Telsiai weather in January

In January, Telsiai sees average daytime highs of -1°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 52 mm of precipitation across 11 wet days and about 7.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-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 9% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Telsiai's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Telsiai's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-1°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
52 mm
11 wet days
Daylight
7 h 18 min
9:01 AM – 4:19 PM
Cloud cover
82%
10th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Telsiai is city in Lithuania.

Density
920/km²
people per km²
Founded
1450

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 Telsiai reaches about -1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -5°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -8°C and 5°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
10-4
20-4
30-4
40-4
50-4
60-4
70-4
80-4
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100-4
110-4
120-4
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15-1-4
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17-1-5
18-1-5
19-1-5
20-1-5
21-1-5
22-1-5
23-1-5
24-1-5
25-1-5
26-1-5
27-1-5
28-1-6
29-1-6
30-1-6
31-1-6

How January really feels in Telsiai

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
17 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Telsiai weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-1° / -5°52117.77.40.0
Feb-0° / -5°439.77.29.20.0
Mar / -3°4310.35.111.40.1
Apr11° / 429.91.513.82.6
May16° / 5510.70.1165.1
Jun19° / 10°7412017.25.7
Jul22° / 13°8513.4016.76.1
Aug21° / 12°8013.2014.86.0
Sep16° / 6010.5012.54.9
Oct10° / 6312.10.610.12.1
Nov / 5011.33.180.1
Dec / -3°5311.576.80.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21882
31882
41882
51684
61684
71684
81684
91684
101684
111585
121585
131684
141684
151684
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311882

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Telsiai gets around 52 mm of rain and snow over 11 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 40% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14025
24025
34025
43925
53925
63924
73824
83824
93724
103723
113623
123623
133523
143423
153423
163323
173323
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213224
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233325
243326
253427
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273528
283528
293528
303528
313528

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
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8100
9100
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15100
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18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 16 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
1316light breeze
1416light breeze
1516light breeze
1616light breeze
1716light breeze
1816light breeze
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2016light breeze
2115light breeze
2215light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:11 AM to 8:40 AM, and sunset from 3:57 PM to 4:48 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.89:113:57
26.89:113:59
36.89:104:00
46.89:104:01
56.99:104:02
66.99:094:04
76.99:094:05
87.09:084:06
97.09:084:08
107.09:074:09
117.19:064:11
127.19:054:12
137.29:044:14
147.29:034:16
157.29:024:17
167.39:014:19
177.39:004:21
187.48:594:23
197.48:584:25
207.58:574:26
217.58:564:28
227.68:544:30
237.78:534:32
247.78:514:34
257.88:504:36
267.88:484:38
277.98:474:40
288.08:454:42
298.08:444:44
308.18:424:46
318.18:404:48

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.33 kWh/m² to a high of 5.51 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.51 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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40.4Dim
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310.8Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Telsiai?

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 Telsiai.

What to pack for Telsiai in January

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

In January, Telsiai sees daytime highs around -1°C and nights near -5°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 Telsiai in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Telsiai peaks around June 20 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 20UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Telsiai?

Telsiai sits at 56.0°N, 22.2°E, 135 m above sea level, in Lithuania. The nearest listed city is Plunge, 26 km away.

PlungeMazeikiaiGargždaiKretingaŠiauliaiPalangaKlaipėdaTaurage

Topography around Telsiai

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Telsiai has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m around an average of 137 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 123 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 229 m.

The land around Telsiai is covered by grassland (32%), cropland (21%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, trees (46%), grassland (29%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (42%), cropland (34%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
59 m
16 km
123 m
80 km
229 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Plunge 26 km · Mazeikiai 38 km · Gargždai 61 km · Kretinga 63 km · Šiauliai 67 km · Palanga 74 km · Klaipėda 76 km · Taurage 81 km

Lithuania travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 58% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$32,959
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
97%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.6
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
8.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 543
Religion
Roman Catholic 74%none 6%Russian Orthodox 4%other 1%

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 Telsiai (55.9814°, 22.2472°, elevation 135 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).