Drochia weather in January

In January, Drochia sees average daytime highs of 0°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 28 mm of precipitation across 6.7 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 0°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 Drochia's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Drochia's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
1st coldest
Precipitation
28 mm
6.7 wet days
Daylight
8 h 36 min
8:01 AM – 4:35 PM
Cloud cover
79%
12th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
1.08 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Drochia is city in Moldova.

Founded
1889

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 0°C through the month.

A typical January day in Drochia reaches about 0°C in the afternoon and slips back to -5°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -7°C and 6°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Drochia

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
5 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Drochia 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 / -5°286.75.48.60.0
Feb / -4°296.54.59.90.0
Mar / 378.92.911.61.4
Apr15° / 469.70.513.44.7
May22° / 11°6211.4014.96.4
Jun25° / 15°7611.8015.86.5
Jul27° / 16°8211.2015.46.5
Aug27° / 16°587.9014.17.1
Sep21° / 11°598.6012.46.7
Oct14° / 437.20.210.64.5
Nov / 366.22.191.1
Dec / -3°317.14.28.20.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Drochia gets around 28 mm of rain and snow over 6.7 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 22% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days, and about 5 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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Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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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 8:05 AM to 7:47 AM, and sunset from 4:19 PM to 4:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.28:054:19
28.28:054:20
38.38:054:20
48.38:054:21
58.38:054:22
68.38:054:23
78.38:054:24
88.48:044:26
98.48:044:27
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118.48:034:29
128.58:034:30
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158.58:014:34
168.68:014:35
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.86 kWh/m² to a high of 5.87 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.08 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Is January a good time to visit Drochia?

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
9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Drochia.

What to pack for Drochia in January

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

In January, Drochia sees daytime highs around 0°C and nights near -5°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Drochia 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 Drochia peaks around July 14 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 14UV 8Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May5Moderate
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Drochia?

Drochia sits at 48.0°N, 27.8°E, 226 m above sea level, in Moldova. The nearest listed city is Bălţi, 32 km away.

BălţiSorocaFloreştiEdineţMohyliv-PodilskyyBilicenii VechiBotoşaniUngheni

Topography around Drochia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Drochia has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 96 m around an average of 198 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 416 m.

The land around Drochia is covered by cropland (53%) within 3 km, cropland (77%) within 16 km, and cropland (63%) within 80 km.

3 km
96 m
16 km
148 m
80 km
416 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Bălţi 32 km · Soroca 38 km · Floreşti 39 km · Edineţ 41 km · Mohyliv-Podilskyy 45 km · Bilicenii Vechi 46 km · Botoşani 91 km · Ungheni 92 km

Moldova travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 43% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$8,622
2025
Happiness
5.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
76%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.5
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
7.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 531
Religion
Orthodox 90%other Christian 3%atheist 0%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 Drochia (48.0369°, 27.8124°, elevation 226 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).