Floreşti weather in January

In January, Floreşti sees average daytime highs of 0°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 28 mm of precipitation across 7.2 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 11% 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 Floreşti's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Floreşti's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
1st coldest
Precipitation
28 mm
7.2 wet days
Daylight
8 h 36 min
7:58 AM – 4:34 PM
Cloud cover
80%
12th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
1.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Floreşti is city in the northeast of Moldova.

Density
1,108/km²
people per km²
Founded
1588

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 Floreşti 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 Floreşti

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
9 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Floreşti 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°287.25.38.60.0
Feb / -4°296.74.19.90.0
Mar / 378.52.811.61.4
Apr15° / 449.20.513.44.8
May22° / 11°5810.7014.96.5
Jun25° / 15°7211.3015.76.6
Jul27° / 16°7310.5015.46.5
Aug27° / 16°537.2014.17.1
Sep21° / 11°588.2012.46.8
Oct14° / 427.10.210.64.5
Nov / 365.91.89.11.1
Dec / -3°326.948.30.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Floreşti gets around 28 mm of rain and snow over 7.2 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 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 12 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
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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 8:03 AM to 7:45 AM, and sunset from 4:17 PM to 4:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.28:034:17
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48.38:034:20
58.38:024:21
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269.07:504:48
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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 1.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.86 kWh/m² to a high of 5.9 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.09 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 Floreşti?

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 Floreşti.

What to pack for Floreşti in January

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

In January, Floreşti 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 Floreşti in January

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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 Floreşti peaks around July 13 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 13UV 8Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May5Moderate
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Floreşti?

Floreşti sits at 47.9°N, 28.3°E, 120 m above sea level, in Moldova. The nearest listed city is Soroca, 29 km away.

SorocaBălţiBilicenii VechiDrochiaRîbniţaOrheiMohyliv-PodilskyyEdineţ

Topography around Floreşti

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Floreşti has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m around an average of 123 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 298 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 416 m.

The land around Floreşti is covered by cropland (48%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, cropland (69%) within 16 km, and cropland (60%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
115 m
16 km
298 m
80 km
416 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Soroca 29 km · Bălţi 31 km · Bilicenii Vechi 32 km · Drochia 39 km · Rîbniţa 55 km · Orhei 69 km · Mohyliv-Podilskyy 71 km · Edineţ 80 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 Floreşti (47.8917°, 28.2934°, elevation 120 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).