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24357
34456
44555
54555
64555
74555
84555
94654
104555
114555
124654
134456
144456
154456
164456
174357
184258
194357
204357
214357
224357
234357
244357
254357
264357
274357
284357
294357
304357
314357

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Dragash gets around 77 mm of rain and snow over 10.8 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 35% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13830
23730
33730
43629
53529
63529
73429
83429
93428
103328
113328
123328
133328
143328
153329
163329
173430
183430
193531
203531
213531
223631
233632
243632
253632
263632
273632
283632
293632
303632
313532

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 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
25calm
35calm
45calm
55calm
65calm
75calm
85calm
95calm
105calm
115calm
125calm
135calm
145calm
155calm
165calm
175calm
185calm
195calm
205calm
215calm
225calm
235calm
245calm
255calm
265calm
275calm
285calm
295calm
305calm
315calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 hours 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 42 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:11 AM to 6:59 AM, and sunset from 4:10 PM to 4:42 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.07:114:10
29.07:114:11
39.07:114:12
49.07:114:13
59.07:114:13
69.17:114:14
79.17:114:15
89.17:114:16
99.17:114:17
109.17:114:18
119.17:114:19
129.27:104:20
139.27:104:21
149.27:104:22
159.27:094:23
169.37:094:24
179.37:094:25
189.37:084:27
199.37:084:28
209.47:074:29
219.47:074:30
229.47:064:31
239.57:054:32
249.57:054:34
259.57:044:35
269.57:034:36
279.67:034:37
289.67:024:38
299.67:014:40
309.77:004:41
319.76:594:42

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.64 kWh/m² to a high of 6.6 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.04 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.7Dim
21.8Dim
31.8Dim
41.8Dim
51.8Dim
61.8Dim
71.9Dim
81.9Dim
91.9Dim
101.9Dim
111.9Dim
121.9Dim
132.0Dim
142.0Dim
152.0Moderate
162.0Moderate
172.0Moderate
182.1Moderate
192.1Moderate
202.1Moderate
212.1Moderate
222.2Moderate
232.2Moderate
242.2Moderate
252.2Moderate
262.3Moderate
272.3Moderate
282.3Moderate
292.4Moderate
302.4Moderate
312.4Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Dragash?

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 Dragash.

What to pack for Dragash in January

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

In January, Dragash sees daytime highs around 1°C and nights near -7°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Dragash in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dragash peaks around July 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 14UV 10Dec 23UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar6High
Apr8Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Dragash?

Dragash sits at 42.0°N, 20.7°E, 1,062 m above sea level, in Kosovo. The nearest listed city is Kukës, 20 km away.

KukësPrizrenKamenjaneBogovinjeNegotinoTetovoBrvenicaGostivar

Topography around Dragash

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dragash has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,016 m around an average of 1,242 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,416 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,682 m.

The land around Dragash is covered by trees (56%) and grassland (42%) within 3 km, grassland (64%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
1,016 m
16 km
2,416 m
80 km
2,682 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Kukës 20 km · Prizren 22 km · Kamenjane 24 km · Bogovinje 25 km · Negotino 25 km · Tetovo 26 km · Brvenica 28 km · Gostivar 33 km

Kosovo travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 41% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$7,899
2025
Homicide rate
1.9
per 100k, 2021
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 96%Roman Catholic 2%Orthodox 2%other 0%

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 Dragash (42.0265°, 20.6533°, elevation 1,062 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).